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It’s good news, bad news for the Apple Watches expected to be announced next week.

On the good news front, the Apple Watch Series 10 — a redesign to celebrate the wearable’s upcoming 10th birthday — sounds great.

The screen will be boosted to Apple Watch Ultra size (49mm) while it also gets a thinner body.

Sounds great to me. I have an older Apple Watch Ultra and love the big screen size but rarely use a bunch of its advanced features, like the diving stuff. A thinner, cheaper Series 10 would suit me just fine.

But the device’s big introduction at the “It’s Glowtime” event next week looks to be marred by the patent-infringement lawsuit surrounding the Apple Watch's blood oxygen sensor.

The suit remains unresolved, which means any built-in blood oxygen sensors are likely to be disabled for U.S. buyers.

This is not just a major inconvenience, it threatens to derail features like sleep apnea detection, which likely relies on blood O2 readings to work.

So come on, Tim Cook! Resolve this mess already and fix the Apple Watch. Meanwhile, here’s what to expect next week.

Also in today’s newsletter:

• With the release of iOS 18 on the horizon, it’s not just your iPhone getting new features: Your AirPods will, too.

• The AirPods lineup is also getting a shakeup at the Glowtime event.

• This is a great, super-easy way to add a big, bright CarPlay screen to your vehicle.

• This iPhone case is a clever, retro-styled game controller.

• If you need to charge four iPhones at once (don’t scoff — many households do), then this “bunkbed” iPhone charger may be for you.

• Labor Day is over, alas, but our big sale on more than 100 Apple accessories is not. There’s still time to save 20% on iPhone cases, Apple watch bands, clever folding iPad cases and more.

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