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The most recent wearable Series Eleven introduces the improvement many users actually want in a wearable device: improved power endurance.

Otherwise, the updated device functions as a straightforward upgrade from the previous model, maintaining similarity in design, size measurements and functions, with the majority of its upgrades derived from watchOS.

The latest version additionally £30 cheaper within the United Kingdom, costing from £369 (€449/$399/679 Australian dollars), placed higher than the recently updated Watch SE at £219 for entry-level buyers and the £749 Ultra 3 in the premium segment.

Appearance and Screen

Like last year's tenth series, this updated version is just 9.7mm thick, creating a slim fit on your arm, convenient to tuck beneath shirt sleeves plus more pleasant during sleep.

Featuring a 2,000nit interface is plenty bright for seeing in various lighting, maintaining readability when viewed from different angles, enabling taking a peek at the time or notifications straightforward.

Protecting the display by glass that is twice as scratch resistant as before, while not reaching the hardness compared to sapphire, which is reserved on the pricier titanium models.

Capability and Runtime

The updated wearable utilizes equivalent S10 silicon as last year's model while adding support for optional 5G and improved connectivity during situations exploring remote areas.

The batteries have increased in storage significantly in the 42 millimeter and larger versions correspondingly.

Larger model managed an impressive 48 hours during evaluation with sleep tracking excluding workout sessions.

Typical wearers should approximately monitor two days and two nights prior to requiring power, needing 66 minutes with a 20-watt or more powerful adapter (sold separately), reaching approximately 70 percent in half an hour.

Should you go out for a run, battery endurance reaches around 8 hours while recording, sufficient duration for endurance events or two.

Technical Specifications

• Size options: 42 or 46mm
• Case thickness: 9.7mm
• Mass: around 30 to 37g
• Chip: S10
• Memory: 64GB
• Watch OS: watchOS Twenty-Six
• Water resistance: 5ATM rating (5 atmospheres)
• Monitoring features: HR, ECG, spO2, Temperature, Depth gauge, Microphone, Speaker, Near-field communication, GNSS, compass, altimeter
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi connectivity, NFC, Ultra-wideband, 5G cellular option

watchOS 26 Features

The latest device includes watchOS 26, which runs on each iteration since the sixth generation and subsequent.

This includes recently introduced transparent design elements, which makes display features somewhat see-through, and adds additional display styles: a big digital interface titled Flow reacting to motion plus an analog display named Exactograph, which breaks out hours, minutes and seconds into individual displays.

The standout addition centers on gesture control, requiring swift turning your arm outward and then back to close applications and go back to the home screen.

It works even without lifting your arm to look at the watch, enabling wearers to turn off alerts through simple motion via arm movement.

Activity Analysis

The wearable device features an extensive health monitoring suite of features from previous models but adds several fresh capabilities and a redesigned exercise application.

Hypertension alerts look for signs of hypertension during monthly analysis, informing wearers to seek medical advice if cardiac metrics indicates potential underlying conditions.

The new sleep score metric makes Apple's sleep tracking easier to interpret, like other brands from Google, Samsung and others.

Each morning the screen presents a percentage score divided into categories in three sections: time asleep, schedule and wakeups, which are all easy to understand and available through the wellness application on your smartphone as well.

Exercise companion functions as intelligent training that uses your previous workout data to deliver motivational messages during fitness activities, like detecting previous running sessions multiple weekly exercises plus intensity measurement you achieved.

It also provides audible heads-up upon achieving certain milestones during exercise, including certain tempo, heart rate, range, time or other metrics.

Users can select of three voices, which speak to you over Bluetooth headphones connected to your watch for multiple workout categories, including walking, running or cycling.

Unfortunately, functionality requires if you have with you your iPhone 15 Pro or later alongside, proving inconvenient enough that I would forgo the function to avoid being encumbered with a phone on runs.

Green Initiatives

The manufacturer states energy storage maintains over one thousand full power cycles with at least 80% of initial performance and can be replaced for ninety-five pounds.

Service pricing ranges between £295 and £389 based on specific version.

It contains significant amounts of reused components such as aluminum, cobalt, copper elements, glass, gold, lithium, specialized materials, steel, tin, {titanium|