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The latest Apple Watch 11th generation brings the one thing many users really need from their wrist gadget: longer battery life.

In other aspects, the new model acts as an immediate successor from the previous model, keeping pace in appearance, dimensions and functions, with most of improvements derived from the operating system.

The Series 11 additionally £30 cheaper in the UK, available from £369 (449 euros/399 dollars/679 Australian dollars), placed higher than the newly revamped £219 Watch SE at the low end and the £749 Ultra 3 for top-tier users.

Appearance and Screen

Following the design of Series 10, the new model measures only 9.7 millimeters in thickness, which makes it a trim appearance when worn, simple to slide under cuffs plus more pleasant during sleep.

The 2,000nit display offers excellent visibility for viewing inside and outside, maintaining readability when viewed from different angles, which makes glancing down to check time or alerts straightforward.

Protecting the display with glass which is significantly more durable than earlier versions, while not reaching the hardness of sapphire crystal, that remains exclusive with the higher-end titanium models.

Performance and Battery

This latest device incorporates equivalent S10 silicon as last year's model but now supports optional 5G plus enhanced signal strength during situations away from civilization.

The batteries show improvement in storage approximately 10 percent with the smaller and 46mm watches correspondingly.

Larger model achieved approximately 48 hours in our assessment with sleep tracking when not used for fitness.

The majority of users can nearly record 48 hours including sleep before needing a charge, needing 66 minutes employing 20W or higher charger (sold separately), hitting about 70 percent in half an hour.

Should you engage in exercise, the device can continue about eight hours of tracking, sufficient duration for a marathon or extended activities.

Product Features

• Dimensions: Two size variants
• Device slimness: 9.7mm
• Mass: about 30g or 37g
• Processor: S10 processor
• Storage: 64GB
• Watch OS: watchOS 26
• Swim capability: 5ATM rating (5 atmospheres)
• Sensors: Heart rate, Electrocardiogram, Blood oxygen, temp, Depth gauge, mic, speaker, NFC, Global navigation, compass, Altimeter
• Communication options: Bluetooth 5.3, wifi 4, NFC, Ultra-wideband, optional 5G

Operating System Updates

This new model ships with the latest watchOS, functioning on all models from 2020's Series 6 and newer.

Featuring the latest transparent design elements, creating interface components partially transparent, plus introducing two new watch faces: a large digital face called Flow sensitive to gestures and traditional watch face titled Exactograph, that separates hours, minutes and seconds into individual displays.

The standout addition involves wrist movements, involving quick rotation your arm outward and then back to close applications and return to the home screen.

It works even without raising your wrist to look at the watch, enabling wearers to dismiss alarms using a quick gesture of the wrist.

Wellness Monitoring

The wearable device incorporates an extensive wellness tracking package of tools available in prior generations but adds a couple of new features along with updated fitness program.

Blood pressure notifications check for symptoms of high blood pressure over a 30-day period, notifying you to seek medical advice when pulse information indicates potential underlying conditions.

Updated sleep scoring makes Apple's sleep tracking easier to interpret, comparable to rivals from Google, Samsung and others.

Every day the screen presents a score out of 100 that is broken down in three sections: time asleep, schedule and wakeups, which are all easy to understand and accessible via the health software on the iPhone as well.

Fitness assistant serves as automated guidance employing your past activity records to give you motivational messages before and after workouts, such as recognising that you have already run regular activity patterns and exertion levels you demonstrated.

Also featuring verbal notifications upon achieving particular goals throughout activities, such as a particular pace, cardiac rhythm, range, duration or further statistics.

There is a choice from three speaking tones, which speak to you over Bluetooth headphones paired with the device for multiple workout categories, including walking, running or cycling.

But, this feature depends on if you also carry newer iPhone models during activities, creating frustration sufficient to avoid this capability preventing inconvenience with a phone on runs.

Green Initiatives

The manufacturer states energy storage maintains exceeding 1000 complete charging sessions maintaining 80 percent of its original capacity and can be replaced for £95.

Service pricing ranges between £295 and £389 depending on the model.

The device incorporates significant amounts of recycled material featuring aluminum, cobalt, copper, glass, gold, lithium, uncommon minerals, steel, tin elements, {titanium|