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If you're a fan of the Apple Watch
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Ultra, you will absolutely love the
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Ultra 3, which comes out in just a few
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months, as it will be the biggest
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upgrade that the Ultra has ever
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received. The Ultra 2 didn't really
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change much from the Ultra 1. It had a
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faster chip, more storage, a brighter
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display, and that double tap feature.
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And last year, instead of getting the
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Ultra 3, we just got a black version of
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the Ultra 2. And this is why the Ultra 3
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is going to be such a big change since
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it's technically been 2 years since the
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last Ultra update. And there are 10
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major changes that are expected here.
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The first and probably the biggest one
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being blood pressure monitoring.
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According to Mark German, after many
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delays, we may finally see it this year.
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Now, blood pressure monitoring on a
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watch sounds cool, but it isn't actually
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anything new. In fact, even Samsung's
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Galaxy Watch Active 2, released in 2019,
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had blood pressure monitoring, and all
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Galaxy watches since have had it, too.
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Whoops also introduced blood pressure
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monitoring in their latest Whoop MG, and
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they both work in very similar ways in
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the sense that you have to calibrate it
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first with a real blood pressure
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monitoring cuff. And only then will you
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actually get your readings from your
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watch. I do expect the Apple Watch Ultra
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3 to work in a similar way, which I
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don't think is very ideal as if you
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don't already have a dedicated blood
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pressure monitor now, you'll need to buy
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one just to calibrate your watch. At
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which point, you may just as well use
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that as it will be way more accurate
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than the watch. Plus, I don't expect
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this to be working all the time. Whoop,
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for example, only measures your blood
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pressure at night. You cannot do manual
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measurements. And that's how the Apple
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Watch Ultra 3's blood pressure
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monitoring is expected to work as well.
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In a similar way to its temperature
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sensor, giving you trends and warnings
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of hypertension rather than actual
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readings. Still, I would rather have
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this feature than not have it. I just
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hope that Apple's been figuring out a
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way to make it work without any prior
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calibration, as I feel like that's what
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would be putting off most people from
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even using this feature. And judging by
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the constant delays and the recent
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problems that they've been running into,
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it does sound like Apple's trying to
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make their blood pressure readings more
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accurate and possibly even easier to
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take than their competition. I just hope
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that this doesn't cause any further
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delays, though. Now, the second upgrade
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to the Ultra 3 is rumored to be 5G.
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Interestingly enough, despite the fact
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that we've had 5G on the iPhone since
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the iPhone 12, the Apple Watch is still
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limited to 4G. But this is set to now
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change Woody Ultra 3, which will move
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away from the current 4G Qualcomm modem
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to not an Apple design modem, but a
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MediaTek 1 instead that will support 5G.
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We won't be getting those speeds that we
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get on 5G phones, but the speeds should
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still be improved. So, streaming music
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should be faster and making FaceTime
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calls should also be clear. Now, before
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I move on to the third change, which I
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think is the most exciting one, here are
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some amazing new wallpapers that I think
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Rod is this super cute robot pack with
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Mirage by Hanin, which is also an
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amazing choice for your phone, tablet,
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what I'm using right now on my MacBook
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Air. So, give your devices a fresh coats
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of paint and check out wallpapers for
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free on iOS and Android by using the
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links below. Okay. Now, my favorite
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upgrade that the Ultra 3 will be
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getting, which will also be exclusive to
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the Ultra 3, by the way, is set to be
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satellite SOS support. And this is
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pretty huge as it will allow you to send
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SMS messages to not just emergency
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services, but also your family and your
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friends, even when you're in the middle
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of nowhere without Wi-Fi or cellar
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signal. The iPhone 14 and newer already
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has this, but now we'll have it on the
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Apple Watch as well. And since the Apple
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Watch Ultra is ideal for hikers, this
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feature will probably make a lot of
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people want to upgrade to the Ultra 3.
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The thing is, even if you already have
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an iPhone with satellite connectivity,
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having this on your Apple Watch as well
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would simply just give you extra
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redundancy, which is always great to
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have, especially when hiking in
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unfamiliar places. Which brings me to
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the next upgrade, and that is the new
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chip. You see, unlike the Series 10,
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which runs on the S10 chip, the Ultra 2
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is still on the S9. The S10 is the same
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as the S9 performance-wise, although it
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does have an updated display driver. And
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my guess is that we'll see a new S11
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chip this year, probably with some
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performance and efficiency improvements.
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Do support Apple intelligence on device?
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More on that later. Um, and also an
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improved battery life. Speaking of the
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new chip, even if we don't get the S11
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and we still get the S10 with an updated
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display driver, it will enable one new
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feature, which is an updated always on
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functionality. We got this with a series
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10 last year. Essentially, a new LTPO3
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display with a more efficient refresh
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rate, which allows the second hand to
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refresh every second, hence giving you a
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live always on display. This was great
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on the Series 10. The only downside was
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that it only worked on two watch faces.
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And with the Ultra 3 also getting this
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functionality this year, I do expect
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Apple to update a few more watch faces
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to support this 1 second always on
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display. If anything, I would expect
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them to at least update the Wayfinder
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watch face, which is an Apple Watch
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Ultra exclusive. Now, the next expected
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upgrade is a brighter screen, which just
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like the updated always on is a feature
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that the Series 10 got first last year,
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and that's a 40% brighter screen when
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viewed from an angle, which on the
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Series 10 it did actually make a good
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difference. And especially when using
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the Apple Watch Ultra outdoors with its
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already brighter 3000 mit display, I
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feel like this 40% extra brightness when
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viewed from an angle would make an even
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bigger difference, especially when
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you're hiking and you're trying to view
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your metrics on the go. And then we've
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also got faster charging. Aside from the
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satellite connectivity, this is the
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upgrade that I think will make a lot of
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people want to upgrade to the Ultra 3.
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The Series 10 got support for some super
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fast charging. 0 to 80% in just 30
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minutes thanks to a new metallic back
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from the previous ceramic back. The
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Ultra takes just over an hour to get to
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80% which for me it completely changes
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the way I use it. Sure, it also lasts
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for much longer. I get about 2 and 1/2
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days instead of 1 day and a half. But
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the fact that it takes so long to
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charge, like I said, it does affect the
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way I use it. For example, while I
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usually fully charge my Series 10 while
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I'm getting ready for work, I do need to
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charge my Ultra usually twice throughout
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the day to get it to 100%. Which is not
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ideal. Now, because of the larger
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battery in the Ultra, I don't expect us
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to get an 80% charge in 30 minutes like
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with a Series 10. I would maybe expect
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40 minutes or so at best, but even that
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would be a big upgrade from the current
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1 hours plus. So, I'm definitely looking
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forward to this. And aside from these
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hardware upgrades, there are a number of
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software changes that will likely be
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coming too. For example, with both
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previous Ultra models, we got a new
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watch face. So, I think we can safely
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expect to see another ultra exclusive
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watch face with the Ultra 3. Which
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brings me to watch OS 12, which just
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like with iOS 19, this is also expected
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to redesign Watch OS, introducing some
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Vision OS design elements to it with
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more transparency, updated buttons, and
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a bolder look with floating elements.
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And apparently Apple is also working on
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some ideas for redesigning the home
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screen. Although it's not really clear
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what those changes may be. But probably
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the biggest new feature of Watch OS 12
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will be the inclusion of Apple
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Intelligence in the Apple Watch. We
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don't yet know what sort of Apple
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Intelligence features we may get. But I
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for one would love to see some features
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specifically tailored to the Apple Watch
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like health suggestions powered by Apple
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Intelligence and even custom workouts
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made by Apple Intelligence. You see, the
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Apple Watch does actually track a lot of
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data points, but it doesn't really
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explain you what they all mean, like the
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Whoop does, for example, which I've been
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wearing on my right wrist for more than
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2 years now. I would love to see Apple
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use Apple Intelligence in this way to
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help you better understand the data and
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give you a proper sleep and recovery
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score. But what do you guys think? Let
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me know down below. And do subscribe for
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more Apple news and updates as soon as
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we've gotten. I'm Daniel of Tech and
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I'll see you guys in the next one. Zen
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of Tech signing out. Cheers.
