At the 2019 developer conference, Apple revealed the latest versions of watchOS, which is the sixth generation, which came to provide new wallpapers, updated applications, and various other features in the field of health and entertainment, as well as for the first time an application store for the watch. A launch is expected after 3 months. What is new detailed in this version?

"The Apple Watch has become an indispensable part of our customers' daily lives," said Jeff Williams, Apple's general manager of operations. "It helps them to stay in touch with other people and provide them with important information about them, and it helps them live better. We have committed to helping users manage Better their health and fitness through the use of powerful new tools that can be controlled and customized to suit their needs.

Launch time and watches compatible with this release

The release of watchOS 6 was revealed at WWDC 2019, and the beta version became available to developers. Apple will not release a public version of this version such as iOS, so if you do not have a developer account, you must wait until the official release is launched, and most likely next September will be synchronized with the launch of iOS 13.

This release will be compatible with all versions of watches that support the previous version, watchOS 5. That is, it will support these versions:

  Apple Watch Series 4

 Apple Watch Series 3

 Apple Watch Series 2

Apple Watch Series 1

An exception is the original Apple Watch.

Apple Watch App Store

The next biggest feature of the Apple Watch system is its own app store without the need for an iPhone. Where you can now search this store directly for any applications you want using your voice, or by typing on the screen or via Siri and then installing them directly on the watch. In this way, you will save space on the iPhone, and you will be able to restrict services and applications on your wrist only, instead of duplicating them across two devices.

WatchOS 6 will come with three new applications:

◉ Apple books, Which allows you to listen to audiobooks using the bluetooth headset instead of reading from the watch.

◉ Also it will come with the system application Voice Memos, So that you can take voice notes directly to the watch instead of the iPhone.

◉ and apply Calculator Officially and for the first time on the watch.

There will also be another new feature, which is a tool that enables you to calculate bills, shares, etc. with ease.

Audio broadcast

The watch will be equipped with an audio user interface to play music, radio and podcasts over the Internet.

Hearing health

The new version will have a feature that can listen to what you hear and let you know if the decibel levels are too high and may harm your hearing or not.

The World Health Organization says exposure for four hours a week of more than 90 decibels can affect hearing over time. This new feature will monitor the surrounding sound and alert you when it approaches a level of danger to the health of your ears.

Apple also says that no sounds will be recorded, but rather it will only monitor the decibel units so that this is not a concern for your privacy and made clear that the analysis of the sound intensity will be done on the watch and not on Apple's servers. That is, no votes will be recorded and transmitted to the company's servers.

Watch faces

The new version will contain new interfaces, and have names such as "sun disk, California, numbers, and more."

The new update also includes the "chimes" or taptic feature, and this will click silently on your wrist every hour throughout the day to help you keep track of time, and you can customize this as canceling or making it sound.

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As for the health features, there is something new called Activity Trends. It's a way to show your fitness data over the previous time, and gives you a comparison of the last 90 days with the previous year. And if your activity levels begin to decline over time, the watch will be able to advise you on what you can do to get back on track.

Women will also be able to track their menstrual cycle on their watch through the Cycle Tracking app.

The same function comes to the health application on the iPhone. This is not a warning of fertility periods, or the start of menstruation.

What do you think of the new watch features? And were you hoping for another feature? Let us know in the comments.

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