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Apple banking on software fix to save latest smartwatches from US ban amid patent dispute

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Engineers at the company are reportedly racing against time to change how the blood oxygen measurement system works on the smartwatches.
Apple is reportedly working on software changes to go around the potential Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 ban.
Engineers at the company are racing against time to change how the blood oxygen measurement system works on the smartwatches.
However, a simple software fix may not be enough to resolve Apple’s patent infringement problems.
While Apple has announced preemptive plans to temporarily halt sales for the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 due to a patent dispute, it is also hurrying to devise a fix that will save its latest smartwatches from being formally banned in the US.
According to Bloomberg, Apple engineers are racing to make software changes to the blood oxygen monitoring feature on the Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 — the feature Masimo Corp.

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