Apple Watch

9to5Mac revealed a first look at the 2023 Apple Watch Pride face and band last month, and Apple officially announced them on Tuesday. While the new band won’t be available in stores until May 24, the company has confirmed that the new Pride watch face and wallpaper for iPhone are coming next week with watchOS 9.5 and iOS 16.5. Here’s a closer look at what they look like.

Time and time again, Apple Watch’s fall detection feature has been proven to be a versatile and lifesaving feature. Now, a man in Minnesota is crediting his Apple Watch with seeking help on his behalf after he was hit by a car in his own neighborhood.

Expectations are building for what could be a major update with watchOS 10. And now it looks like a valuable upgrade may come with the hardware of Apple Watch 9 to offer a potentially major performance improvement.

A user on Reddit has shared an incredible story on how the Apple Watch helped save their mom’s life. According to Reddit user Xanderpy, their mom was on a business trip and staying at a hotel when she started feeling pain in her chest.

The Apple vs. Masimo court battle has ended in a mistrial, after six of the jurors found that Apple had not stolen trade secrets to create the O2 sensor in the Apple Watch – but the seventh juror disagreed.

The judge had already rejected half of Masimo’s patent infringement claims before handing the rest of them to the jury to decide …

Apple is reportedly prepping some major changes for the Apple Watch this year as part of watchOS 10. According to a new report from Bloomberg, watchOS 10 will include big changes to the user interface with a new focus on widgets.

When Apple introduced the Apple Watch in 2014, it made it clear that the device is a companion accessory to the iPhone and that they were meant to work together. And while you can pair multiple Apple Watches to the same iPhone, you can’t use the same watch with multiple iPhones. That might change soon according to a recent rumor, and here’s why that matters.

According to a number of different reports over the last few months, the Apple Watch is expected to switch from OLED to micro-LED in the future. A new report from analyst Ross Young today, however, indicates that Apple has already decided to delay the switchover…

Readdle is out with a major update for its Calendars app on Apple Watch. The release comes with what the company calls an “intuitive and functional” new UI, half a dozen watch faces optimized with its Calendars app complications, a tasks list view, the ability to accept and decline meetings, and more.

Time and time again, Apple Watch has come in atop of the broader smartwatch market. A new report from Counterpoint Research today further highlights the Apple Watch’s success, finding that Apple “has the highest stickiness for any smartwatch brand.” That is, people who buy an Apple Watch enjoy it and are unlikely to jump ship to another smartwatch brand.

Every year, Apple introduces new watch faces and bands to celebrate Pride month. Although the company is yet to announce this year’s edition of Apple Watch Pride, we now have a first look at what it will look like.

The majority of smartwatches and fitness trackers on the market offer heart rate tracking to understand your cardiovascular load for workouts. Now WHOOP has launched an update for its health and fitness tracker that brings a “first-of-its-kind” feature. Going beyond Apple Watch, Google, Garmin, and more, the WHOOP wearable can quantity your strength training by measuring muscular load.

Last year, Apple introduced Tap to Pay, which lets businesses use their iPhones to accept contactless payments. First launched in the US, Tap to Pay is now being expanded to Taiwan. At the same time, the company is also rolling out the Track Detection feature of the Apple Watch to users in France.

Getting ready for vacation, business travel, or just want some ideas to improve charging, organizing, and using your Apple devices on the go? After hands-on testing, we’ve rounded up seven of the best travel accessories for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, AirPods, and Mac.

While Rivian isn’t working on CarPlay support, the EV maker is planning a few other features that Apple fans will appreciate. In a recent Q&A session this week, Rivian’s head of software development, Wassym Bensaid, revealed that the company is actively testing support for allowing Apple Watch to serve as a key for R1T and R1S vehicles.

Heart Analyzer is a popular iPhone and Apple Watch app that takes data from the Health app and provides more insight, additional trend information, and more. Today, a new update is rolling out to Heart Analyzer with an all-new Dashboard view, new charts, redesigned Apple Watch complications, and more.

Apple has officially set its next Apple Watch Activity Challenges for later this month. The company will hold an Activity Challenge on April 22 in celebration of Earth Day, followed by a challenge on April 29 in celebration of International Dance Day.

In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the next major version of watchOS – ostensibly watchOS 10 – is set to feature significant changes, including notable updates to the user interface.

watchOS 10 will be officially unveiled at WWDC in June. This week, Apple confirmed the conference will kick off on June 5, where its new operating systems announcements will also coincide with the launch of Apple’s first mixed-reality headset device.

Earlier this month, we shared the story of a student who recovered his iPhone days after dropping it into a lake. This time, something similar happened to Jefferson Rocha, who lost his Apple Watch at sea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during a schooner trip. Luckily, he was able to recover his Apple Watch thanks to the Find My feature.

Apple’s out with a new watchOS beta for Apple Watch users and developers. watchOS 9.5 is rolling out now, and it comes as we inch closer to the launch of watchOS 10 in just a few months.

Apple has a new software update today for Apple Watch users. watchOS 9.4 is rolling out now and it expands Cycle Tracking and AFib history features to more countries, fixes a pesky alarms bug, and more. Head below for the full details.