Apple does not cease to be unpleasant here. The company that takes the bitten apple always gets into all kinds of legal problems, this time A small sensor of the Apple Watch.

If a few weeks ago the Paris Commercial Court fined Apple 1 million euros, today Apple is once again threatened in a legal matter due to a lawsuit filed for measurement in relation to the sensor. blood oxygen From the Apple Watch.

Apparently because the lawsuit claims the blood oxygen sensor on the Apple Watch is “racist” does not measure blood oxygen accurately darker skinned people.

From Apple Insider, an Apple Watch user named Alex Morales He sued Apple for believing the Apple Watch was racist. Or at least that’s what the case implies.

Alex Morales knew that the Apple Watch had some oximeter functionality. blood oxygen saturation level. What he didn’t know was that the watch would measure independently of skin color.

“For decades, there have been all kinds of studies on how devices measure blood oxygen levels significantly less accurately than skin color.”

The lawsuit clearly reflects and cites that researchers “confirmed clinical racial differences in oximetry” in patients during the pandemic, and that Apple did not take this data into account when developing its smartwatch.

Apple is accused of not distinguishing blood oxygen measurements in people with different skin tones

The lawsuit also warns that it could put patients at risk of suffering if oximetry results are not accurate. hypoxemia (lower than normal blood oxygen levels).

Indeed, there are studies showing that pulse oximetry measurements can provide. wrong results In black people, this may be due to “the way dark skin pigments absorb light.”

Plaintiff also breach of warranty, fraud, and unjust or unjust enrichment.

This isn’t the first time Apple has taken a case like this, although it’s not that controversial. A year ago, the Cupertino firm received a case for the cracked screens of the Apple Watch Series 6, which it said were prone to “breaking and peeling” or “exposing razor-sharp edges.”