{"id":540455,"date":"2024-06-10T21:56:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=540455"},"modified":"2024-06-10T21:59:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:59:21","slug":"apple-watchos-11-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/540455-apple-watchos-11-announced.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple WatchOS 11 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple has unveiled its new Apple Watch operating system, WatchOS 11, which includes features such as vitals monitoring, wrist gestures, and a new fitness app.<\/p>\n

This was announced as part of Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference 2024 presentation.<\/p>\n

The tech giant opened its presentation by introducing a new training app called Training Load, which lets users track their exercise intensity by calculating how much effort is being put into their workout.<\/p>\n

By collecting users’ workout data and personal information such as age, weight, and height, the app can calculate the total effort put into the workout.<\/p>\n

Using this data can also help users prevent exhaustion and injury by calculating how much effort they should exert in a single workout. Users can also adjust the effort rating manually.<\/p>\n

Apple has developed WatchOS to allow wrist gestures to control actions inside of apps.<\/p>\n

Users can trigger actions within apps by tapping their fingers together, avoiding the need to tap the screen continuously.<\/p>\n

Within the health app, the summary tab is now customisable, and a new metric, weekly running distance, will be displayed.<\/p>\n

Further additions to the Health app include pausing Activity Rings to signal a rest day when sick or injured.<\/p>\n

New safety features have also been introduced in WatchOS 11.<\/p>\n

The check-in feature will also be available within the Health app, allowing a user to check in with friends or family. This will automatically be done during a workout.<\/p>\n

WatchOS11 also introduces an app called Vitals that monitors health metrics such as sleep and heart rate and notifies users when they are abnormal.<\/p>\n

The Cycle Tracking app on WatchOS 11 can also track a user’s gestational age during pregnancy.<\/p>\n

WatchOS 11 also introduces new customisation tools, allowing more freedom over how photos are used as watch faces.<\/p>\n

Those who enjoy the app stack introduced in the last WatchOS update will be pleased to hear that it has been upgraded.<\/p>\n

WatchOS can now suggest apps in the stack, such as a rain forecast app when rain is near or surface translation when travelling.<\/p>\n

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