Apple Watch Ultra 3 Finally Coming After Two-Year Hiatus

[Compote]

I would love blood glucose but knowing Apple they'll gatekeep it to the USA or only add it to the ultra or limit it to a 5G model, etc. Remove basic features to punish and frustrate entry level customers.

 

[HighwaySnowman]

Solar powered watches have been around for a very long time. I have some Casio, Citizen, and Seiko solar powered watches that are at least 10 years old. Solar smartwatches are newer kids on the block. Will the next round of Apple Watches be solar augmented? I doubt it, but who knows, outside of Apple.

Solar powered watches have always been a "look at what we can make" thing, not practical for anything that has the power requirements of a smartwatch.

You'd get skin cancer long before you got enough power to keep a smartwatch charged.

 

[HighwaySnowman]

I would love blood glucose but knowing Apple they'll gatekeep it to the USA or only add it to the ultra or limit it to a 5G model, etc. Remove basic features to punish and frustrate entry level customers.

No puncture blood glucose = I shell out the cash to buy a brand new one for my girlfriend. And that's a thing I virtually never do, I buy used stuff.

I really hope it's not just the stupid ultra. I know she'd rather have the smaller one.

 

[stevefeinstein]

Not until Apple re-enables the missing (lawsuit) blood oxygen features will I be upgrading from my Series 9.

I've been thinking about this and all things being equal I agree. But if there are some major groundbreaking feature like blood glucose readings, that's enough that I'd be happy to trade it for the O2 sensor.

 

[gh0stpr0t0c0lburner]

I would love blood glucose but knowing Apple they'll gatekeep it to the USA or only add it to the ultra or limit it to a 5G model, etc. Remove basic features to punish and frustrate entry level customers.

We are still years and years away from this working, so the idea that you're complaining NOW about a very advanced feature that takes so much research reads as very unreasonable.

 

[gh0stpr0t0c0lburner]

A blood glucose sensor will be of use along with my CGM, and I’ll upgrade for that. Hopefully it’ll debut in 2026 - 2027 and I’ll be ready to upgrade by then or 2028

Hey, just a heads up that blood glucose readings is a holy grail of wearables and it's further out than this. It'll be in the 2030s. I really wish it was sooner, but it won't be.

 

[Momof2.1107]

Hey, just a heads up that blood glucose readings is a holy grail of wearables and it's further out than this. It'll be in the 2030s. I really wish it was sooner, but it won't be.

I know to take it with a grain of salt. I just sync my CGM to the health app and have it sync to the Stelo app and the Clarity app.

 

[andyw715]

Mine is a AWU2 sitting at 89%. I do notice sometimes it takes longer to charge, but then other times it seems speedy.

I will add, I noticed my watch complaining about watch temperature while charging, it stopped charging while waiting for the temp to drop. Strange as it was at home and not in direct sunlight or anything like that.

 

[Compote]

We are still years and years away from this working, so the idea that you're complaining NOW about a very advanced feature that takes so much research reads as very unreasonable.

If you applied yourself, you would not only perceive comments about unreleased products, which isn't the core of my criticism, but valid criticism about products already released.