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2023: Court bans Apple from selling smartwatches with oxygen saturation function in US over technology theft
On October 30, 2023, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) "froze" the sale of smartwatches from Apple. We are talking about the import of products into the United States. This is due to copyright infringement proceedings.
The commission was approached by the medical company Masimo, which claims that Apple stole technology from them to determine the degree of blood oxygen saturation. As a result, the commission temporarily banned Apple from selling watches with this feature, in particular, the Apple Watch 6. The company plans to challenge the decision at the federal level in court.
 | This important decision is a strong affirmation of our attempts to hold Apple accountable for the illegal application of our patents. The USITC decision clearly means that even the largest company in the world is not above the law, said Joe Kiani, founder of Masimo, commented on the commission's decision. |  |
Apple has already said it plans to file an appendix. In addition, President Joe Biden's administration has 66 days to overturn the commission's decision by vetoing it.
| | Masimo has tried to use ITC to cut off millions of American consumers from a product that could potentially save a life while making room in the market for its watches that copy Apple technology, an Apple spokesman said. | |
Masimo v. Apple was already being tried in a California state court in early 2023, but the case was closed on May 1, 2023, as a jury could not reach a verdict. The proceedings between the companies themselves began back in 2020, when Masimo filed a lawsuit claiming that Apple used the developments of Masimo and their subsidiary Cercacor Laboratories. Moreover, in 2013, Apple offered the company's medical tech cooperation and openly talked about plans to integrate Masimo's developments. Plans to cooperate did not materialize, but Apple hired a former Masimo employee who the company claims "had access to extremely important information."[1]
In December 2023, Apple was banned from selling Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 watches in the United States after the administration of President Joe Biden refused to grant a delay from a court decision on trade disputes on patent infringement of another company.
2022: Device owners complain en masse about "jelly screen"
On September 29, 2022, messages appeared on social networks in which the owners of the Apple Watch Ultra complain about the scrolling problem, also known as "jelly scrolling."
According to the owners of the Apple Watch Ultra, the display of the most expensive and premium watches in the Apple Watch line suffers from "jelly scrolling." This term means a screen that updates noticeably slower in one half than in the other. As a result, an unstable "wobble effect" occurs when the user quickly scrolls through the contents of the watch display.
In 2021, "jelly scrolling" became the subject of discussion after the release of the iPad mini 6. However, despite user complaints, Apple issued a statement saying a similar scrolling effect is "normal behavior for the LCD screen." This applies to displays used in the iPad mini 6, iPad Air and Apple Watch. In February 2022, a class action lawsuit was filed against Apple, which accuses the company of selling the iPad mini 6 with a "well-known defect," implying "jelly scrolling," however, so far this lawsuit has not affected the situation. One of the unusual features of the Apple Watch Ultra "jelly scrolling" is that the device screen is AMOLED, not LCD, like the iPad mini 6.
On the Apple Watch Ultra, the effect of "jelly scrolling" can be observed in the same situations as on the iPad mini 6. iPhoneSoft, for example, demonstrates the effect that occurs when scrolling through a list using the Digital Crown.
Reddit also has complaints about "jelly scrolling" on the display of the Apple Watch Ultra, but compared to the iPad mini 6 in 2021, they are still minimal. Some users suggest that compared to other Apple Watch models, the defect is more noticeable on the Apple Watch Ultra due to the larger screen size and brighter display of the watch.[2]
2021
Apple Watch Series 7 Presentation
On September 14, 2021, the presentation of the Apple Watch Series 7 took place. The manufacturer claims that this is the most durable watch in the history of the company, and thanks to thin frames (1.7 mm) around the perimeter of the display, the area of the latter turned out to be the largest among all generations of the Apple Watch. Read more here.
BSH Home Connect Compatibility
BSH On April 26, 2021, the company announced that smartwatch Apple Watch and most devices based on from Wear OS Google support the application. It Home Connect allows you to remotely control: household appliances turn on and off the appliances, cook your favorite types of coffee, control programs on the dishwasher and perform many other functions. More. here
2020
Apple launches ECG function in Russia in Apple Watch
November 2, 2020 Apple announced availability Russia applications in "" in ECG smartwatch Apple Watch. The feature will appear along with the next operating systems update - iOS 14.2 and watchOS 7.1. Previously, it was available only in. USA More details. here
Apple Watch Series 6 and Watch SE introduced
On September 15, 2020, Apple unveiled the new Apple Watch Series 6 smartwatch.
Some features of the device:
- They monitor how often the owner washes his hands and measures the level of oxygen in the blood right on the wrist in 15 seconds, simultaneously helping in studies on the effect of blood oxygen saturation in the fight against heart and lung diseases, as well as in studies studying the influenza virus.
- Processor 6 series;
- New dials;
- Inside the Apple Watch 6, the new Apple S6 SoC. It is 20% faster than the last SoC;
- For the first time in red and blue.
- Price from $399.
Also presented are the "budget" Apple Watch SE without an oxygen sensor and with a processor like in Series 5. Price from $279.
2019
Apple Watch sells more than all Swiss watches combined
In 2019, more Apple Watches were sold than watches from Swiss brands combined. Such data were published on February 5, 2020 in the analytical company Strategy Analytics. Read more here.
Problem with fast battery discharge
On October 3, 2019, it became known that a problem with fast battery discharge was detected in the Apple Watch Series 5 . It can be caused by technology designed, on the contrary, to conserve energy. The number of user complaints is starting to grow, but Apple has not yet responded to them. The reason may be in the watchOS 6 firmware - Apple has experience in releasing low-quality software for its smartwatches.
As reported, owners of the Apple Watch Series 5 began to complain en masse about the problem with fast battery discharge. In some cases, the watch loses up to 50% of its charge in less than an hour.
The Apple Watch Series 5 debuted on September 10, 2019. Their feature was the Always On Display function, due to which the display is always turned on to display time, but at the same time consumes a minimum of energy, which, according to Apple's idea, should reduce the load on the battery.
This became possible, in particular, by reducing the display refresh rate to 1 Hz (once per second) in inactive mode. This is enough to show the current time. Nevertheless, it was this technology that caused the fast discharge of the battery "of the watch - according to the resource MacRumors, users began to actively discuss this problem and share how quickly their Apple Watch Series 5 loses charge.
During the presentation of the watch, Apple said that due to the updated technologies that level the fast energy consumption of the display, the fifth generation watch will work on a single charge as much as the Watch Series 4, which debuted in the fall of 2018. According to official data, the charge should be enough for 18 hours in the measure of active use, that is, for almost the whole day.
One of the owners of Watch Series 5 wrote on the MacRumors forum that after a full recharge, his watch began to lose an average of 5% of its charge, just lying on the table. He did not use them, they did not accept notifications and were generally inactive, except that the constantly on display regularly displayed the time. After turning off Apple's proprietary function, energy consumption was more than halved - to 1-2% per hour. This, according to the owner, turned out to be just at the level of his Watch Series 4 and Series 3.
The current situation with the autonomy of the Watch Series 5 may not be related to the watch itself or its power system, and with the software component - the watchOS 6 firmware, which Apple released in September 2019. Confirmation of this is the fact, that under the comments of Watch Series 5 owners about poor autonomy, the answers of those appeared, who uses a watch of the fourth and third generations, in which there is no Always On Display mode.
According to them, after updating the software of their watch to watchOS 6, the battery consumption increased significantly, moreover, immediately after installing the update, which eliminates possible problems with the battery itself. Almost all users mention the watchOS firmware version 6.0, and at the time of publication of the material, only one of the discussion participants noted that he had no problems with it.
However, according to him, he put version 6.0.1 on his watch, which was released on September 30, 2019, 10 days after the start of sales of the Watch Series 5 itself and the release of watchOS 6.0. The patch prepared by Apple contains a small number of improvements and may well fix the problem with the battery, although Apple does not mention this in the description of the update.
Apple on October 2, 2019 opened developers access to the second beta of watchOS 6.1 firmware (the first beta was released on September 23, 2019). There were no details about the changes and innovations contained in it for October 2019, and there is still a chance that with the release of a stable version of it, Apple will announce the elimination of the defect with the leakage of the Watch Series 5 battery.[3]
Apple Watch 5 Series announcement
On September 10, 2019, the presentation of the Apple Watch 5 Series smartwatch took place. One of the most notable innovations is the always active Retina display: it constantly displays time and other information, and users do not need to raise their wrist or touch the screen. At the same time, the wearable gadget is able to work 18 hours without recharging. Read more here.
iPhone users were listened to through a hole in the Apple Watch
On July 10, 2019, Apple blocked the walkie-talkie function in the Apple Watch, through which, as it turned out, it was possible to listen to other people's iPhones without the knowledge of users. Read more here.
2018
Zimmer Biomet will adapt Apple Watch for rehabilitation after joint replacement
On October 18, 2018, Apple partnered with Zimmer Biomet to use the branded Apple Watch to rehabilitate patients who have undergone hip or knee replacements. Read more here.
Apple Watch 4 Series announcement: ECG removal and automatic ambulance call
On September 12, 2018, Apple unveiled the fourth generation of its wrist computerized watch. The American manufacturer claims that we are talking about the largest update to the Apple Watch in three years. Read more here.
Apple Watch squeezes Swiss watches out of the market
In March 2018, Frederique Constant co-founder and CEO Peter Stas wrote a blog post expressing concern about the growing threat of the Apple Watch to Swiss traditional watch makers. Read more here.
2017: Record sales
In early February 2018, it became known about Apple's record in 2017 in the global smartwatch market. According to the analytical company Canalys, the American corporation sold more than 18 million Apple Watch smartwatches, improving its 2016 achievement by 54%.
Experts note that almost half of the range of Apple Watch 2017 (if exactly - 48%) was occupied by the latest version of the Series 3 smartwatch, the deliveries of which were close to 9 million units. Previous modifications, including Series 2 and earlier, accounted for 52% of the total shipments.
Among the Apple Watch Series 3, models without cellular connectivity were in great demand: 35% of buyers had Wi-Fi and GPS support, while 13% preferred the most advanced version with LTE support. The highest demand for LTE models was observed in the USA, Japan and Australia.
Canalys senior analyst Jason Low called Apple a winner in the wearable electronics market, noting that betting on iPhone users helped the company succeed. The calculation turned out to be correct, and Apple took the lead, leaving far behind other vendors who tried to attract buyers with innovative smartwatches with round dials and a rotating bezel.[4]
MacRumors notes that Canalys' data on Apple Watch shipments in 2017 almost coincided with the assessments of other experts monitoring Apple products. In particular, Creative Strategies analyst Ben Bajarin estimated that Apple has released 17.4 million smartwatches, and his colleague from Asymco Horace Dediu suggested an annual volume of 17.7 million devices.[5]
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