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All the hidden innovations you should know about the Apple Watch

All the hidden innovations you should know about the Apple Watch


The Apple Watch Ultra 2 and the Apple Watch 10 receive the latest update to watchOS 11 ex works.
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 and the Apple Watch 10 receive the latest update to watchOS 11 ex works.

Apple Watch strapped to my wrist, updated and downloaded installed. Was a nun? The new update for compatible models has a lot to offer.

In addition to the big innovations such as the vitality app, the training load or the new dials, there are also hidden functions to discover. This article will show you what these are.

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The five highlights in watchOS 11

We have already presented the five most important innovations in a separate article. Nevertheless, we don’t want to leave them unmentioned. So here are the highlights again in quick succession.

Redesigned Smart Stack including live activities

If you start a timer, you will find the remaining time in the smart stack. Simply scroll up.
If you start a timer, you will find the remaining time in the smart stack. Simply scroll up.





If you start a timer, you will find the remaining time in the smart stack. Simply scroll up.

With watchOS 10 there are the so-called Smart stacking Made its way onto the Apple Watch. These are widgets that display the most important information at the top of the stack.

The widgets now change automaticallyfor example depending on time, place or weather. With the new update, Smart Stapel also supports live activities such as a timer, current training, route guidance and much more.

New widgets are also available. The update introduces widgets for weather alerts, training load, photos, route guidance and Shazam. In the future, translation via watch (with dictation function) on the wrist will also be available in the Smart Stack.

The following article explains what makes the new function so excellent:

watchOS 11 brings your Apple Watch a new feature that every other smartwatch should have: Live Activities

The new Vital app

You must wear the smartwatch on your wrist for seven nights. You will then receive the important vital data.
You must wear the smartwatch on your wrist for seven nights. You will then receive the important vital data.





You must wear the smartwatch on your wrist for seven nights. You will then receive the important vital data.

With the new app, the intelligent watch summarizes the data on heart and breathing rates, skin temperature and blood oxygen levels in a dashboard.

The software uses this data to calculate an individually tailored normal range. If the values ​​deviate from this standard, a notification will be sent with the factors that can influence the values:

  • alcohol
  • Illness
  • Medication
  • pregnancy

The goal: The watch is designed to help you better understand your daily health and inform you when your body needs more attention.

In order for the Vital app to collect data, the smartwatch must be worn on the wrist for seven nights.

Training loads

After each training session you were asked how strenuous the workout was for you.
After each training session you were asked how strenuous the workout was for you.





After each training session you were asked how strenuous the workout was for you.

watchOS 11 brings a useful sports function to the smartwatch. The new function shows the intensity of the training as well as the strain on the body.

Data such as heart rate, speed during training, altitude and personal factors such as age, height and weight are used.

A look at the watch during training shows the current load. The function also returns the following values:

  • After a cardio workout, the watch automatically generates a performance rating on a scale of 1 to 10, which can also be entered manually.
  • The training load also compares the load of the activities of the last few days with the trend of the last 28 days.
  • Vital signs are also taken into account in order to identify under- and over-stress.

With this new feature, Apple Watch continually helps improve fitness towards a specific goal, be it a 5K run or a marathon.

Activity rings can now rest

With the update to watchOS 11, activity rings can for the first time be paused for a day, a week or even a month.

If you are sick or unable to achieve your goals for other reasons, you can use this function to help without interrupting your series of activities.

In addition to the new feature, Apple has improved the Fitness app:

  • The app can now be adapted even more easily to your own needs and you can arrange important metrics according to your own ideas.
  • There are also new workouts that use GPS. These include football, soccer, rowing and snowboarding. Apple also offers custom pool swimming workouts.

The new photos watch face

With the new dial you can conjure up many chic motifs on your wrist.
With the new dial you can conjure up many chic motifs on your wrist.





With the new dial you can conjure up many chic motifs on your wrist.

Using machine learning, the watch selects the most beautiful combinations of photos and hands to suggest stylish watch faces.

Of course, you can also choose manually, Which images from your library are suitable for this.

  • For example people, animals, nature, cities or pictures from certain albums.
  • Or you can select a specific image to create a unique watch face.
  • The size of the time including layout, font and colors can also be adjusted.

The app also includes two new watch faces that were introduced alongside the Series 10.

watchOS 11: Over 15 hidden features

So much for the big highlights. Now let’s move on to the hidden functions that you may not know yet – but which are very practical.

  • Notices: If you haven’t read a notification on the watch yet, the Digital Crown on the side rotates to scroll through the notifications.
  • Remote control: The Apple Watch serves as a remote control with watchOS 11.
  • Check in: Starts the check-in function directly from the Apple Watch during training.
  • Action button: Press and hold the action button on Apple Watch Ultra (2) to set a different action for the flavor.
  • Shazam: The music recognition app is now pre-installed. When music is playing nearby, Shazam appears as a widget in the Smart Stack.
  • Tide app: Apple is adding another application in addition to the Vital app. With the tide app you can check the condition of many beaches around the world.
  • Sleep mode finish: Press the Digital Crown once to display the normal watch face during sleep mode instead of holding the button for almost three seconds.
  • Training: If a workout was interrupted and forgotten to start again, missed minutes can be added later.
  • timer: Frequently used timers can now be pinned to the top of the app.
  • Double tap: With watchOS 11, the function supports additional actions such as stopping the timer and starting it with weather or news. Apple also opens the API to third parties.
  • Widgets: There are new widgets including Check-in, Music Recognition, Photos, Translate, Vital App and more.
  • activity: Now sets custom activity goals for different days of the week using the Activity app.
  • translation: The translation app is now also available for the Apple Watch. According to Apple, the appropriate widget will appear in the Smart Stack as soon as you are in another country with a foreign language.
  • Music: The Now Playing view has been revised. Instead of taking up the entire screen, you’ll find a widget at the top of the new Smart Stack when music is playing.
  • Speakers: Audio is now optionally played via the speakers.
  • Dial: There is a new watch face for the Apple Watch Ultra (2) that shows the Vital app values ​​and training load.
  • Ringtones: Optionally sets a custom ringtone in Settings for email notifications, calendar, reminders, and more.

Sleep tracker versus sleep laboratory – How accurate are Apple Watch and Co.?
Sleep tracker versus sleep laboratory – How accurate are Apple Watch and Co.?


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Sleep tracker versus sleep laboratory – How accurate are Apple Watch and Co.?

watchOS 11: Which Apple Watch models will receive the update?

  • Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)
  • Apple Watch Series 6
  • Apple Watch Series 7
  • Apple Watch Series 8
  • Apple Watch Series 9
  • Apple Watch Series 10
  • Apple Watch Ultra
  • Apple Watch Ultra 2

Already knew: Apple did not present us with a third generation of the Apple Watch Ultra this year. There are still rumors about the Apple Watch X, which will surprise with a completely new design in 2024. We can be excited.

Have you already installed the latest update on your Apple Watch? Which of the innovations is your absolute favorite? Are there any features we missed in the list? Feel free to let us know in the comments below!

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