{"id":71476,"date":"2025-08-15T11:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71476\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:28:14","slug":"apple-releases-ios-18-6-1-and-watchos-11-6-1-with-the-new-blood-oxygen-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71476\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple releases iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 with the new Blood Oxygen experience."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Aug 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Apple releases iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 with the new Blood Oxygen experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/759158\/apple-watch-blood-oxygen-redesign-import-ban-wearables-smartwatch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced Thursday morning<\/a>, Apple has now released new iPhone and Watch updates that re-enable the Blood Oxygen monitoring feature in the US for Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users as a workaround for the ITC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24009254\/apple-watch-itc-ban-patent-dispute\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">import ban<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kqz8fh1\" href=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/jos-watch-bloodox-tweet.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" data-pswp-height=\"248\" data-pswp-width=\"601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Screenshot of tweet from Apple\u2019s Greg Joswiak saying \u201cAs part of our ongoing goal to help you live a healthier life, we launched a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2 users in the US today!Download the latest software to try it out.\u201d\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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