Apple Allegedly Being Racist in Oxygen Measurements

Apple, one of the largest technology companies in the world, almost every week a new with the lawsuit or with punishment encounters. Sometimes these cases for vital reasons even if it opens pretty weird and even for reasons that could be called ‘nonsense’ Apple lawyers are eroding courthouse corridors.

Last Saturday, an Apple user announced that the Apple Watch claiming to be racist when measuring blood oxygen sued Apple. Moreover, according to the allegations, this situation is not caused by an error.

Claimed to deliberately mismeasure the oxygen in the blood of blacks

Alex Morales, who lives in New York, states that everything went smoothly when he bought the Apple Watch for the first time in 2020 and 2021. However, Morales, who moved to the new generation Apple Watches after the pandemic, said that after the pandemic, the oximeter feature of the Apple Watch, which measures oxygen in the blood, can be used. deliberately being racist He claimed that black people were measuring their blood oxygen incorrectly.

Presenting scientific articles stating that oximeters can measure the oxygen in the blood of black people, albeit slightly, incorrectly during the pandemic, Morales said that Apple is deliberately racist and that all its products “for people with white skin” claimed to have been produced. Although this claim may sound strange, the court accepted the indictment.

So how do oximeters work?

You can buy it at any pharmacy or online these days. oximeter With the ability to measure blood oxygen on smart watches such as Apple Watch, Mi Band or Samsung Galaxy Watch works almost exactly the same. To summarize roughly, both oximeters and smart watches are equipped with infrared sensors on them. detecting the “color” of the red blood cells circulating in your veins It can approximately measure the oxygen level in your blood.

None of these systems, which detects red blood cells that become darker or lighter according to the amount of oxygen in your blood, Doesn’t claim to be 100% accurate and measurement values ​​in the user manuals of all devices. should be used for reference is underlined.

In short, it depends on whether your skin color measures the oxygen in the blood correctly. it doesn’t matter much. However, Alex Morales is quite confident in his claim and told the local newspaper. claims he will definitely win the case.