Select Apple Stores already have the Apple Watch Ultra 2 back in stock
Apple says that select Apple Stores in the U.S. will have the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 back in stock by today. More physical Apple Stores will have these models restocked starting this coming Saturday. The online Apple Store (www.apple.com) will start offering the timepieces again starting Thursday, December 28th, starting at 12 pm PST/3 pm EST.
While Apple can now sell the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the U.S. until the hold on the Exclusion Order ends on January 10th, it has also submitted to U.S. Customs a software update that it claims will allow Apple to offer the pulse oximeter on the Apple Watch without infringing on Masimo’s patents. The government is expected to decide on January 12th whether the software update makes enough changes to allow it to end the Exclusion Order.