The Apple Watch has not only become the most popular smartwatch on the market, but it also continues to receive important updates from the Cupertino company that make it the perfect ally for our iPhone. With the arrival of WWDC 2022, we saw watchOS 9 and the future of the Apple Watch.
Discover with us all the news about watchOS 9, the future Apple Watch operating system. Without a doubt, Apple has been heavily committed to the new features which have also been included in iOS 16 and which you should not miss.
Interpretation of data by flag
The Apple Watch is an incredibly powerful device as an information gatherer, and that’s its biggest selling point. Apple collects, interprets and offers us a huge amount of information collected by the various sensors that make up the Apple Watch, and this is In this way, it manages to provide us with accurate data on our physical condition and performance.
Now, Apple has decided to go further to improve the experience of runners, professional or not, as well as to improve their performance through better interpretation of the data. Apple says it has strengthened its alliances with medical companies to improve the reliability of its measurements.
Four new dials
Without much fanfare, for starters, Apple added Lunar, a dial that represents the relationship between the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar. Also, receive Break, a creation in collaboration with the artist Joi Fulton which represents a kind of lightly animated schedule. On another side Metropolitan displays a classic watch with font changes and content changes depending on the movement of the crown, and finally Astronomy, which represents a map of stars and real-time weather data.
Besides all this, Apple has decided to renew some dials that did not occupy the space of the new screens well offer maximum information, in the same way that a depth effect has been added to the dial portraits.
Heart Rate Sensor Changes
Now the data obtained from the heart rate sensor will be displayed with a different user interface, especially when we train, they will appear differentiated by areas and color settings according to their suitability.
Improvements in the Training application
The Apple Watch workout app is one of the most used by users when we go to the gym or do sports. We appreciate its simplicity and fluidity, but Apple has decided to go further. Now it will provide us with more detailed metrics in real time, as well as new personalized training plans based on our physical situation.
In the same way, we will be able to add new alerts for running pace, power, heart rate and cadence. Everything will depend on our needs and how we can exploit the capabilities of the Apple Watch.
Sleep monitoring and medication management
Now the Apple Watch, or rather with the arrival of watchOS 9, will receive a redesign in terms of the user interface of the application that monitors sleep. The Apple Watch will now detect when users are in REM (deep sleep), thus identifying the different phases of sleep.
To include this improvement, they used the data obtained by the Apple Watch
On the other hand, Apple has included hand in hand with iOS 16 the ability to set medication schedules, identify not only the type of medicine we are taking, but also its side effects depending on its association with certain substances or other medications. A feature that will allow us to take medicine not only more efficiently, but also in a safer way.
Atrial fibrillation
In addition to the above, and again thanks to the huge analysis Apple does privately of its users’ data, the Apple Watch will be able to keep track of our atrial fibrillation, help those who suffer from heart disease to strictly monitor these parameters. For this, a collaboration was made with the North American Heart Association.
Compatibility and version
watchOS 9 will arrive during the month of September 2022 to all users, as long as they have a device compatible, who will be:
- Apple Watch Series 4
- Apple Watch Series 5
- Apple WatchSE
- Apple Watch Series 6
- Apple Watch Series 7
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