Watch 5 makes its debut tonight, the Apple company announcing right now all the important news it has prepared for the Apple Watch. We are talking about the fifth version of watchOS, one in which the Apple company implements only the most important innovations designed to make its smartwatches really interesting.
Health and Fitness
watchOS 5 brings the possibility to create competitions with our friends, which last up to 7 days.
watchOS 5 will display notifications for users, so that they know if they have a chance to win the competition, or if they are about to lose it.
Apple has implemented new types of physical exercises, including Yoga.
watchOS 5 brings to the Apple Watch an automatic system that detects the moment when we start a fitness session, even if we have not previously started the monitoring.
Apple has implemented many new types of physical exercises and their monitoring, including options for cadence and automatic alert when we stop exercising.
Communication – Walkie talkie
watchOS 5 allows the recording of short voice messages through a new function called Walkie Talkie, and the name is probably familiar to you.
watchOS 5 will allow you to communicate more easily through short voice messages in this way, just as anyone can talk to a transceiver station.
The Walkie Talkie function uses Wi-Fi in watchOS 5, but only after we connect with another friend who is near us, the functionality of the application being very simple.
New girls and Siri
watchOS 5 brings new faces for Apple Watch, which offer support for displaying information about sports, maps, or heart rate.
In tandem with iOS 12, watchOS 5 will allow the display of shortcuts for Siri, including suggestions for displaying new shortcuts.
watchOS 5 brings the ability to see personalized information from third-party apps in smartwatch faces.
Siri will be easier to control starting with watchOS 5, now simply raising your hand will allow you to control Siri without saying the "Hey Siri" command.
Interactive notifications and Safari
Notifications become interactive, watchOS 5 allowing to control the functions of the applications directly from the watch screen.
watchOS 5 also brings the possibility to access web pages directly on the watch screen, as if we were using Siri.
Podcasts
watchOS 5 brings to the Apple Watch the ability to listen to podcasts through the Podcasts application on the iPhone.
Wallet brings the possibility to save student cards
watchOS 5 will bring for pupils and students the possibility to save their notebooks.
Starting
watchOS 5 will be released in beta today, and in the final version in the fall.
more soon…
