Apple executives said in September when the watch was officially announced that the features would be initially available in the United States and available in other countries as they received regulatory approvals.
A Health Canada representative said in an e-mail Friday that the government agency’s medical device section has approved two Apple licences but referred questions about Canadian release dates to the manufacturer. A person with knowledge of Apple’s procedures said on background that the heart features will be enabled in Canada when the company updates the watch’s operating system software but the timing of the update wasn’t known.
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