Disappointing. Instead of making battery life better that would benefit all of the Apple Watch users, here are some random AI features that most of you never gonna usa, and some new colors.

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nxc18 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Even if they’re just matching battery life while adding frequent HRV readings, they’ve made a big advancement. Frequent HRV is a requirement to be a WHOOP/Garmin competitor.

Previous Apple Watch can do it if you tell it you have afib, but that hurts battery life.

FWIW I have told it I have afib. I used to have problems with battery life, but I find the Series 11 can finally last all day and overnight with always on display+afib/HRV monitoring; and it charges fast enough I can get close to 100% in the shower, meaning it effectively does not have battery issues.

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afavour 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As someone that has had heart issues, their continued improvements there will keep me a loyal customer for a very long time to come.

Its position as a health device is underrated in tech circles. As we tech savvy generations age there’s a big market there.

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zsoltkacsandi 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have hearth issues too, and the metrics Apple provides still do not help detecting them. Not to mention that there is no improvement of their high blood pressure detection. So despite the marketing that they have the most accurate sensor, there is no real advancement here.

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well_ackshually 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Relying on an Apple Watch instead of a proper medical device if you're having heart issues is, well, uh... There's a reason an Apple Watch isn't a medical device.

	▲	afavour 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Consider for a moment that I and my doctor know my medical situation better than you do. (it is, by the way, an FDA approved class 2 medical device…)

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coldtea 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The iPhone 18 Pro and the Airpods are equally dissapointing. Even the folding iPhone is nothing special.

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recursive 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It puts the AI on its wrist or it gets the hose again.

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t-writescode 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Battery life is better.

> Longer Workout Battery Life and Faster Charging

Apple Watch Series 12 continues to offer up to 24 hours of everyday battery life9 and now offers up to 10 hours of battery life during an outdoor workout — 25 percent more than the previous model.10

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An increase to 10 hours of workout tells me battery life is better, but maybe not “better enough” to give the 24 hour number an increase (or the higher HRV checking frequency is eating the rest of the gains)

	▲	zsoltkacsandi 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, it’s not. 24 hours is the same as series 11. And you are comparing to series 10, not 11, that already had this improvement. I do not work out 10 hours a day, so that number is literally meaningless/pointless.