Apple announced at its September event today that it has updated the Apple Watch Ultra 2 with a new “Satin Black” color option and sleep apnea detection capabilities. This is the first time Apple has offered the Watch Ultra in multiple colors since its launch two years ago.
Watch Ultra 2 will use the watch’s accelerometer and measurements over time to detect when a sleeper’s movements coincide with sleep apnea. This feature will appear on the new Apple Watch Series 10 and Series 9. Priced at $799, you can pre-order today and release on September 20th.
The Watch Ultra will come with watchOS 11, which brings updates to the Smart Stack—the widget that pops up when you rotate the Digital Crown and will now show real-time activity, just like an iPhone—as well as a set of features for tracking health. time. These include Training Load, which tells you how hard you’re pushing yourself relative to typical exercise intensity; and the debut of the Vitals app, which lets you know if key metrics like breathing rate or sleep duration are appropriate. You or if certain measurements are considered outliers.
Launched in 2022, Apple Watch Ultra is arguably the first major update to wearable device design. It stood out from the ordinary “series” watches with a larger screen, thicker body and customizable operation buttons – a concept that Apple later brought to the iPhone 15 Pro. The company released the Ultra 2 last year, with a brighter screen and a new S9 chip that supports on-device Siri processing.
The Watch Ultra may not have changed much this year, but it’s still the battery champ among Apple’s smartwatch lineup. It’s also the most expensive of the Apple Watches and is aimed at the most athletic smartwatch wearers, who spend more time outdoors and active, for whom a brighter screen and long-lasting battery may be important. .
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