With the discharge of iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1, blood oxygen readings have now been enabled regardless of the patent lawsuit surrounding the know-how.
The “one bizarre trick” that Apple is utilizing to get across the restrictions as a result of a patent lawsuit is to dump the information processing of blood oxygen readings out of your Apple Watch to your iPhone operating iOS 18.6.1.
Cool! This appears to work! However not on a regular basis.
I’ve an iPhone 16 operating iOS 18.6.1 and an Apple Watch 10 operating watchOS 11.6.1 (each of which have been bought straight from Apple within the U.S.) and readings appear to solely occur once I’m sleeping solely; not even with on demand by way of the Apple Watch. Throughout waking hours there don’t appear to be any computerized readings in any respect.
It looks like my Apple Watch can solely do readings once I’m asleep with the caveat that the information is now viewable solely within the “Well being” app on my iPhone. However shouldn’t the blood oxygen readings occur all through the day by way of my Apple Watch very similar to the best way my coronary heart charge readings occur? Or no less than as an on demand studying by way of the “Blood Oxygen” app by way of my Apple Watch?
Screenshot of the “Blood Oxygen” app settings for my Apple Watch as seen on my iPhone; these appear to be the default settings:
