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This newest wearable Series Eleven delivers the improvement the majority really need from a smartwatch: extended battery performance.

Apart from that, this latest version functions as an immediate successor for the Series 10, maintaining similarity in design, proportions and features, with many of improvements originating from the operating system.

The latest version furthermore £30 cheaper for UK customers, costing from £369 (449 euros/$399/A$679), positioned above the newly revamped £219 Watch SE for entry-level buyers and the premium Ultra 3 at £749 at the high end.

Build and Interface

Following the design of Series Ten, the latest iteration is just under 10mm slim, creating a trim appearance on your arm, convenient to tuck under cuffs and more comfortable at night.

Featuring a 2,000nit interface is plenty bright for viewing indoors and out, maintaining readability to read off-angle, making quickly looking at the time or notifications straightforward.

The surface features with glass that is twice as scratch resistant compared to previous models, while not reaching the hardness as sapphire, which is reserved with the higher-end titanium versions.

Capability and Runtime

The new watch features equivalent S10 silicon as last year's model but now supports optional 5G plus enhanced signal strength when you're away from civilization.

Energy storage demonstrate growth in storage by 9% and 11% in the 42 millimeter and larger versions respectively.

Bigger version achieved approximately two full days in our assessment with sleep tracking when not used for fitness.

Typical wearers should approximately record two days and two nights before needing a charge, which takes about 66 minutes with a 20-watt or higher charger (available separately), achieving around 70% in 30 minutes.

If you do engage in exercise, battery endurance reaches around 8 hours while recording, which is long enough for a marathon or extended activities.

Device Details

• Size options: 42mm and 46mm
• Profile depth: Under 10mm
• Device weight: about 30g or 37g
• Processor: S10 processor
• Storage: 64GB
• Watch OS: latest watchOS
• Swim capability: 50 meters (50m waterproof)
• Monitoring features: Heart rate, Electrocardiogram, Blood oxygen, Temperature, depth, Microphone, Speaker, Near-field communication, GNSS, Compass, altimeter
• Wireless features: Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi connectivity, NFC capability, UWB, 5G cellular option

Operating System Updates

This new model ships with watchOS 26, compatible with every version since the sixth generation and subsequent.

It adds recently introduced Liquid Glass design, resulting in interface components somewhat see-through, plus introducing additional display styles: a large digital face called Flow that responds to movement and traditional watch face named Exactograph, which breaks out hours, minutes and seconds into their own dials.

The most impressive innovation centers on gesture control, involving quick rotation your arm outward and reversing to dismiss things and go back to the watch face.

It works even without lifting your arm to look at the watch, allowing users to dismiss alarms using a quick gesture of the wrist.

Wellness Monitoring

The Apple Watch features an extensive health monitoring suite of capabilities found in earlier versions plus including some additional functions along with updated fitness program.

Hypertension alerts monitor indicators of elevated BP over a 30-day period, notifying you to consult professionals when pulse information shows possibility of a hidden problem.

Enhanced sleep analysis enhances rest analysis more straightforward to analyze, comparable to rivals including various manufacturers.

Each morning the screen presents a percentage score that is broken down into three categories: duration, bedtime and interruptions, all being straightforward and accessible through the wellness application on the iPhone too.

Workout buddy is an AI coach employing your historical exercise information to deliver encouragement during fitness activities, including identifying existing workout history three times this week and the level of effort you demonstrated.

It also provides spoken alerts when attaining particular goals during exercise, including certain tempo, pulse rate, length, duration or additional measurements.

Users can select from three speaking tones, delivering verbal guidance over Bluetooth headphones connected to your watch across twelve exercise types, such as walking, jogging or biking.

But, this feature depends on if you have with you your iPhone 15 Pro or later alongside, creating frustration prompting abandonment of this capability eliminating hassle bringing phones during exercise.

Green Initiatives

Reports indicate the battery should last over one thousand complete charging sessions with at least 80% of its original capacity and can be replaced at £95 cost.

Repairs cost approximately £300-400 based on specific version.

Materials include over forty percent reused components including aluminium, cobalt, copper, glass, gold, lithium, uncommon minerals, steel, tin, {titanium|