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The Removing-Features Edition Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Apple Readies Apple Watch Series 9 Ban Workaround By Disabling Blood Oxygen Functionality, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

In a filing on Monday with the Federal Circuit, attorneys for Masimo say that “U.S. Customs and Border Protection decided that Apple’s redesign falls outside the scope of” the ITC ruling. Apple’s redesign, however, is to remove the pulse oximetry features from newly sold devices.

We’re waiting on more details from Apple on this situation. In the interim, what this means is that Apple can keep selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, but those devices will no longer “contain pulse oximetry features.” This applies only in the United States.

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Our First Look At Apple’s New Journal App, by Josh Ginter, The Sweet Setup

For free, you can gain access to a number of quick and easy journal creation features. If you’ve been looking to start journaling, Journal provides the most accessible option ever on any Apple platform.

But the fact Journaling Suggestions are available across iOS in any journaling app means Apple may have propped up its journaling competition better than ever. Journal’s single best feature can also be had in Day One, where you can also have a plethora of premium journaling features in one of our favorite apps ever made.

Timing 2024.1, by Agen Schmitz, TidBITS

The update introduces Reminders app integration, which can display completed reminders on the timeline and suggest their titles when creating time entries.

HBO's Max Streaming Service To Natively Support Vision Pro At Launch, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

Warner Bros. Discovery employee Adam Bader said the Max app will natively support the visionOS operating system, allowing it to take full advantage of the Vision Pro's immersive capabilities.

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Apple May Have Cut One Of Vision Pro's Features Ahead Of Its Launch, by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac

More specifically, the video no longer shows the Open Sky Environment feature, which would let users replace the view of their ceiling with a virtual sky.

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