Apple Has a Blood Oxygen Surprise - MOSK: 08.15.2025

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Surprising blood oxygen readings from Apple.
0:12.0	Apple card as economic barometer.
0:15.1	And your feedback on Apple and AI.
0:18.6	It is Friday the 15th of August 2025. I'm Ken Ray, and this is news
0:24.8	from MacOS Can.
0:26.8	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by
0:30.3	people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:35.0	Find out more and add your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
0:43.7	If you've got an Apple Watch series 9, series 10, or an Apple Watch Ultra 2, guess what?
0:51.6	Out of nowhere, blood oxygen readings are available from your wearable.
0:57.6	Apple issued a small press blurb on Thursday saying that a redesigned blood oxygen feature
1:02.7	was waiting with new updates for the watch and iPhone.
1:07.3	Folks wanting the functionality were encouraged to update their iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and their Apple Watch to watch OSOS 11.6.1.
1:18.2	Following this update, the company said sensor data from the blood oxygen app on Apple Watch will be measured and calculated on the paired iPhone, and result can be viewed in the
1:28.4	respiratory section of the health app. For people with watches that have had blood oxygen
1:34.1	measurements all along, there will be no impact, according to Apple. iOS 18.6.1 doesn't seem to know
1:42.8	whether you need it, though.
1:45.3	I have an Apple Watch Series 7, which has had and continues to have blood-oxygen readings.
1:51.9	While the release notes direct people to Apple's security updates page for security info associated with the release,
1:58.8	going there shows no security fixes for the iOS and watchOS updates.
2:06.1	Plenty of other OS updates to go around, these in the form of public betas. A few pieces from
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