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Wear OS smartwatches no longer have this leg up over the Apple Watch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-22 18:52:52

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Apple is restoring blood oxygen tracking to certain US Apple Watch models via iOS and watchOS updates. The refreshed setup uses the watch to take readings but calculates and displays results on the paired iPhone. The feature was removed in January 2024 due to a patent dispute and an import ban. Apple Watch owners in the US are getting a health-tracking feature back that many thought might be gone for good. After more than a year in limbo, the blood oxygen

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Blood Oxygen monitoring returns to the Apple Watch after US ban - see which models get it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-22 18:01:01

Nina Raemont/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Blood Oxygen is back for affected Apple Watch models. Will be reinstated with the latest iOS and WatchOS updates. Apple redesigned it to resolve an import ban over patent infringement. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. After a lengthy pause due to legal issues, Apple is finally bringing back the Blood Oxygen monitor for affected Apple Watch models in the US. Models getting th

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Our favorite Bluetooth tracker for Android and iOS users just got a useful feature upgrade

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-22 18:06:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET ZDNET's takeaways Pebblebee announces a new safety feature for Clip trackers. Alert Live sends your real-time location to up to five contacts. The feature costs $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year. Days after announcing that its Clip would be the first tracker to be able to use both Google's and Apple's Find My networks, Pebblebee just revealed another major upgrade for the Clip -- a potentially life-saving one. In July, Clip trackers (which made ZDNET's list of the

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Apple Watch getting redesigned blood oxygen feature following legal dispute

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2025-11-22 22:53:25

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Apple on Thursday announced a redesigned blood oxygen feature for some Apple Watch users, following a years-long intellectual property dispute over the capability. Apple said the redesigned feature is coming to some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users on Thursday. The update was possible b

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Google Messages can now blur nude images on Android

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-22 23:03:05

Google is rolling out a new safety feature for the Messages app on Android. As spotted by 9to5Google , the company is making Sensitive Content Warnings more broadly available after beta testing the option since April . Google announced it last October. The feature can detect and blur images that include nudity. However, it’ll only work if you’re signed into a Google Account in the Messages app. When Messages detects and blurs such an image, you will be able to choose between several actions. Y

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The Apple Watch Is Finally Getting Blood Oxygen Sensing Back

wired.com Adrienne So 2025-11-22 23:49:57

If you have an Apple Watch Series 9, 10, or Ultra Watch 2 that you bought in the US in the past year, you'll finally get the blood oxygen sensing feature back via a software update later today, according to Apple. To make sure you get the feature, update your paired iPhone to iOS 18.6.1 and the Apple Watch to watchOS 11.6.1. Sensor data will be calculated in the app, and you will be able to see your blood oxygen in the Respiratory section of the Health app. If you bought your watch before 2024

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Blood Oxygen Tracking Returns to U.S. Apple Watches Today After 5-Year Patent Dispute

gizmodo.com Raymond Wong 2025-11-23 04:46:18

Good news: Apple Watches sold in the U.S. after January 2024 lost their built-in blood oxygen tracking because of a patent dispute with medical company Masimo, but the feature will return via a software update coming out today. In a Newsroom post, Apple says it’s introducing a “redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra 2.” The reworked blood oxygen feature will be pushed out on iPhone and Apple Watch via an iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 soft

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Apple Watch gets reformulated, non-patent-infringing blood oxygen monitoring

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-23 04:44:25

In early 2024, Apple removed a blood oxygen monitoring feature from its then-current Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches, following a ruling that the feature violated light-based pulse oximetry patents from a California-based company called Masimo. Removing the feature allowed Apple to circumvent an import ban and continue selling the Series 9 and Ultra 2 (and, later, the Series 10) in the US. Today, Apple announced that it's restoring a version of the blood oxygen monitoring feature to af

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Apple launching ‘redesigned Blood Oxygen feature’ on Apple Watch in the U.S. today

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-11-23 09:00:05

Apple has announced that it will release a software update for iPhone and Apple Watch later today with a “redesigned Blood Oxygen feature” for Apple Watch users in the United States. This comes over 18 months after Apple began selling the Apple Watch without the Blood Oxygen feature in America due to a patent dispute. The new feature will be made available as part of iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 updates. In a statement to 9to5Mac today, an Apple spokesperson said: “Apple will introduce a red

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Apple's 'redesigned' blood oxygen monitoring feature hits Apple Watches in the US today

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-23 09:32:14

More than a year after an import ban forced the company to remove blood oxygen monitoring from some US Apple Watch models, Apple says it will introduce a redesigned version of the feature later today. In a post on its newsroom website, the company says the feature will roll out to Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Watch Ultra 2 users through a joint Apple Watch and iPhone update. Once Apple begins rolling out the software, you'll need to update your devices to iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1 to

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Apple’s blood oxygen monitoring returns to its latest Apple Watches

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-23 09:51:23

Apple announced on Thursday it’s introducing a redesigned Blood Oxygen feature for some Watch Series 8, Series 10, and Apple Watch Ultra. With this move, Apple is bringing back blood oxygen monitoring by tweaking the feature to get around the International Trade Commission’s (ITC) import ban. Blood oxygen data will be measured and calculated on the user’s paired iPhone, and results can be viewed in the Respiratory section of the Health app. This means users won’t be able to view the data on the

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YouTube Music gets another music discovery tool that Spotify doesn’t have

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 21:28:57

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing a new Daily Discover feed in YouTube Music. Like the existing weekly discover, the daily discover aims to help you find artists or music similar to what you already listen. Google only appears to be testing it at the moment, as the feature hasn’t rolled out widely. Although its supremacy is contentious, YouTube Music is easily among the top five music and podcast streaming services globally. Its popularity naturally stems from the f

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Google Messages now ensures you don’t get flashed without your consent

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 22:46:06

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Messages will now automatically blur NSFW photos that you receive or send. It will show warnings before opening any explicit media shared with you to ensure you approve of it. It will also warn you of the risks of sending such photos before you do. All processing takes place locally on your device, so none of the private media is sent to Google. The outpouring of multimedia junk, thanks to RCS, in Android’s default Messages app has inspired G

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Google CEO adds a new calendar feature at Stripe co-founder’s request

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-24 23:35:46

Talk about customer service. On Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X about Google Calendar’s new feature to duplicate events — an addition that was specifically requested by Stripe co-founder John Collison last month, also via an X post. On July 5, Collison asked if Google Calendar users could get a Ctrl-click option that would allow them to easily duplicate events, similar to the feature that many native calendar applications already have. Collison tagged Pichai in his post at the t

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Google Gemini will now learn from your chats—unless you tell it not to

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-25 04:40:18

As Gemini is increasingly woven into the fabric of Google, the way the chatbot accesses and interacts with your data is in a constant state of flux. Today, Google is announcing several big changes to how its AI adapts to you, giving it the ability to remember more details about your chats for improved answers. If that's a concern, Google also has a new temporary chat option that won't affect the way Gemini thinks about you. You might recall several months back when Google added a "personalizati

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Norton VPN review: A VPN that fails to meet Norton's standards

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-25 09:00:37

One thing I need to make clear right from the start: this is a review of Norton VPN (formerly Norton Secure VPN, and briefly Norton Ultra VPN) as a standalone app, not of the VPN feature in the Norton 360 package. They're similar, but Norton VPN has a few more features, including the ability to choose cities as server locations in countries with more than one option. I'll state my opinion up front. Norton VPN isn't a bad service, but it's not good enough to get ahead of its direct competitors.

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Instagram is developing a feature that helps users find shared interests

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-11-25 09:35:41

Instagram is working on a feature called “Picks” that aims to help users find common interests. The Meta-owned social network confirmed to TechCrunch that Picks is an internal prototype and isn’t being tested externally. The feature was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who often finds unreleased features while they’re still under development. According to screenshots shared by Paluzzi, people select their favorite movies, books, TV shows, games, and music, or their “Picks.

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Claude just learned a useful ChatGPT trick

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-11-23 14:37:20

Anthropic has introduced a helpful new feature for Claude that solves a problem similar to one ChatGPT already addressed. As of today, Claude is capable of referencing information from your other conversations with the AI chatbot. Anthropic demonstrates how the feature works: Claude can now reference past chats, so you can easily pick up from where you left off. pic.twitter.com/n9ZgaTRC1y — Claude (@claudeai) August 11, 2025 The new Claude feature matches OpenAI’s ChatGPT memory feature. An

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We went hands-on with Google Translate’s Duolingo rival ahead of its launch (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-26 17:00:05

TL;DR We managed to activate and use the Practice feature in Google Translate. This feature is effectively Google’s take on Duolingo and lets you practice a desired language. The feature currently lets you practice French or Spanish in a variety of preset scenarios, but you can also create your own lessons. Earlier this year, we discovered evidence that Google was working on a new Practice feature in Google Translate. This would allow people to (surprise) practice a desired language. Now, we’

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Visible users won’t have to wait much longer to jump on the new Inner Circle plan

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-27 18:38:28

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Visible will roll out its new Inner Circle feature on August 21. Plus and Plus Pro members can save $5 per month when part of a Circle with two or more members. Accounts can be connected without connecting payments. A few days ago, Visible rolled out a new feature called Inner Circle in early access. Inner Circle addresses one of the service’s biggest weaknesses, the inability to manage more than one line per account. At the time, only select members coul

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This Bluetooth tracker's latest feature could save your life - but it costs extra

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-11-27 18:35:16

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET ZDNET's takeaways Pebblebee announces a new safety feature for Clip trackers. Alert Live sends your real-time location to up to five contacts. The feature costs $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year. Days after announcing that its Clip would be the first tracker to be able to use both Google's and Apple's Find My networks, Pebblebee just revealed another major upgrade for the Clip -- a potentially life-saving one. In July, Clip trackers (which made ZDNET's list of the

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I tested this new AI podcast tool to see if it can beat NotebookLM - here's how it did

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2025-11-28 04:00:17

Speechify The Speechify text-to-speech app enables its over 50 million users worldwide to convert any text, including documents, articles, PDFs, and images into audio, with over 200 voices to choose from. Now, the company is delving into a new type of audio: AI-generated podcasts. Also: I finally gave NotebookLM my full attention - and it really is a total game changer Starting today, Speechify users will be able to turn any content into a "lecture-style" podcast. They'll also get access to a

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Flies Home This Week

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-28 03:50:59

James Gunn’s Superman was pushed out of the top five at the box office this past weekend, marking the beginning of the end of its box office run. It’s been a good one, with over $330 million in the U.S. so far and another $250 million worldwide. It’s the highest-grossing Superman film ever, domestically not adjusted for inflation, and now the journey takes its next step. Gunn took to social media Tuesday to announce his DC Universe film will be available on digital August 15. That’s this week.

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Google will now let you pick your top sources for search results

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-11-28 14:00:00

Google is rolling out a new feature called “Preferred Sources” in the U.S. and India, which allows users to select their preferred choice of news sites and blogs to be shown in the Top Stories section of Google’s search results. Enabling this feature means you will see more content from the sites you like, the company says. When users search for a particular topic, they will see a “star” icon next to the Top Stories section. They can tap on that icon and start adding sources by searching for th

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Women's health tracking features take center stage with this Oura update

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-11-28 23:00:17

Nina Raemont/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Oura launched features for pregnant and perimenopausal users on Tuesday. The science-backed features provide further context during periods of drastic biological change. The features are personalized, and the brand stressed data protection and privacy. Pregnant and perimenopausal women are getting more ways to track and understand their health, thanks to several new features Oura announced on Tuesday. The smart ring brand launched a redesigned Pregn

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Show HN: Engineering.fyi – Search across tech engineering blogs in one place

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 02:44:05

The `logprobs` feature has been officially introduced in the Gemini API on Vertex AI, provides insight into the model's decision-making by showing probability scores for chosen and alternative tokens. This step-by-step guide will walk you through how to enable and interpret this feature and apply it to powerful use cases such as confident classification, dynamic autocomplete, and quantitative RAG evaluation.

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I just want a new Pixel Stand with my Pixel 10, Google

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 18:00:33

Robert Triggs / Android Authority The Pixel Stand debuted alongside the Pixel 3 and 3XL almost seven years ago, and it was my favorite accessory for those phones. Adding useful Google Assistant features and faster Qi charging made it a must-have accessory for Pixels, and I used it every day. Outside of the iPhone and HMD Skyline supporting MagSafe and Qi2, respectively, wireless charging has been stagnant since then. 2021’s Pixel Stand 2 made some minor improvements to the Pixel Stand formula,

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I can never go back to a phone without this display feature

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-01 21:00:56

Tushar Mehta / Android Authority I have never been the kind to rise and shine. For the 31 years of my existence — or, at least, for the major chunk I remember vividly, waking up early in the morning has been a woeful exercise for me, unless, of course, it is for traveling or hosting people I love. Instead, I can feel the neurons in my brain firing up better in the dead of the night, and so, I have made the effort to ensure the tech in my life is best suited to make better use of those hours. T

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What Even Is Instagram Now?

wired.com Reece Rogers 2025-12-01 22:00:00

In her classic novel Frankenstein, author Mary Shelley imagines a monster that's reanimated with its piecemeal body sewn together, tendon by tendon. “The dissecting room and the slaughter-house furnished many of my materials,” Shelley writes. That’s exactly what scrolling through Instagram feels like right now—an ungodly morass of features stitched together. It’s an AI search tool! It’s a shopping app! It’s getting on my last nerve. Instagram is having a full-blown identity crisis, and I’m exha

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New Apple TV 4K is coming: Four features expected later this year

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-12-02 18:11:10

Apple TV+ is having a big year, but the Apple TV 4K streaming box still awaits its first revision since 2022—and that update is coming. Here are four features to expect when the new Apple TV 4K arrives later this year. #1: A17 Pro or A18 chip upgrade The current Apple TV 4K model launched in late 2022 and packed what was then a pretty modern chip: the A15 Bionic. But Apple’s silicon efforts continue achieving new heights, and demanding software like Apple Intelligence and newer games require

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Wear OS smartwatches no longer have this leg up over the Apple Watch

Blood Oxygen monitoring returns to the Apple Watch after US ban - see which models get it

Our favorite Bluetooth tracker for Android and iOS users just got a useful feature upgrade

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Google Messages can now blur nude images on Android

The Apple Watch Is Finally Getting Blood Oxygen Sensing Back

Blood Oxygen Tracking Returns to U.S. Apple Watches Today After 5-Year Patent Dispute

Apple Watch gets reformulated, non-patent-infringing blood oxygen monitoring

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Apple's 'redesigned' blood oxygen monitoring feature hits Apple Watches in the US today

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YouTube Music gets another music discovery tool that Spotify doesn’t have

Google Messages now ensures you don’t get flashed without your consent

Google CEO adds a new calendar feature at Stripe co-founder’s request

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Norton VPN review: A VPN that fails to meet Norton's standards

Instagram is developing a feature that helps users find shared interests

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