While Apple waits for President Biden’s administration to make a decision about the ITC’s Apple Watch ban, the company is working on a software update that may help avoid stopping sales for now.
According to Bloomberg, Apple is working on multiple fronts to avoid a ban, one of which involves a last-minute software update to circumvent the patents in question. The Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Apple Watch Series 9 will no longer be available from Apple’s online store on December 21, followed by a complete cease of sales on December 25, unless the Biden administration vetos the ITC’s decision before then.
Apple will have to move quickly to stop its flagship wearables from being removed from the US market. The critical portion of the holiday shopping season is over, so impacts from the ban won’t be visible until fiscal Q2 earnings.
This story originally appeared on Appleinsider
