Apple announced Apple Watch Series 12, featuring a health-sensing system and new S11 chip. These enable more frequent measurements of heart rate and HRV, along with enhanced features such as a readiness score.
Apple has announced Apple Watch Series 12, revealing that it features advanced sensors for monitoring health and a new Apple silicon chip. The announcement describes a heart-rate sensor designed to deliver the highest accuracy in wearable history, more frequent HRV measurements, and further enhancements to health and fitness features.
With the new health-sensing system and S11 chip, the watch measures heart rate and heart rate variability more frequently and provides features including a new readiness score. The announcement also touches on innovations in privacy, security, and accessibility, and suggests expanded features to support people with hearing loss.
watchOS 27 is said to bring the power of Apple Intelligence to Siri AI, enabling users to understand personal context and draw on knowledge from their wrist.
The device is positioned as a wearable offering more comprehensive health and safety support on top of existing features such as the ECG app, sleep tracking, sleep apnea notifications, fall detection, and Emergency SOS.