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ECG not available

Hello,


Im originally from Romania. During my travels I bought Watch series 5 in Japan.

It seems I don’t have the ECG function available regardless of where I am. Is it because the watch was bought from Japan (not supported ecg country)?


Since I don’t live in japan is there any way I can activate the function?


what if in the future japan becomes one of the supported countries, would my watch suddenly have the function?


I was expecting it to work considering that the hardware is there and my location isn’t Japan anymore...


please help

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Posted on Nov 6, 2019 9:51 PM

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Posted on Nov 7, 2019 12:47 AM

thank you for the quick answer.


I had no idea, would I have known I wouldn’t have bought it from japan.


question: if japan decides to accept the ecg function, would this watch retroactively have the function or any item manufactured before the date of approval will stay with the limitation in place?

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Nov 7, 2019 12:47 AM in response to Rudegar

thank you for the quick answer.


I had no idea, would I have known I wouldn’t have bought it from japan.


question: if japan decides to accept the ecg function, would this watch retroactively have the function or any item manufactured before the date of approval will stay with the limitation in place?

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