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What upgrades to you think next year’s Apple Watch will bring?

The Cockney Rebel

The Cockney Rebel

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Many would argue that this year’s Apple Watch received hardly any upgrades.

I, for one, never bothered to buy a new watch.

What do you think next year’s Apple Watch will bring to the table?

I’m hoping there will be a new design, and possibly a new sensor.

You?
 
Until they have another “breakthrough” in technology, updates will be incremental and mostly in software tweaks. Satellite communications is on the horizon.
 
The Cockney Rebel said:
Many would argue that this year’s Apple Watch received hardly any upgrades.

I, for one, never bothered to buy a new watch.

What do you think next year’s Apple Watch will bring to the table?

I’m hoping there will be a new design, and possibly a new sensor.

You?
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BRING BACK BLOOD OXYGEN without the need of using your iPhone to check the results, for our Apple Watch series 9, 10-11 wearers in the states including for series 12!

Smaller Apple Watch Ultra for the small wrists!
 
I have an ultra 2 with blood oxygen enabled.

My ultra 4 wish list would be new design, bigger screen with thinner case and bezels, better battery life. I have never owned an ultra until buying my U2 this year pre owned. I’ve had a series 4, series 7, series 10 and now ultra. Really enjoyed the series 10 thinness. Love the rugged and premium feel of the ultra paired with an ocean band.
 
I expect a new SoC next year.
The Ultra might get a redesign, typically Apple keeps 3 iterations of a new design but then the Ultra has not had an upgrade at all back in 2024, so unclear at this point.
Regular AW is highly unlikely to get a redesign based on above.
Give that hypertension detection is based on existing sensors, don't see anything new coming here either.
And given that, blood glucose is definitely not coming.
So, other than BPM and CGM I don't know if there are any other sensors that could come, maybe there'll be new versions of the existing ones?
So, my expectations are quite low at this point ;(
 
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jz0309 said:
I expect a new SoC next year.
The Ultra might get a redesign, typically Apple keeps 3 iterations of a new design but then the Ultra has not had an upgrade at all back in 2024, so unclear at this point.
Regular AW is highly unlikely to get a redesign based on above.
Give that hypertension detection is based on existing sensors, don't see anything new coming here either.
And given that, blood glucose is definitely not coming.
So, other than BPM and CGM I don't know if there are any other sensors that could come, maybe there'll be new versions of the existing ones?
So, my expectations are quite low at this point ;(
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For Apple’s Watch standards, the barely noticeable larger screen may count like a redesign for the Ultra…..Let’s face it, that’s been pretty much what all the redesign have been about.
 
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JCCL said:
For Apple’s Watch standards, the barely noticeable larger screen may count like a redesign for the Ultra…..Let’s face it, that’s been pretty much what all the redesign have been about.
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Fair enough, and that they are now 3D printing the Ulltra case without changing the outer dimension afaik but claiming 50% (?) less material, so there's more interior space for a larger battery and what not? So, is that a redesign? Maybe.
I was really referring to the general "look" and in 10 years that look hasn't changed, just the outer dimension on the regular AW.
So I still don't expect and "redesign" for the AW, Ultra - who knows?
 
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I think that basic AI functionality processed locally on the watch, with more advanced AI capabilities through a connected and AI ready iPhone or the cloud, will be the bigger feature.

That will need a new SoC with stronger neutral engines than today, I suspect.

This should open the door, longer term, to further AI/ML based health features such as stress scores, metabolic measures, deeper sleep analysis, emotional measures etc.
 
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jz0309 said:
Fair enough, and that they are now 3D printing the Ulltra case without changing the outer dimension afaik but claiming 50% (?) less material, so there's more interior space for a larger battery and what not? So, is that a redesign? Maybe.
I was really referring to the general "look" and in 10 years that look hasn't changed, just the outer dimension on the regular AW.
So I still don't expect and "redesign" for the AW, Ultra - who knows?
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I could be wrong but I think that they "consume" 50% less material during the construction. I don't know that this means that there is more space internally.
 
Howard2k said:
I think that basic AI functionality processed locally on the watch, with more advanced AI capabilities through a connected and AI ready iPhone or the cloud, will be the bigger feature.

That will need a new SoC with stronger neutral engines than today, I suspect.

This should open the door, longer term, to further AI/ML based health features such as stress scores, metabolic measures, deeper sleep analysis, emotional measures etc.
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well, I put a "sad" reaction to this as I sure hope not to see any "genAI" functionality on the watch, toggle on/off doesn't matter.
Now having said that, both sleep apnea and hypertension detection heavily uses LLM and I'm perfectly ok with that, and I was reading a somewhat credible post (can't remember where, not here) that blood flow might also indicate high blood glucose, so similar to hypertension the way Apple implemented it. So, further using the data that is already there - great. Using AW as your "input" to genAI - no for me. up until the point where a feature becomes truly useful for me (today that doesn't exist for me). My 2 cents
 
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