heart rate sensor

The Apple Watch violates a number of Valencell patents relating to biometric solutions, claims a new lawsuit. Moreover, Apple has allegedly solicited critical information, received prototypes and shown interest in a partnership with Delaware-based Valencell, though ultimately they didn’t licence the technology implemented in the Watch’s heart rate sensor. As spotted by AppleInsider, the lawsuit...

Apple's first Watch OS update landed on Tuesday this week and is supposed to bring performance enhancements. There was a problem though: For some Apple Watch users Watch OS 1.0.1 brought a performance "downgrade", since the Apple Watch heart rate sensor stopped working in the background, at least consistently, a discussion started on Apple Support...

Shortly after the first wave of Apple Watch owners started using the device, a Reddit discussion was started by a user claiming that, due to his wrist tattoo, the device was unable to read his heart rate and issue notifications, as it failed to register contact with his skin. Apple was at first silent on...