If you could have a wish come true, what new feature would you like to see on the S9 Apple Watch?

[The Cockney Rebel]

Myself?

Some “magical” sensor that can sense when I’m down (I have mental health issues) and motivate me/suggest actions to take.

What about you?

 

[Howard2k]

5 day battery life.

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

5 day battery life.

That would be nice, but I can’t see it.

Wishing you well, my friend.

 

[GlenK]

Blood pressure monitor and/or temp

 

[FreakinEurekan]

MFi hearing aid support

 

[phessler]

Glucose monitor

 

[The Cockney Rebel]

Glucose monitor

I think they’re working on that.

 

[perezr10]

I wish I could charge my Apple Watch on ANY wireless charging pad.

 

[BigMcGuire]

Battery life is it for me. I am no fitness person (I'm huge), but I went with the Ultra because of the battery life. I love getting 70+ hours of battery life on this thing without trying. But I miss the size of the normal AW.

Battery life is the thing I'm looking at the most. I'd like to charge it up and at least use it for 3 days without having to worry about a charge like I do with my Ultra. My AW7 got 1.5 days and that wasn't bad but I REALLY like my Ultra's battery life.

 

[Night Spring]

Body temp sensor that takes temperature on demand. Oh, and it would be nice if they could somehow add a sensor that measured ambient temperature, so I could see the temperature where I'm at, not just get the temperature from the weather report. And a bright flat screen like the Ultra.

 

[jz0309]

New health sensor, blood pressure would be next ( Samsung offered that in their S5 last year) but I doubt we’ll see it this year.

 

[jz0309]

5 day battery life.

Nice goal
Battery life has been 18hrs since S0, Ultra pushed it to 36, so, to get to 120hrs, it’s gonna be a BIG watch

 

[jz0309]

Glucose monitor

that would be nice, but for true CGM (a la Dexcome for example) the AW would have to be a medical device (Type 1 diabetics depend on CGM for insulin intake) and I seriously doubt Apple would put that into the "standard" AW, a "special" edition maybe, but you'd have to be prepared for a 4-5x price (and diabetics would br happy to pay for that).
Technology-wise it's not that far away ...

 

[Mac47]

MFi hearing aid support

That's my dream too. My watch could replace my phone for everything except photography, if only it could send audio direct to my hearing aids without the phone present.

 

[ccRVA]

Blood pressure monitor and/or temp

Agreed, there are other wearables out there that do a blood pressure reading. Why not Apple?

 

[Bichon]

Agreed, there are other wearables out there that do a blood pressure reading. Why not Apple?

Probably because Apple wants the technology to mature to the point where the BP reading is accurate enough to get FDA approval. From what I've seen in various forum threads, those Galaxy 4 and 5 watches have to calibrated against a regular blood pressure cuff every few weeks, and even then, many people report difficulty getting accurate results. For me, an inaccurate blood pressure measurement on the watch would be worse than not having it at all.

 

[thefourthpope]

I wish I could charge my Apple Watch on ANY wireless charging pad.

Waiting on the EU to fix this one 🤫

 

[FreakinEurekan]

That's my dream too. My watch could replace my phone for everything except photography, if only it could send audio direct to my hearing aids without the phone present.

I'd also need CarPlay support... but that's a bigger ask

 

[arc of the universe]

its been reported that apple does have a working prototype glucose monitor, its just that its size of table top right now.
so that's long term (not a joke. that was the actual rumor).

what is feasible right away, but not evidently doable on the wrist right now: body temperature.
apple can do it if they put the sensors into AirPods.

 

[Howard2k]

That would be nice, but I can’t see it.

Wishing you well, my friend.

No, me neither.

 

[Apple_Robert]

The ability to use Apple Notes on the watch.

 

[Howard2k]

that would be nice, but for true CGM (a la Dexcome for example) the AW would have to be a medical device (Type 1 diabetics depend on CGM for insulin intake) and I seriously doubt Apple would put that into the "standard" AW, a "special" edition maybe, but you'd have to be prepared for a 4-5x price (and diabetics would br happy to pay for that).
Technology-wise it's not that far away ...

Not just diabetics. CGM should be easily accessible to all (ideally). For anyone who cares about their nutritional biochemistry, it’s important. I hope that it’s soon cheap and easily accessible.

 

[tranceking26]

My wish would be battery life that lasts for 7 days.

 

[WozzaTT]

As a type 2 diabetic, another vote here for blood glucose monitoring. Blood pressure monitoring would be amazing too.

Mind boggling to think how many more they’d sell once these are available.

 

[Jared G.K.]

46mm