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Our latest smartwatch Series 11 delivers the one thing the majority actually want from their wrist gadget: longer battery life.

In other aspects, the updated device acts as a straightforward upgrade for the Series 10, maintaining similarity in appearance, proportions and capabilities, with many of its upgrades originating from watchOS.

The Series 11 additionally priced £30 lower for UK customers, priced starting at 369 pounds (€449/$399/679 Australian dollars), positioned above the recently updated £219 Watch SE at the low end alongside the £749 Ultra 3 in the premium segment.

Design and Display

Like last year's tenth series, the new model is just under 10mm slim, resulting in a slim fit to the wrist, simple to slide beneath shirt sleeves plus more pleasant at night.

This 2,000-nit OLED screen remains sufficiently luminous for seeing inside and outside, maintaining readability to read off-angle, enabling taking a peek at the time or alerts easy.

The surface features with glass which is twice as scratch resistant compared to previous models, though not quite as tough of sapphire crystal, which is reserved on the pricier titanium models.

Power and Endurance

The new watch utilizes identical S10 processor found in earlier versions but now supports 5G connectivity option plus enhanced signal strength when you're away from civilization.

Energy storage have increased in size significantly with the smaller and 46mm watches respectively.

Larger model lasted a good two full days in our assessment including sleep monitoring excluding workout sessions.

Most people should approximately record 48 hours including sleep until recharge becomes necessary, requiring just over an hour using a 20W or more powerful adapter (not included), reaching approximately three-quarters charge in 30 minutes.

Should you participate in workouts, the device can continue approximately eight hours while recording, sufficient duration for a marathon or two.

Product Features

• Case size: Two size variants
• Device slimness: 9.7mm
• Device weight: approximately 30-37 grams
• Computing engine: S10 processor
• Storage: 64GB
• Operating system: latest watchOS
• Waterproof rating: 50 meters (5 atmospheres)
• Monitoring features: Heart rate, Electrocardiogram, spO2, temp, Depth gauge, mic, speaker, Near-field communication, GNSS, Compass, altimeter
• Wireless features: Bluetooth technology, Wi-Fi connectivity, NFC, UWB, 5G cellular option

Software Enhancements

The Series 11 ships with watchOS 26, compatible with every version from 2020's Series 6 and later.

It adds the latest Liquid Glass interface, creating most elements partially transparent, along with fresh interface options: an expansive digital display called Flow reacting to motion plus an analog display called Exactograph, that separates time components into individual displays.

The most impressive innovation involves wrist movements, involving quick rotation your arm outward and then back to close applications returning to the watch face.

This functions without looking at the device to check the display, meaning you can stop notifications using a quick gesture with your hand.

Activity Analysis

The Apple Watch includes a complete health monitoring suite of capabilities found in earlier versions but adds some additional functions and revamped fitness program.

Hypertension alerts monitor indicators of high blood pressure over a 30-day period, alerting users to get yourself checked out if your heart rate data indicates potential a hidden problem.

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

Every day the watch shows a numerical rating separated into components across three areas: sleep length, timing and disturbances, each self-explanatory and viewable via the health software on the iPhone also.

Fitness assistant functions as intelligent training utilizing your past activity records to give you motivational messages around exercise sessions, such as recognising existing workout history regular activity patterns and the level of effort you demonstrated.

Also featuring audible heads-up when attaining particular goals while working out, including certain tempo, heart rate, range, time or additional measurements.

Users can select from three speaking tones, providing audio feedback over Bluetooth headphones connected to your watch for multiple workout categories, like strolling, sprinting or cycling.

Unfortunately, functionality requires if you have with you recent smartphones with you, creating frustration prompting abandonment of the feature preventing inconvenience carrying mobile devices.

Sustainability and Environment

Reports indicate the battery should last exceeding 1000 full power cycles retaining four-fifths of initial performance and can be replaced for ninety-five pounds.

Repairs cost between £295 and £389 based on specific version.

Materials include more than 40% recycled material including aluminium, cobalt, copper, glass, gold, lithium, rare earth elements, steel, tin elements, {titanium|