Forbes August 14, 2025
Apple today announced that it would release an iPhone update — and it’s one that nobody had been expecting. The surprise release concerns a missing feature on the Apple Watch — blood oxygen monitoring, which was removed from some Apple Watches 18 months ago because of a legal dispute. The update has just gone live. You can read the background to the dispute here, and below I’ll explain how to download the new software and why it’s important.
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