The new update to the Apple Watch operating system, watchOS 9, is an increase in possibilities for athletes who opt for the Apple Watch. Although the previous native application is more than enough for those who want to start doing sports, she was very limited when asked for anything more. Heart rate zones, interval training, power measurement in watts… So many options offered by other applications and left native more and more inconsequential.
With this update, most of these shortcomings have been eliminated in one fell swoop. Now we find many more options, including that of
We also find a lot of versatility without losing simplicity in the possibility of creating interval training, customization of sets, added warm-up and cool-down time, and being able to save some sessions with the name we want to redo them faster. Something that will allow athletes to hold the Apple Watch in higher regard when deciding on a watch for the next purchase, and help retain those who already have it when they need to renew.
Other new features of watchOS 9 are in your new more discreet notifications
In infinite loop
This is one of this week’s episodes of Infinite Loop, the daily podcast of Appleswill, broadcast from Monday to Friday at 7:00 a.m. (Spanish peninsula time), in which we talk about Apple and its competition seen through the prism of the Cupertino company. This is a ten-minute podcast, presented by Javier Lacort and edited by Santi Araujo.
And these are the other episodes of this week, you can listen to them in full from this page.
#620: Air M2, one leap in quality, three leaps in price
Back to the new MacBook Air with M2 chip, with its advantages, its asterisks and a price that brings it dangerously close to its big brother.
#621: Testing the beta version of iOS 16
Some first impressions of the iOS 16 beta after a week with it on my iPhone. Without much new compared to previous years, but with a particularly notable, the new lock screens; and several others of lesser draft.
#622: The etica of Apple Pay Later
A word about Apple Pay Later, the next pay now, shop later service that will be integrated with Apple Pay. With more shadows than lights.
#623: Athlytic detected my COVID
A personal story of how one random Saturday I woke up, saw the Athlytic Insights widget and read some data that wasn’t as positive as the day before, although I didn’t made a lot of effort or that I didn’t feel sick. What happened next was a positive COVID.
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