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Apple Watch sensor has racial bias, claims new lawsuit
Seems Apple has always made it clear the blood oxygen readings are not meant for medical use. The Apple Watch 6 with the blood oxygen feature shipped in Sep 2020, and as far as I can tell the study with analysis of the racial bias of oximeters was Dec 2020, and that was specific to misdetection of occult hypoxemia, which, again, the Apple Watch use case does not claim.
However the ECG feature of the Apple Watch has saved people's lives with dark skin, so pinning the racist tag on Apple seems a bit of a reach.