The Apple Watch has been hailed as a life-saving device with numerous stories online detailing how the wearable has rescued individuals in life-threatening situations. A recent incident further highlights the device’s life-saving capabilities, as an Apple Watch Ultra played a vital role in saving a man who was swept away by rough seas. According to a report by ABC News, an experienced surfer found himself in trouble in a powerful impact zone and was unable to make his way back to shore. Fortunately, he was wearing an Apple Watch Ultra…

Apple introduced the Apple Watch’s Fall Detection feature in 2018, at the same time the Apple Watch Series 4 was launched. Since its release, this feature has continuously garnered attention for its life-saving features. The feature has once again proven its effectiveness by playing a key role in saving an 82-year-old man who was hit by a car in the UK. According to the Shropshire Star newspaper (via AppleInsider ), the elderly man received an Apple Watch as a Christmas present, and it proved instrumental in his life-saving experiment. The…

The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 are Apple’s latest smartwatches available to consumers, released alongside the iPhone 15 series in September of last year. While the watches were well-received, recently a few users have expressed concern about a potential “ghost touch” issue affecting some Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches. As reported by MacRumors, Apple is said to be aware of the issue and may be “investigating” the same, according to a note and release from Apple’s authorized service providers. “Some customers may report false touches on the…

Time and time again, there have been reports of Apple Watch users thanking the company for helping them save their lives — in a variety of situations, such as helping them escape from forest fires or when they collapsed from illness. Now, a female student from Delaware, USA, named Nasatka, has shared the story of how her Apple Watch saved her after a horrific carbon monoxide exposure. According to CBS News, the exposure to carbon monoxide occurred at his apartment in Smyrna, Delaware. “I was very exhausted,” Nasatka told CBS…

Apple has stopped selling the new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 from its online store in the United States. That’s exactly what was expected to happen on December 21, following an order by the US ITC to stop imports of the latest Apple Watches by December 26 due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo. Both watches can still be purchased in person at official Apple stores until December 24. Additionally, US residents can continue to purchase from third-party retailers such as Best Buy…

Apple Inc. finds itself in a legal predicament as it complies with a regulator’s order to cease online sales of its smartwatch just four days prior to Christmas. The company has known for nearly two months that the International Trade Commission ban would take effect on Dec. 25 unless it persuaded the Biden administration to intervene — or settle with Masimo Corp., a medical device maker that accused it of copying patented technology for measuring blood oxygen levels. The iPhone maker is now racing to make software fixes to get…

In the latest twist in the patent battle between Apple and Masimo, Apple has been denied an attempt to delay the upcoming sales and import ban on its Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches. As The Verge discovered, the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC, has blocked Apple’s request to stay the watch ban pending an appeal in a recent filing. For the uninitiated, Apple has been asked to stop selling and importing its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches into the US – due to a patent…

Apple is working to reverse the US ban on its latest Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches. The iPhone maker is actively exploring possible solutions, including software changes to the algorithm used to measure blood oxygen. Bloomberg reports that Apple’s smartwatch business is worth about $17 billion, and Apple engineers are currently “tweaking” algorithms to change the way the proprietary technology determines blood oxygen saturation and presents the data to customers. This development comes just hours after news broke that Apple is facing a US ban on its…

Apart from the Apple Watch Ultra series, which is a couple of generations old, the Apple Watch models have had roughly the exact same design since 2015, when the first Series 0 was launched. Although the feature set and the overall product have changed for the better, Apple’s watch series is undergoing a major overhaul. This is exactly what several industry insiders and analysts have been predicting for about a year at this point. But now, as Bloomberg reports, the Apple Watch could finally get a much-anticipated redesign that will…

Are you using an uncertified charger to charge your Apple Watch? If you are, Apple has warned that this can reduce battery life and charge more slowly over time. As spotted by MacRumors, Apple notes on its support page that Apple Watch owners should only charge with Apple-made chargers and Apple MFi-certified chargers. If this is not done, the battery life may decrease over time, charging will slow down and the beep will sound repeatedly. However, if you are unable to identify official Apple accessories or Apple MFi devices, Apple…

The Apple Watch has become an essential tool for health monitoring, but it is equally useful for preventing deaths and allowing users to monitor things like heart rate. In fact, time and time again, victims have come forward to tell the world how they faced health scares, but in the end, their Apple Watch came to the rescue. This time, a woman from Kentucky has told how her Apple Watch saved her and her baby’s life. According to a report by Fox19 via 9to5Mac, the woman here, Veronica Williams, said…