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Thanks to the new Health Sensing System and the S11 chip, Apple Watch Series 12 offers heart rate measurements at more frequent intervals, powering an improved suite of health and fitness features.
Below are all the news and prices.
Health Sensing System
Apple Watch Series 12 uses new optical and electrical sensors (Health Sensing System). Thanks to an optical sensor equipped with larger and more efficient green LEDs, Apple Watch Series 12 now measures heart rate every five seconds throughout the day. This continuous passive measurement provides more detailed information about the user’s fitness and physiological state, making the Movement and Exercise rings even more accurate. The user can check their heart rate in real time throughout the day with new dial graphics.
HRV (Heart rate variability), a key indicator of stress and recovery, is now measured up to 24 times more often and can be viewed in a new section of the Beat app. Apple Watch offers two distinct variations of HRV to help you better understand your health. Recovery HRV is better suited to identifying daily signs of stress and recovery, while overall HRV helps you get a broader overview of your health, including cardiovascular health.
New Preparation function
Apple Watch Series 12 introduces the new Preparation feature that analyzes recent activity, training load, vital signs and sleep quality to help the user understand how energetic they will be for the day. Preparation provides a score from 0 to 10. In this way, the user can decide how to approach the day at the office or the workout at the gym. The score updates throughout the day with new data, reflecting, for example, intense training or a change in vital signs.
More autonomy
Apple Watch Series 12 offers up to 24 hours of battery life for daily activities and up to 10 hours of battery life during outdoor workouts, 25% more than the previous model. Apple Watch Series 12 also offers faster charging: 15 minutes are enough to have up to 12 hours of battery life, 50% more than the previous model.
Step tracking
The pedometer model has been completely redesigned with new machine learning algorithms to measure distances more accurately.
New audio features
- Sound Recognition comes to Apple Watch to alert deaf or hard-of-hearing people when it detects certain sounds, even if iPhone isn’t nearby. This feature recognizes sounds such as sirens, alarms, doorbells or a baby crying and uses on-device learning to alert you.
- Shazam instantly recognizes the music the user is listening to and automatically displays the title and artist in the “Song Recognition” widget in the Smart Library, visible directly from the wrist.
watchOS 27
watchOS 27 brings a series of new features to Apple Watch Series 12, including:
- A dynamic grid with icons of five apps recommended by Siri, the user’s most used and recently used apps.
- A new single tap gesture, convenient to use when you only have one hand free, which allows you to open a widget in the Smart Gallery by tapping once with your thumb and forefinger together. You can now use the double tap gesture to scroll through the Smart Gallery and select a widget with a single tap of your thumb and forefinger, all using just one hand.
- Smart Gallery widget suggestions appear when you need them most: for example, a suggestion from Maps indicating where your car is parked or a message reminding you of someone’s birthday in your close contacts.
- Perimenopause and menopause support in the Period Tracker app on Apple Watch and the Health app on iPhone.
Colors
Apple Watch Series 12 is available in 42mm and 46mm cases. The aluminum models are available in new colors, such as dark bronze, black and light gold, as well as the classic space gray. Colors for the titanium case include the new bright gold, as well as natural titanium.
The ceramic version is available in pearl white and midnight blue.
Straps
Starting this fall, the Sport strap line will be enriched with new colors, including olive, burgundy, wild blue and light agave. In addition to new colors like chambray blue and magenta, the Sport Loop bands introduce a new check pattern, created using innovative inkjet printing technology. The Milanese Loop is now available in bright gold and a new dark bronze. The Modern band is now available in a new woven fabric. For the first time it is available with a gold-colored clasp and lugs, which perfectly match the bright gold-colored titanium cases, in addition to the classic natural color.
Prices and availability
It is already possible to pre-order the Apple Watch Series, with availability in stores starting from Friday 18 September. Apple Watch Series 12 has a starting price of €459.
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