The Apple Watch Series 8 offers best-in-class health capabilities, such as Crash Detection for serious auto accidents and a cutting-edge temperature sensor that enables additional functions for women’s health.
The updated Apple Watch SE offers the essential features of the Apple Watch at a lower starting price.
California’s Cupertino Apple unveiled the new Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 8 today, bringing ground-breaking performance and technology to the two best-selling smartwatches as well as significant safety advancements. The popular Apple Watch design is present in Apple Watch Series 8, which has a sizable, Always-On Retina display and a sturdy, crack-resistant front crystal. Apple Watch Series 8 expands on industry-leading health and safety features like the ECG app and fall detection by adding temperature-sensing capabilities, retroactive ovulation estimates, Crash Detection, and international roaming. It also boasts an all-day 18-hour battery life. The new Apple Watch SE provides the essential Apple Watch features.
for a more accessible price of AED 999. These features include Activity monitoring, high and low heart rate notifications, Emergency SOS, the new Crash Detection feature, and a totally redesigned rear cover that flawlessly complements the three traditional case styles. Both devices run watchOS 9, which includes new and more configurable watch faces including Lunar and Metropolitan, sleep phases, an improved Workout app, a first-of-its-kind AFib History feature, and an entirely redesigned Medications app.
Orders for the Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch SE can be made right now, with delivery starting on Friday, September 16.
According to Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer, “we hear from customers how Apple Watch helps them stay connected with loved ones, be more active, and live healthier lives.” “With the inclusion of cutting-edge technology, Apple Watch Series 8 strengthens our commitment in these areas, while Apple Watch SE introduces advanced core functionality at a new beginning price. The greatest smartwatches provide more possibilities than ever thanks to watchOS 9 technology.
Sensing Wrist Temperature for Women’s Health
Crash Detection
Apple created a sophisticated sensor-fusion algorithm that uses the Apple Watch’s new, more potent gyroscope and accelerometer—which now boasts the best dynamic range accelerometer of any smartwatch—to allow Crash Detection. Data from these new motion sensors was gathered at expert crash test labs using typical passenger cars in simulated real-world collisions, including head-on, rear-end, side-impact, and rollovers, in order to construct the algorithm. collision Detection employs inputs from the iPhone’s barometer, GPS, and microphone in addition to motion data to identify the distinct patterns that can reveal whether a serious collision has occurred.
After a 10-second countdown following the detection of a serious auto accident, Apple Watch will check in with the user and call emergency services if they are not responsive. The user’s device location is transmitted to emergency personnel and shared with the user’s emergency contacts. Crash Detection on Apple Watch and iPhone work together smoothly to quickly provide people assistance. The emergency services call interface will show on Apple Watch when a serious auto accident is detected because it is more likely to be closest to the user. If an iPhone is in range for the optimal connection, the call will be placed through the iPhone.
Low Power Mode
A new Low Power Mode can improve battery life for the Apple Watch Series 8 to up to 36 hours while an iPhone is available, allowing users to stay connected for even longer.3 The Always-On Retina display, workout autostart, heart health messages, and other features are momentarily disabled or limited by this new mode.
viewOS 9
The most popular wearable operating system in the world now has new features and improved user experiences thanks to the newest software:
- Users will be able to maintain a connection to a cellular network while going abroad when international roaming launches later this fall. Over 30 carriers will provide plans that can be extended to Apple Watch from iPhone for little to no additional cost.4
- When the FDA-approved AFib History5 feature is on, users who have been diagnosed with AFib can access crucial data, including an estimate of how frequently their cardiac rhythm exhibits indicators of AFib, giving them deeper insights into their illness. Users of the iPhone’s Health app will be able to view a complete history as well as notifications with an estimate from the previous week that include lifestyle elements like sleep, alcohol intake, and exercise that may affect AFib. Additionally, users of the iPhone’s Health app can obtain a PDF detailing the history of their AFib and lifestyle variables. This PDF can then be easily shared with doctors and other healthcare professionals to facilitate more informed talks. More than 100 nations and territories, including the US, Australia,6 Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa, the UK, and more, will offer the first-of-its-kind AFib History feature in watchOS 9 after it received numerous local clearances and approvals from health authorities there.
- In watchOS 9, the Compass app has had a complete overhaul and now offers three different views and more detailed information. The software shows a brand-new hybrid view that combines a digital view with an analog compass dial. A second view that contains latitude, longitude, elevation, incline, and an orienteering view with Compass Waypoints and Backtrack may be accessed by turning the Digital Crown. Backtrack is helpful if you become lost or disoriented and need assistance retracing your steps because it uses GPS data to generate a path that shows where you’ve been. When off the grid, it might automatically start up in the background. Compass Waypoints are an efficient and practical way to annotate a place or point of interest inside the app. A waypoint is dropped when you tap the Compass Waypoint icon. By choosing one, you can receive a more focused idea of the waypoint’s direction and an estimation of its distance.
- Segments, Splits, and Elevation are a few new in-session views in the Workout app in watchOS 9 that provide more accurate workout data. Advanced workout experiences including Heart Rate Zones, Custom Workouts, Pacer, and, coming later this year, Race Route, allow users to further their training. The new Multisport workout uses autodetection to seamlessly switch between workouts and tracks transition times for triathlons or other events involving any combination of swimming, bicycling, and running. Additionally, watchOS 9 adds more data and features to track users’ running efficiency. Stride Length, Ground Contact Time, and Vertical Oscillation are a few new running form metrics that can be included as metrics on Workout Views.
- With the addition of sleep stages, watchOS 9’s sleep tracking offers even more information. Apple Watch estimates when users are in REM, Core, or Deep sleep based on readings from the accelerometer. Users may examine more extensive information about sleep stages in the Health app on their iPhone, which includes interactive sleep stages charts and charts that compare the amount of time spent sleeping with heart rate or respiratory rate. Sleep stage data can be accessed directly on Apple Watch in the Sleep app.
- Users can build a list of their drugs, make schedules and reminders, access information on their medications in the Health app, and manage and track their meds, vitamins, and supplements with the new drugs experience for Apple Watch and iPhone.7
Apple Watch Series 8 Lineup
To suit a variety of personal preferences, Apple Watch Series 8 will be offered in a selection of case finishes, colors, and band options. All bands are compatible with the Apple Watch Series 8’s aluminum and stainless steel casings, which come in two sizes, 41mm and 45mm. Starlight, Midnight, Silver, and (PRODUCT)RED are among the hues available for the Apple Watch Series 8’s aluminum cases, while Silver, Graphite, and Gold are available for the stainless steel cases. Apple Watch Series 8 can be linked with any band in the same collection using Apple Watch Studio.
This fall, new bands and watch faces for the Apple Watch Nike and Apple Watch Hermès are also released. The “Just Do It” emblem is woven directly into the new Sport Loop and Nike’s sport band in vivacious new hues. All Nike watch faces, including the new colors coming to the Bounce face, will be accessible starting this fall to anyone with an Apple Watch running watchOS 9, even those without a Nike model.
Apple Watch Hermès announces two new bands: Gourmette Metal, which has a polished stainless steel chain and noir leather wrapping twice around the wrist, and H Diagonal, which produces a sporty pattern of the Hermès H with hundreds of microperforations. The new bands are perfectly complemented by the whimsical Lucky Horse watch face from Hermès, which honors the brand’s equestrian heritage by featuring an animated horse that sleeps when the wrist is lowered and awakens when it is elevated.
Apple Watch SE
The new Apple Watch SE is a terrific option for consumers to begin their Apple Watch experience, utilize with Family Setup, or present to their loved ones because it offers cutting-edge capabilities at a new low price. The S8 SiP sophisticated dual-core processor, which is the same processor found in the Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra and makes the device 20% faster than the previous generation, as well as Crash Detection and worldwide roaming, are among the powerful advancements.
Apple Watch SE boasts a revised matching back case composed of a nylon composite material, making it lighter than ever while keeping the same case style. Users of the Apple Watch SE can benefit from the new Compass app as well as the improved health and wellness capabilities with watchOS 9. All bands are compatible with the Apple Watch SE, which comes in 40mm and 44mm aluminum casings with midnight, starlight, and silver finishes.
Apple Watch and the Environment
The environmental impact of the Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch SE is kept to a minimum. In the case of both models, 100 percent recycled aluminum, 100 percent recycled tungsten, and 100 percent recycled rare earth components are used in every magnet. In a first for Apple Watch, both models use only recycled gold, including the SiP in the new Apple Watch SE and various printed circuit boards on the Series 8 model. Both models are devoid of beryllium, PVC, BFRs, and mercury. Outside plastic wrap is never used in Apple Watch packaging. Apple is getting closer to achieving its goal of eliminating plastic from all of its packaging by 2025 because at least 94 percent of the packaging is made of fiber.
Apple already operates carbon-neutrally on a global scale, and by 2030 it wants to be carbon-neutral throughout the entire manufacturing supply chain and the complete product life cycle. This means that every Apple product sold will have a net-zero climate effect, from component production to assembly to shipping to customer usage to recycling to material recovery.
Privacy
All of Apple’s features were created and developed with privacy at their core. All user health and fitness data in the Health app, excluding Medical ID, is encrypted when an iPhone is secured with a passcode, Touch ID, or Face ID. Any Health information that is backed up to iCloud is encrypted both in transit and while stored on Apple servers. Health app data synced to iCloud while using iOS and watchOS with the default two-factor authentication and a passcode is encrypted end-to-end, meaning Apple does not have the key to decode the data and cannot access it.
Pricing and Availability
Customers can order Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch SE right now, and they’ll be in shops starting on Friday, September 16, in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, the UAE, the UK, and more than 40 additional nations and territories.
Starting prices for the Apple Watch Series 8 are AED 1,599 and the Apple Watch SE are AED 999.
Orders for Apple Watch Nike bands and Apple Watch Hermès bands can be made starting today through apple.com/ae/store and the Apple Store mobile app. The bands will be available in retail locations starting on Friday, September 16.
On Monday, September 12, watchOS 9 will be accessible for Apple Watch Series 4 and later. It requires an iOS 16-running iPhone 8 or later and an iPhone SE (2nd generation). Not all functions are accessible across all platforms and geographies.
Customers who buy an Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Ultra, or a new Apple Watch Series 4 or later receive three months of Apple Fitness+ for free.