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This most recent wearable Series 11 delivers the improvement many users truly desire from their wrist gadget: longer battery life.

Otherwise, the updated device functions as an immediate successor to the Series 10, maintaining similarity in appearance, size measurements and features, with the majority of enhancements originating from watchOS.

The Series 11 additionally priced £30 lower for UK customers, priced starting at £369 (€449/$399 USD/A$679), and sits above the newly revamped £219 Watch SE in the budget category and the premium Ultra 3 at £749 for top-tier users.

Appearance and Screen

Like last year's tenth series, the new model is just 9.7mm thick, resulting in a slim fit on your arm, convenient to tuck under cuffs and more comfortable overnight.

Featuring a 2,000nit OLED screen is plenty bright for viewing inside and outside, maintaining readability to read off-angle, enabling glancing down at the time or messages simple.

The surface features using glass which is double the scratch resistance than earlier versions, though not quite as tough compared to sapphire, that remains exclusive on the pricier titanium versions.

Performance and Battery

The updated wearable incorporates identical S10 processor as last year's model with new capability for optional 5G plus enhanced signal strength during situations away from civilization.

Energy storage have increased in size by 9% and 11% in the 42 millimeter and 46mm watches in that order.

Bigger version lasted a good two full days in our assessment with sleep tracking but without exercise.

Most people can nearly monitor two full days with overnight use until recharge becomes necessary, which takes 66 minutes with a 20-watt or higher charger (available separately), reaching approximately three-quarters charge in 30 minutes.

When you participate in workouts, battery endurance reaches around 8 hours of tracking, sufficient duration for endurance events or extended activities.

Technical Specifications

• Case size: Two size variants
• Profile depth: 9.7 millimeters
• Device weight: about 30g or 37g
• Processor: S10 processor
• Memory: 64GB
• Software platform: watchOS Twenty-Six
• Water resistance: 5ATM rating (5 atmospheres)
• Monitoring features: Heart rate, ECG, Blood oxygen, Temperature, Depth gauge, Microphone, speaker, Near-field communication, Global navigation, Compass, altimeter
• Communication options: Bluetooth technology, wifi 4, NFC, UWB, 5G cellular option

watchOS 26 Features

The latest device comes preloaded with the latest watchOS, compatible with all models starting from Series 6 and later.

This includes Apple's new Liquid Glass design, creating display features semi-translucent, plus introducing additional display styles: an expansive digital display called Flow that responds to movement and an analogue face titled Exactograph, dividing time components into individual displays.

The best new feature is the wrist-flick gesture, requiring swift turning your arm outward then returning to exit screens and go back to the watch face.

The feature operates without raising your wrist to view the screen, enabling wearers to turn off alerts through simple motion via arm movement.

Wellness Monitoring

This smartwatch includes the same comprehensive health monitoring suite of capabilities found in earlier versions plus including a couple of new features and revamped fitness program.

High BP warnings monitor indicators of hypertension through extended monitoring, notifying you to get yourself checked out if your heart rate data shows possibility of a hidden problem.

The new sleep score metric improves sleep monitoring simpler to understand, like other brands from multiple companies.

Each morning the device displays a percentage score separated into components in three sections: duration, bedtime and interruptions, all being easy to understand and viewable through the wellness application on the iPhone too.

Workout buddy is an AI coach that uses your past activity records to give you encouragement during fitness activities, including identifying that you have already run multiple weekly exercises and the level of effort you achieved.

Additionally offering spoken alerts upon achieving specific targets during exercise, including certain tempo, pulse rate, distance, time or other metrics.

Users can select of three voices, delivering verbal guidance via wireless earbuds connected to your watch across twelve exercise types, including walking, running or cycling.

However, it only works when you bring along recent smartphones during activities, proving inconvenient sufficient to avoid the function eliminating hassle carrying mobile devices.

Eco-Friendly Features

Apple says power cells will endure exceeding 1000 full charge cycles maintaining 80 percent of starting power and is replaceable for £95.

Service pricing ranges from £295 to £389 depending on the model.

Materials include more than 40% sustainable elements such as aluminum, cobalt, copper elements, glass, gold, lithium components, rare earth elements, steel, tin elements, {titanium|