September 9, 2024
PRESS RELEASE
Introducing Apple Watch Collection 10
The world’s bestselling watch is thinner than ever, that includes the largest, most superior show but; sleep apnea notifications; quicker charging; and water depth and temperature sensing
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple as we speak unveiled Apple Watch Collection 10, that includes a refined design and bringing new capabilities to the world’s hottest watch that make it much more highly effective, clever, and complicated. Apple Watch Collection 10 is the thinnest Apple Watch but — making it extra snug than ever — and presents the largest, most superior show of any Apple Watch. It additionally options new sleep apnea notifications; quicker charging; water depth and temperature sensing; plus new well being and health insights and intelligence in watchOS 11.
Apple Watch Collection 10 is accessible in each aluminum and titanium, in an array of gorgeous colours and finishes. Jet black is a brand new polished aluminum end that’s distinctively reflective and smooth, whereas new titanium circumstances — obtainable in pure, gold, and slate — have a spectacular jewelry-like shine.
The brand new Apple Watch lineup could be pre-ordered as we speak, with availability starting Friday, September 20.
“Around the globe, Apple Watch has had an immeasurable optimistic affect on folks by serving to them keep wholesome, energetic, secure, and linked to the issues that matter to them — and it’s helped save numerous lives alongside the way in which,” stated Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief working officer. “Apple Watch Collection 10 builds on a decade of breakthrough improvements to supply essentially the most superior model but, with much more intelligence, our largest wearable show, and a design that’s slimmer and sleeker than ever.”
The Sleekest, Thinnest Apple Watch But
Apple Watch Collection 10 is sort of 10 p.c thinner than Apple Watch Collection 7, Collection 8, and Collection 9, whereas providing all of the superior capabilities customers love, including new options, and sustaining all-day 18-hour battery life. An modern steel again integrates the antenna into the housing of the machine itself, combining the 2 layers into one. The again is completely matched in materials, end, and colour to the remainder of the case, making it seem just like the machine is made out of a single piece of steel.
The brand new S10 SiP was engineered to attain a thinner profile, and designed for efficiency, energy effectivity, and intelligence. The S10 SiP and built-in 4-core Neural Engine permit for clever options customers depend on daily, together with the double faucet gesture, on-device Siri, dictation, and computerized exercise detection; vital security options resembling Crash Detection and Fall Detection; and the up to date Sensible Stack, the redesigned Images face, and the Translate app in watchOS 11.
Along with being thinner, Apple Watch Collection 10 can be lighter: Aluminum circumstances weigh as much as 10 p.c lower than Collection 9, and titanium circumstances weigh virtually 20 p.c lower than chrome steel Collection 9. The case additionally options extra rounded corners and a wider side ratio, which contribute to a a lot bigger show whereas solely barely rising the case to new 42mm and 46mm sizes.
Apple’s Largest, Most Superior Wearable Show
The show on Apple Watch is central to each interplay, from viewing a notification, to taking a fast look at exercise metrics. Apple Watch Collection 10 options the largest and most superior show of any Apple Watch.
The bigger show presents as much as 30 p.c extra energetic display screen space than Apple Watch Collection 4, Collection 5, and Collection 6, and as much as 9 p.c greater than Apple Watch Collection 7, Collection 8, and Collection 9. This improves readability and usefulness: In apps like Messages, Mail, or Information, customers can see an extra line of textual content or improve the font dimension with out sacrificing content material. The bigger show additionally makes it simpler to kind a message, pause a exercise, or enter a passcode.
Apple Watch Collection 10 is the primary Apple product to supply an modern wide-angle OLED show, which optimizes every pixel to emit extra mild at wider angles. Consequently, the show is as much as 40 p.c brighter than Collection 9 when considered from an angle, making it simpler to learn at a look.
The wide-angle OLED show can be extra energy environment friendly, enabling a quicker refresh fee when Apple Watch is in always-on mode, going from as soon as a minute to as soon as a second. Consequently, customers can now see a ticking seconds hand with out elevating their wrist on choose watch faces.
New watch faces in watchOS 11 are designed to make the most of the larger show and quicker refresh fee on Apple Watch Collection 10. The Flux watch face encompasses a daring graphic design that fills the display screen with colour second by second. The Reflections watch face encompasses a distinctive shimmering dial that reacts subtly to consumer actions, and is designed to enhance the extremely reflective high quality of the brand new titanium circumstances.
Sooner Charging
The brand new steel again integrates a bigger and extra environment friendly charging coil, making Collection 10 the fastest-charging Apple Watch ever, so it’s simpler than ever to make use of Apple Watch all through the day in addition to in a single day. Fifteen minutes of charging offers as much as eight hours of regular every day use, or eight minutes of charging powers as much as eight hours of sleep monitoring. Sooner charging additionally means customers can cost to 80 p.c battery in about half-hour.
Insightful Sleep Apnea Notifications
The compact new design and quicker charging of Apple Watch Collection 10 make it much more snug and handy to put on throughout sleep. Constructing on the clever well being options already obtainable to trace key in a single day metrics resembling coronary heart fee, respiratory fee, and wrist temperature, Apple Watch now presents a function to assist determine indicators of sleep apnea.1
Sleep apnea is a doubtlessly critical situation the place respiration stops repeatedly throughout sleep. The situation, which is estimated to affect greater than 1 billion folks worldwide, goes undiagnosed normally. If left untreated, sleep apnea can have vital penalties on well being, together with an elevated threat of hypertension, Sort 2 diabetes, and cardiac points.
To detect sleep apnea, Apple Watch makes use of the accelerometer to observe small actions on the wrist which can be related to interruptions in regular respiratory patterns, tracked by a brand new Apple Watch metric referred to as Respiratory Disturbances. Whereas a few of these disturbances are regular, they’re vital to trace as they can be utilized to assist perceive restfulness of sleep and, when occurring ceaselessly over a number of nights, could also be related to sleep apnea. Customers can view their nightly Respiratory Disturbances within the Well being app, the place they’re categorised as elevated or not elevated, and could be considered over a one-month, six-month, or one-year interval.
The brand new sleep apnea algorithm analyzes respiration disturbance information, so Apple Watch can notify a consumer if the information signifies constant indicators of sleep apnea. The notification will embrace the time interval when potential sleep apnea occurred and academic supplies on the significance of in search of therapy, together with a PDF offering three months of respiration disturbance information, notification particulars, and extra info to reference throughout a dialog with a healthcare supplier.
The sleep apnea notification algorithm was developed utilizing superior machine studying and an intensive information set of clinical-grade sleep apnea exams. The function was then validated in a medical research — unprecedented in dimension for sleep apnea expertise. Within the medical validation research, each participant recognized by the algorithm had a minimum of delicate sleep apnea. The function is predicted to obtain advertising and marketing authorization from the FDA and different international well being authorities quickly. Sleep apnea notifications can be obtainable in additional than 150 nations and areas this month, together with the U.S., the EU, and Japan.
Depth and Temperature Sensing for Water Actions, and the New Tides App
Apple Watch is nice for actions in and across the water, with a swim-proof design that has a 50-meter water resistance ranking, computerized stroke detection, and lap counting — and now watchOS 11 introduces Customized Exercises for pool swims. A brand new depth gauge and water temperature sensor make Apple Watch Collection 10 a good higher companion when customers are headed into the water.
The brand new depth gauge can measure down to six meters beneath the water’s floor, good for snorkeling and shallow diving, or enjoying within the pool, lake, or ocean. Moreover, the brand new water temperature sensor measures the temperature of the water as soon as Apple Watch has been submerged. The built-in Depth app is extremely legible for straightforward underwater visibility, displaying the time, present depth, water temperature, period beneath water, and most depth — with the choice to mechanically activate as quickly as Apple Watch is submerged. Water temperature can be displayed in exercise metrics throughout Pool Swim and Open Water Swim exercises.
To assist customers plan and luxuriate in open water actions and keep conscious of adjusting situations, watchOS 11 introduces a brand new Tides app. Customers can entry seven rolling days of forecasted tidal info for coastlines and surf spots across the globe, together with info on excessive and low tides, rising and falling tides, tide top and course, and dawn and sundown, all plotted towards a timeline. Customers can even view seashores close to their location on a handy map, and new problems present present tide info for his or her favourite spots or closest seashores at a look.
The Oceanic+ app is now obtainable for Apple Watch Collection 10, with new options for snorkeling.2 Developed in partnership with Huish Outside, the app permits customers to simply discover widespread snorkeling places close by; view info on situations supplied by the snorkeling neighborhood; and through a snorkeling session, see depth, water temperature, and extra in a single view.
Audio Playback Via Audio system and Voice Isolation for Calls
Audio can now be performed again by means of the built-in speaker on Apple Watch Collection 10. Similar to with cellphone calls, customers can hearken to audio from a spread of apps — together with Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books, and third-party apps — proper from their Apple Watch.
Apple Watch Collection 10 additionally makes use of a brand new voice isolation neural community operating on the 4-core Neural Engine to suppress background noise throughout cellphone or FaceTime audio calls, so a consumer’s voice sounds crisp and clear on the opposite finish of the road — even in noisy environments like a crowded restaurant, a metropolis road, or a windy day outdoors.
Subtle New Aluminum Finishes and Polished Titanium
For the primary time, Apple Watch is accessible in a cultured aluminum end, jet black, with a distinctively shiny, reflective shine. To realize this, the aluminum case is polished utilizing nano-particles after which undergoes a 30-step anodization course of. Apple Watch Collection 10 additionally is available in an up to date rose gold aluminum, together with the favored brushed silver aluminum.
Moreover, Apple Watch Collection 10 is accessible in an aerospace-grade polished titanium that replaces the chrome steel of earlier generations. The brand new grade 5 titanium circumstances provide a spectacularly reflective, jewelry-like end, whereas being virtually 20 p.c lighter than Apple Watch Collection 9 in chrome steel. The titanium circumstances are available in three gorgeous colours: pure, gold, and slate.
Final yr, Apple Watch turned Apple’s first carbon impartial product by dramatically decreasing carbon emissions throughout the three largest sources — supplies, electrical energy, and transportation — and utilizing high-quality carbon credit from nature-based initiatives to offset the small quantity of emissions remaining. With the introduction of Apple Watch Collection 10, made with 100% recycled aluminum or 95 p.c recycled titanium within the case, prospects now can select a carbon impartial possibility of any Apple Watch in any materials. This is a crucial step towards Apple 2030, Apple’s formidable plan to be carbon impartial throughout its whole carbon footprint by 2030.
That includes watchOS 11
Along with the brand new Tides app, Apple Watch Collection 10 options the highly effective well being and health insights and clever customization that include watchOS 11, together with:
- The brand new Vitals app, which provides customers a method to shortly view key in a single day well being metrics and acquire higher context on the subject of their well being. When two or extra metrics are out of their typical vary, customers can obtain a notification, together with a message detailing how the adjustments in these particular metrics could also be linked to different facets of their life, resembling elevation adjustments, alcohol consumption, and even sickness.
- Coaching load, an insightful new method to measure how the depth and period of exercises affect a consumer’s physique over time, which will help customers make knowledgeable selections about their coaching every day.
- Much more customizable Exercise rings, providing customers the flexibility to specify Exercise ring targets by the day of the week, so the rings present the correct amount of motivation on the proper moments. Customers can even pause their rings for a day, week, month, or extra with out affecting their award streaks, permitting customers to plan a relaxation day, look after an harm, or simply take a time without work.
watchOS 11 additionally encompasses a extra clever Sensible Stack to assist customers shortly entry vital info, a redesigned Images face that makes use of machine studying to assist customers curate their greatest photograph choices, the Translate app and Test In on Apple Watch, the flexibility to scroll by means of any app with the double faucet gesture, summarized notifications powered by Apple Intelligence forwarded from iPhone,3 and extra.
Lineup
- Apple Watch Collection 10 is accessible in 42mm and 46mm sizes within the new jet black, the brand new rose gold, and a silver aluminum case, in addition to new titanium in pure, gold, and slate.
- Any Apple Watch Collection 10 with a Sport Loop band, Braided Solo Loop, or up to date Milanese Loop is carbon impartial.
- Apple Watch Hermès is accessible in 42mm and 46mm sizes in silver titanium designed to match the chrome steel of earlier generations.
Bands
The Milanese Loop and Hyperlink Bracelet bands have been up to date to completely color-match the brand new titanium circumstances of Apple Watch Collection 10.
A brand new assortment of Hermès bands attracts on the home’s wealthy historical past in textiles and craftsmanship. Torsade is a cable-knit band impressed by nautical chains obtainable in single and double tour variations in certainly one of three daring colours. Twill Leap Attelage is a slender, delicate single tour band with a contrasting edge and silky really feel. Grand H is Hermès’s first steel band for Apple Watch, made with interlocking hyperlinks of satin-finished chrome steel. It options two H-shaped hyperlinks, detachable hyperlinks prospects can use to regulate the scale, and a standard double butterfly closure.
Moreover, the Nike Sport Loop and Nike Sport Band can be found in daring new colorways.
Pricing and Availability
- Prospects in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, the UAE, the U.Okay., the U.S., and greater than 49 different nations and areas can pre-order Apple Watch Collection 10 as we speak, with availability in shops starting Friday, September 20.
- Apple Watch Collection 10 begins at $399 (U.S.).
- Apple Watch SE is accessible beginning at $249 (U.S.).
- New Apple Watch bands can be obtainable to order as we speak from apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app, with availability in shops starting Friday, September 20.
- watchOS 11 can be obtainable for Apple Watch Collection 6 or in a while Monday, September 16, and requires iPhone Xs or later operating iOS 18. Not all options can be found on all units and in all areas.
- Older Apple Watch bands, together with 41mm and 45mm sizes, can be appropriate with the brand new 42mm and 46mm circumstances, and all new 42mm and 46mm bands can be appropriate with older Apple Watch fashions.
- Three months of Apple Health+ and Apple Music are included for purchasers who buy Apple Watch Collection 10, Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Extremely 2, or a brand new Apple Watch Collection 6 or later.
- AppleCare+ for Apple Watch offers unparalleled service and assist. This consists of limitless incidents of unintentional harm, battery service protection, and precedence assist from the individuals who know Apple Watch greatest.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Right now, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower folks with breakthrough companies together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV+. Apple’s greater than 150,000 staff are devoted to creating the perfect merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- The sleep apnea notification function is pending FDA clearance and is predicted to be obtainable later this month. The function can be supported on Apple Watch Collection 9, Apple Watch Collection 10, and Apple Watch Extremely 2. It’s meant to detect indicators of reasonable to extreme sleep apnea for folks 18 years outdated or older with no prognosis of sleep apnea.
- A subscription is required for Oceanic+. Oceanic+ is accessible on the App Retailer.
- Apple Intelligence can be obtainable as a free software program replace. The primary set of Apple Intelligence options can be obtainable in beta subsequent month as a part of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, with extra options rolling out within the months to come back. It is going to be obtainable on iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional, iPhone 16 Professional Max, iPhone 15 Professional, iPhone 15 Professional Max, and iPad and Mac with M1 and later, with machine and Siri language set to U.S. English. Extra languages and platforms are coming over the course of the subsequent yr.
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