Apple's ever expanding health scope in watchOS includes a new Noise app for Apple Watch aimed at protecting one of your most precious assets: your hearing.
Hearing health innovations in watchOS 6 include a new Noise app
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Apple seeds second beta of macOS Mojave 10.14.6, third betas of watchOS 5.3 and tvOS 12.4 to developers
Apple is moving right along with the latest developer betas for macOS Mojave, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12.
watchOS 6 introduces Cycle Tracking to the Apple Watch
Health and fitness has been a major focal point for Apple for quite some time, especially as it relates to the features baked into several of its products. That remains the case with watchOS 6, the newest version of the mobile operating system for the Apple Watch, which introduces Cycle Tracking to the mix.
watchOS 6 and Activity Trends help you keep track of your health and fitness
Part of the many announcements made related to watchOS 6 at this year's WWDC, Apple also talked about fitness and how the company is making changes to help Apple Watch users keep better tabs on their health and fitness.
watchOS 6 introduces Audiobooks, Calculator, and other apps to Apple Watch
At this year's WWDC keynote, Apple took some time to talk about the next stage of life for watchOS and the Apple Watch. Introducing watchOS 6 with plenty of new features, Apple is finally also adding a few oft-requested first-party apps to the smartwatch lineup, including the Calculator app.
The Apple Watch finally gets an App Store in watchOS 6
The Apple Watch is getting an impressive boost with watchOS 6, which Apple recently announced at this year's WWDC keynote. That goes beyond new watch faces, though. Apple is also introducing one of the most oft-requested features for its smartwatch: the App Store.
Siri on watchOS 6 lets you find apps, identify songs and search topics on the web
watchOS 6, the next major software update to the operating system powering Apple's wearable device, packs in a few cool new features. In terms of voice interactions, Siri on your wrist is now more useful with such enhancements as web and app search.
watchOS 6 adds new watch faces from ‘pretty to practical’
Apple didn't miss a chance to help spice up its Apple Watch lineup, offering up new watch faces along with plenty of new features tied to watchOS 6 and its public launch later this year after the big WWDC unveil.
Apple finally brings a native Calculator app to the Apple Watch in watchOS 6
One of my biggest beefs with the Apple Watch for the longest time has been the lack of a native Calculator app much like what you’d expect to find on your iPhone’s Home Screen. Fortunately, Apple is finally resolving this issue with watchOS 6, which Apple announced today at WWDC 2019.
As shown in the screenshot example above, watchOS 6 will incorporate a full-blown calculator interface into the Apple Watch, allowing you to perform basic mathematic calculations right from the comfort of your wrist. The interface should look mostly familiar to iOS users, as it gets many of its design cues from the iPhone’s Calculator app.
watchOS 6 brings new Watch faces, apps and independence from iPhone
During its highly anticipated WWDC keynote on Monday, Apple announced watchOS 6 with a number of new features and improvements. Among those features are new watch faces, hourly audio chimes—such as birds chirping and streaming audio APIs. Apple has also added new apps such as Calculator and Audio Books, and helped the Watch gain further independence from the iPhone.
Apple seeds second beta of tvOS 12.4 and watchOS 5.3 to developers
While iOS gets the lion's share of attention when it comes to betas, Apple is not sleeping on its other big operating systems, too. The company is moving forward with developer betas for tvOS and watchOS.
The ECG app and irregular heart rhythm notification have been approved in Canada
Health Canada has issued active licenses for the ECG app on Apple Watch Series 4 following its US debut last December, as well as for the irregular heart rhythm notification feature.