On Tuesday, Apple announced three new Apple Watch configurations at its annual hardware event: the Apple Watch Series 11, the Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the Apple Watch SE 3.
Apple Watch Series 11
The Apple Watch Series 11 can alert you of possible hypertension. Search for chronic hypertension by using data from optical heart sensors to analyze how blood vessels respond to heartbeats. The algorithm works in the background, checking the data over 30 days and notifying you whether to identify patterns of hypertension.
Apple says it plans to notify more than 1 million people with hypertension who have not been diagnosed in their first year alone. In addition to Series 11, hypertension alerts are also available in Series 9 and 10.
The Apple Watch Series 11 also helps you understand the quality of your sleep and how to make it more resilient. New sleep scores are characterized by factors such as how long you sleep, how long you go to bed, consistency, how often you wake up, and how long you spend at each stage of sleep.
It also debuts with 5G connections, improving existing LTE connection options. It uses less batteries and offers even more coverage.
The Apple Watch Series 11 has up to 24 hours of battery life and is available in Jet Black, Silver, Rose Gold and new Space Grey. It starts at $399.
Apple Watch Ultra 3
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is launched with a larger screen and satellite connection. Like Series 11, it also has a 5G connection and high blood pressure notification.
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The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is the first Apple Watch with satellite connectivity, allowing you to take advantage of Apple’s satellite capabilities for remote emergency communications. You can also send a message to find me and share the location to enable satellite connections.
If cellular signals or Wi-Fi is not available, satellite connections are available. People can do things like contacting emergency services or sending texts via satellite.
This watch comes with a battery life of up to 42 hours and comes in low power modes up to 72 hours.
It comes with an LTPO3 and wide-angle OLEDS, making it the biggest screen of your Apple Watch, and brightens when viewed from an angle. TPO3 is a high-performance, low-power display technology that allows display boundaries to be 24% thinner, Apple notes.
The Apple Watch Ultra 3 is available in black and natural titanium. Prices start at $799.
Apple Watch SE 3
The Apple Watch SE 3 is now available with the new display and faster chip, the S10. This can greatly improve the S8 chip used in the Apple Watch SE 2.
Chip upgrades will always be turned on and displayed. It also supports gestures such as double taps and wrist flicks.
Additionally, the S10 chip allows the SE 3 to achieve 18 hours of battery life all day, and for the first time the SE supports fast charging. The SE 3 comes with wrist temperature sensing, allowing retroactive ovulation estimates and providing richer insights for the Vitals app.
The Apple Watch SE starts at $249. Available in 40mm and 44mm sizes, there are midnight and starlight aluminum cases.
