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   watchOS 6.2.5 Brings ECG and Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications to Saudi
                                     Arabia

   Josh Centers

   Apple has released [1]watchOS 6.2.5, a small update focused on Saudi
   Arabia, bringing the ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notifications
   to users there. MacRumors says that the update also includes [2]new
   Pride-themed watch faces. For Apple Watch models incompatible with
   watchOS 6, Apple published [3]watchOS 5.3.7 with unspecified
   'improvements and bug fixes.' Both updates probably happened now due to
   [4]security fixes, but Apple hasn't yet published details for either
   one, likely because other operating system updates haven't yet shipped.

   You can install the update, which weighs in at 168 MB on an Apple Watch
   Series 5, from the iPhone's Watch app: go to Watch > General > Software
   Update.

   Our take, as with most watchOS updates, is that you should install it
   at some point in the next few weeks when you have some time. It's hard
   to imagine a watchOS vulnerability being easily exploited in the real
   world.

References

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   1. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210583
   2. https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/18/apple-releases-watchos-6-2-5/
   3. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209085
   4. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

   Hidden links:
   5. https://tidbits.com/wp/../uploads/2020/05/watchOS-625-notes.jpg

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