Apple’s yearly Worldwide Developers Conference has come to an end and without a doubt, the watchOS is getting some new tools to play with alongside improvements upon existing features. Let’s run you through them.
Perhaps the simplest out of all, a set of new watch faces is slated to debut for the big “9” of watchOS that includes Gregorian calendar-inspired Lunar, Playtime co-created with artist Joi Fulton, classical style-driven Metropolitan, and the wholly remastered Astronomy featuring cloud data and star maps.
Additionally, modernization and enhancements are applied to the majority of existing watch faces such as Utility, Simple, and Activity Analog, along with background color editing for Modular, Modular Compact, and X-Large. Going hand in hand with Focus, watch face personalization is also part of it now by giving users all they need at the moment.
Being one of the most popular reasons to own an Apple Watch, the Workout app got an extensive overall upgrade as well. For starters, the in-session display now uses the Digital Crown to swap between Workout Views while Heart Rate Zones are now applicable to manual and automatic calculations for preferences. The customization game is taken further down the road with the addition of Custom Workouts for one’s most unique routine while dedicated triathletes can now train to their fullest via the new Multisport workout type that smartly switches between training states on the fly.
Runners can now gain access to more metrics thanks to the addition of Stride Length, Ground Contact Time, Vertical Oscillation, and more. Users can also pick to go against the best or last recorded time of their own in order to facilitate improvements.
Swimmers also get a new stroke type detection in the form of kickboard which is viewable in a SWOLF score metric that combines time and stroke count. Users don’t need to do anything to kick start this mode as it is automatic as well.
Now we are entering some high-tech sectors as Apple is implementing Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) detection algorithm into the latest watchOS revision. In short, the condition is one of the most highly rated in terms of stroke. Aside from allowing early detection, it is also created to be the companion of patients that are already diagnosed with it and get tons of important stuff from informative data and insights to personalized records and reminders. Best of all, users can easily export these data to PDF format and let doctors and care providers to better diagnose via the latest set of numbers.
Still within the health and fitness program, the brand new Medications app will properly remind you to take the pills and supplements. Pop your stuff into your body, log the time, and be on your way. Thanks to the cooperation with the FDA, US users will get to know if there’s any lethal interaction between different types of medications in case something new is added into the routine.
Here are some other notable features crammed into a short list:
- Redesigned Notifications which is less disruptive
- Home app support for children to control things like HomePod and smart home appliances
- Expanded gesture-initiated functions
- Mirror your Apple Watch onto your iPhone with ease
- 7 new languages for the QWERTY keyboard
- Redesigned dock
- Add and edit function added to Reminders
- Create new events in the Calendar directly from the Apple Watch
- Monitor heart health with Cardio Recovery
- New APIs for devs to utilize
More info about watchOS 9 can be found here.
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