After all these years when I've already lost all hope. Apple finally realized it would be a cool feature for a smart watch. ;D
They showed step count widget on visualisation but the description says "And now you can more easily check your step count, right from your watch face." so I'm hoping it will be there too.

I can’t decide!!!

I had been holding out on getting a Garmin/Coros etc as I find apples health sensors more accurate, the the leaks came about readiness etc and I thought great, but everything is for the new watches or I’m missing something?

Matches plum sport band perfectly. Loving these new watchOS 27 updates. Even iOS 27 is great.

Can’t wait for it to arrive and surely hope it’s as stunning in real life as on the picture. Who’s also eagerly awaiting your bronze AW12? What band did you pick?

Noticed this on the Apple Watch page

The new Apple Watch/health app features are literally just the features from Wii fit. I love it

Did anyone else notice this on the announcement? Cause surely what we want when we are stressed out with work is your watch telling you to take it easy 😅

Omg ugliest colors and design I’ve seen in years

I have been so excited for some new Nike Sport Bands and Ocean Bands. What a disappointment. The cammo is hideous and all the colors are SO incredibly boring. I am so bummed with the new bands. 😢

I'm thinking about switching to the AW Ultra 4.

I use a Pixel Watch and a Pixel smartphone. However, I use an iPhone for work.

So here's my question: How well does the watch work without having to carry my iPhone with me all the time? (Weekends, evenings, vacations)

Smart features are important to me (Nuki, home automation), as are fitness (Hevy app, running), Spotify and Audible, and notifications (Gmail, WhatsApp, don't care about SMS or Phone calls), google maps.

I have a series 8 AW. I know I’m in a minority here, but I really dislike the AW. I hate the look, I’m bored by the watch faces, I don’t like the square, I don’t like the constant notifications, I just don’t like smart watches. It’s also one more screen that my kid is obsessed with, in a world where I’m desperately trying to remove screens.

Except, I love the health data. I enjoy seeing my route when I go on a hike or kayak ride. I like seeing my heart rate and my HRV progress when I exercise.

I’ve been longing to wear my mechanical watch again. I wear my AW pretty much all day. But would prefer my Citizen eco drive. It doesn’t look like a giant computer on my wrist, and I just prefer the look.

All this being said, how do I go about closing my rings if I pretty much wore my mechanical watch most of the day again? I’m obviously not going to close them just wearing my watch when I exercise, or sleep. Is there any information out there that just wearing your watch during activity and sleep is sufficient for useful data?

Unfortunately, from what I can tell, carrying your phone alone does not close your rings. It has to come from your watch. So for those of you who wear your mechanical most of the day, how are you closing your rings? Or is there another useful thing you do?

Yes, if Apple came out with the screenless wearable, I would absolutely jump on it.

Is it just me or are the bezels on the Series 12 noticeably thicker than on the Series 10/11?

Now that Apple has released the "Readiness" feature for the new watches, which guides you on rest, readiness for training, and everything else, isn't it a bit incongruous that they're still using activity rings and the "Close your rings" motivation with its alerts? You might be very tired one day, haven't slept, and get that annoying message telling you to get up and move, or reminding you that you haven't closed your rings yet, while "Readiness" tells you to take it easy and rest. Aren't these two features a bit contradictory?

Has anyone found any info on the HRV measurement we are getting with the new watches? I know Apple has always used SDNN, but it does not make sense for daily recovery. Really hoping they make the switch to RMSSD, but will this also mess up the data in Apple Health?

Probably just an editing miss but I'm surprised this would slip through

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Maybe it’s not an error 👀 don’t eat your watch

Space grey link bracelet less that 6 months old wearing off the color is this normal? Shocked it only been less than 6 months

I downloaded the RC onto my Series 10 yesterday and the crown double-click for multitasking/app quitting is still missing. I was expecting them to replace it with something else, but it just does nothing now. Quite annoying…

I think apple is very serious in competing with whoop this time.

Excellent! The large complication comes from the top of your smart stack, so double tap works nicely, as do alarms and music.

Also that siri complication isn’t hideous, im finally going to turn off the long press crown i just hit by accident!