What’s interesting in this that I didn’t notice immediately in the video, is that when it turns on those red lights, there appears to be a secondary set of green lights that come with it (totally four green LED’s). That’ll turn on the red lights for the SpO2 sensor. Or automatically behind the scenes every once in a while. Either manually with a 15-second test that you simply start and wait: It also adds the red-light pieces that we’ll talk about later.įor the SpO2 piece, that’s triggered one of two ways. This splits out what was a single green LED light (or, perhaps technically a cluster of lights) on the Series 5, into a dual-light arrangement on the Series 6 (though, I think there’s actually four green LED’s – hang tight a sec). First up, there’s the new optical heart rate sensor. Still, for this weekend post I’ll quickly consolidate some thoughts. Still, since it’s there now and I was up to 2:30AM fighting the good internet fight, you should press the play button and enjoy a fun run around Amsterdam. So I wanted to dive into all these changes – and for a Friday afternoon, a video seemed like the best bet (in hindsight, it wasn’t – as our internet service provider in the area was having issues impacting both home and office, and I’d spend countless hours trying to get it published). This just makes it faster to respond on the watch-face. While the barometric altimeter improvements might be useful for some, Apple has long had a barometric altimeter in the Apple Watch. In the grand scheme of things this basically all boils down to an SpO2 sensor and new optical HR sensor package. – Added Additional Sports via WatchOS7 (all Apple Watches from Series 3 up get this) – Added Sleep Tracking via WatchOS7 (all Apple Watches from Series 3 up get this) – Reduced detection floor of VO2Max for lower VO2Max levels – VO2Max Alerts Coming later 2020 via WatchOS7 (all Apple Watches from Series 3 up get this) – Increased screen brightness in standby 2.5x – Added faster responding barometric altimeter for watch faces

– Changed optical sensor package entirely – Added SpO2 Blood Oxygen Sensor/Measurements Plus of course that new optical HR sensor.įirst up, as a quick reminder, here’s the main fitness-focused skinny on what’s new on the Apple Watch Series 6: This includes VO2Max, SpO2, the altimeter, and screen brightness. As well as some initial thoughts on the handful of other new features that the Series 6 has. While I already posted earlier this week on the new features of the Apple Watch Series 6, I figured I’d share some quick first run Friday data for ya.

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