TechSmartwatchesApple Watch X will shake up the design, says expertApple plans a big upgrade for the Apple Watch this year, with a big design change and important new featuresWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechSmartwatchesApple Watch X will shake up the design, says expertApple plans a big upgrade for the Apple Watch this year, with a big design change and important new featuresWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Apple plans a big upgrade for the Apple Watch this year, with a big design change and important new features
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple)
(Image credit: Apple)
Our old pal Mark Gurman atBloombergfirst revealed the plans earlier this year, describing an “Apple WatchX” that would mark the 10th anniversary of Apple’s wearable. It’s believed to be a special version of the standard Apple Watch, not theApple Watch Ultra 2, and will introduce some crucial new features. This week he hasn’t used the Watch X name, but says that a big upgrade is scheduled for the non-Ultra Apple Watch this year.
As lovely as the Apple Watch is, it does feel like recent updates have been relatively minor: I upped mine from anApple Watch Series 7to a Series 9, and I can’t say it feels hugely different. Gurman says that the Watch isn’t expected to sell particularly well over the Christmas period due in part to “a lack of compelling features”; double-tap gesture control is hardly making people break down retailers' doors.
This new Apple Watch may change that.
What’s new in the 2024 Apple Watch?
The big news for 2024/5 is that the next-generation Apple Watch will be able to check for signs of two health issues: sleep apnea and hypertension. The former is when you repeatedly stop and start breathing in your sleep, and the latter is high blood pressure. Both are best identified early so you can get advice and perhaps treatment from your medical professionals. Having automatic detection of those issues is “going to sell a lot of devices,” Gurman says.
Gurman has previously reported Apple’s plans to introduce blood sugar monitoring in the device but hasn’t included that in the predictions for this particular watch; accurate monitoring has proved to be more complicated than Apple anticipated, and as a result, that feature remains in the coming-eventually list.
It’s also possible that the previously reported magnetic bands may be coming to the Watch X, although again, that’s a prediction that hasn’t resurfaced this time around; the long-rumoured microLED display is coming too, although it’s unclear whether that’ll debut in the Watch X or the nextApple Watch Ultra.
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What is clear, though, is that next year is shaping up to be the most interesting year for the Apple Watch since Apple revealed the very first one.
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