Apple emerged victorious on Monday as a lawsuit alleging that the blood oxygen sensor in its Apple Watch displayed 'racial bias' against individuals with darker skin tones was dismissed.
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Apple on Monday won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that the blood oxygen sensor on its Apple Watch exhibits"racial bias" against people with darker skin tones.Jed Rakoff in Manhattan dismissed the proposed class action with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again. He plans to explain his reasons by Aug. 31.
The plaintiff Alex Morales, a resident of Manhattan's Upper East Side, said he paid an inflated price for his Apple Watch based on his mistaken belief that its blood oxygen app would measure blood oxygen levels"without regard to skin tone." His amended complaint, filed in May, cited decades of reports that similar pulse oximetry devices were"significantly less accurate" when measuring blood oxygen levels of nonwhite people.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit claiming Apple Watch blood oxygen sensor has a racial bias.Plaintiff Alex Morales said he believed that he’d bought the Apple Watch believing its blood oxygen feature would work “without regard to skin tone.” However, the class action lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be brought forth against Apple again. However, there is bias with light-based sensors. That’s because they determine your metrics based on how light reflects off the skin. Melanin (and tattoo ink) impacts that, though companies try to make up for it by fine-tuning algorithms. It’s well-known that even pulse oximeters aren’t as accurate for non-white patients. Reminder: Apple wasn’t required to get FDA clearance for its blood oxygen feature because it’s for general wellness, aka just for fun. It also clearly states that in its apps. If you want better accuracy, stick to pulse oximeters.
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