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Our newest wearable Series Eleven brings the one thing many users truly desire from a smartwatch: longer battery life.

In other aspects, the new model acts as a straightforward upgrade from the previous model, maintaining similarity in design, dimensions and features, with the majority of enhancements coming from the operating system.

The Series 11 furthermore £30 cheaper for UK customers, costing from 369 pounds (€449/$399 USD/A$679), and sits above the recently updated £219 Watch SE in the budget category and the premium Ultra 3 at £749 at the high end.

Appearance and Screen

Similar to the previous Series 10, the latest iteration measures only 9.7 millimeters in thickness, which makes it a slim fit when worn, easy to sneak below clothing and more comfortable overnight.

This 2,000-nit interface is plenty bright for viewing inside and outside, remaining clear at various perspectives, which makes taking a peek to check time or messages simple.

Protecting the display with glass reportedly twice as scratch resistant compared to previous models, though not quite as tough as sapphire, that's only available with the higher-end titanium models.

Performance and Battery

This latest device utilizes identical S10 processor from the previous generation but now supports cellular 5G capability and improved connectivity when you're when you're in the wilderness.

Energy storage show improvement in size by 9% and 11% in the 42 millimeter and 46 millimeter models in that order.

Bigger version achieved approximately two days in our assessment including sleep monitoring but without exercise.

Most people can nearly be able to track two days and two nights until recharge becomes necessary, which takes about 66 minutes employing 20W or higher charger (not included), hitting about three-quarters charge in 30 minutes.

If you do go out for a run, the device can continue about eight hours of tracking, adequate time for a marathon or two.

Product Features

• Dimensions: 42 or 46mm
• Case thickness: Under 10mm
• Weight: approximately 30-37 grams
• Computing engine: S10 silicon
• Memory: 64 gigabytes
• Watch OS: watchOS 26
• Waterproof rating: 5ATM rating (5ATM)
• Monitoring features: HR, ECG, spO2, Temperature, Depth gauge, Microphone, speaker, NFC, Global navigation, compass, Altimeter
• Communication options: Bluetooth 5.3, wifi 4, NFC, UWB, optional 5G

Operating System Updates

The Series 11 includes the latest watchOS, compatible with every version since the sixth generation and subsequent.

It adds Apple's new Liquid Glass design, which makes display features semi-translucent, plus introducing additional display styles: a large digital face called Flow that responds to movement and an analogue face called Exactograph, that separates time components into their own dials.

The most impressive innovation centers on gesture control, involving quick rotation your hand backward then returning to close applications and go back to the home screen.

This functions without lifting your arm to view the screen, enabling wearers to turn off alerts using a quick gesture with your hand.

Wellness Monitoring

The Apple Watch features an extensive health monitoring suite of features available in prior generations plus including some additional functions along with updated workout app.

Blood pressure notifications look for signs of high blood pressure over a 30-day period, notifying you to get yourself checked out when pulse information shows possibility of undetected issues.

Enhanced sleep analysis makes Apple's sleep tracking simpler to understand, similar to competitors including various manufacturers.

Daily upon waking the device displays a score out of 100 divided into categories across three areas: time asleep, schedule and wakeups, each easy to understand and viewable via the health software through your mobile as well.

Exercise companion is an AI coach utilizing your historical exercise information to give you pep talks around exercise sessions, such as recognising that you have already run three times this week plus intensity measurement you achieved.

Additionally offering spoken alerts upon achieving specific targets during exercise, like specific speed, heart rate, length, period or further statistics.

Options include among three vocal styles, delivering verbal guidance over Bluetooth headphones connected to your watch for one of 12 activities, such as walking, jogging or biking.

Unfortunately, functionality requires when you bring along your iPhone 15 Pro or later during activities, which I found irritating prompting abandonment of the function eliminating hassle with a phone on runs.

Sustainability and Environment

The manufacturer states the battery should last more than 1,000 complete charging sessions maintaining 80 percent of its original capacity and is replaceable for £95.

Service pricing ranges approximately £300-400 based on specific version.

It contains significant amounts of reused components such as aluminum, cobalt metal, copper, glass, gold, lithium, specialized materials, steel parts, tin elements, {titanium|