Several watch owners complained about the problem on social media this week, even posting videos that show the watch working well on an undecorated wrist, but locking or pausing when worn on an arm with a tattoo. While the problem doesn't occur with all This week, one person noted on the website Reddit that the Apple Watch's auto-lock would engage when it was placed over an arm tattoo, possibly indicating that the device was not registering that it was being worn. Tattoos are perhaps the ultimate form of On the official support page for the Watch's heart rate sensor, Apple wrote: 'Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can impact heart which unlike his wrists and arm, aren't tattooed. 'My hand isn't tattooed and the Watch Despite the small sample size of watches in the wild, enough of these users have wrist tattoos that appear to be to blame for Sign up to receive the Men’s Journal newsletter and special offers from MJ and its marketing partners. She left Black Ink happy with her new tattoo; it wasn’t until three days later that the pain started. Alarmed, she says she texted Cepeda but was told not to worry, that she should just wait a couple of days. She said it felt like her arm was on fire Apple admitted this week that the heart rate monitor on the Apple Watch, which uses a light sensor, might not work for people with arm tattoos. "Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can also impact heart rate sensor performance. .
This Reuters reporter, who has a black tattoo on his left arm, also found that the watch locks on tattooed skin and does not deliver the soft pings that alert a user to incoming messages. The heart rate readings were also significantly different on the If you have heavily-tattooed arms, you might want to think twice before buying an "Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can also impact heart rate sensor performance," says the company on its website. She told Jimmy Fallon last night that she has six tattoos, and this one is placed very close to a little sketch of a horseshoe that says “Lucky You” under her right arm. This one looks a lot more complicated than her other tattoos, which generally tend Columbia police are looking for two men suspected in a strong-arm robbery after officers found a victim on the ground in the 100 block of Tenth Street while responding to another call just before midnight Thursday. Officers saw a 22-year-old man lying on .
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