Apple rolled out both the Watch Series 11 and the new Apple Watch SE 3 at its “Awe Dropping” event today. While neither gets a huge design overhaul, there are still plenty of useful new features under the hood.
The Series 11 keeps the familiar design from the Series 10, with the larger display. The display is now 2x tougher than the display on the Series 10, thanks to a new coating on the display.
Inside, there’s a new modem for slightly faster connectivity and better battery efficiency – making 5G now available on the smartwatch.
This year’s big new health tracking feature is blood pressure monitoring. Like the Whoop MG, this isn’t full-on cuff-style readings, but a more general alert for trends over a 30 day period. Apple notes it won’t alert you 100% of the time, and is awaiting FDA approval. Another Whoop-like feature is a new Sleep Score than analyses how well you sleep. You can see a full breakdown that explains it, so you know what to improve. SpO2, heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, and all the other sensors are still here. And in case you missed it, Blood Oxygen readings are available once again in the US.
Both the Apple Watch Series 11 and SE 3 are available to pre-order from today. They’ll be available from Friday 12 September.
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