The Apple Watch Series Eleven Review: Superb Wrist Gestures with Improved Power Endurance
Our newest wearable Series Eleven brings the one thing most people actually want from their wrist gadget: improved power endurance.
In other aspects, the new model functions as a straightforward upgrade to the Series 10, matching it in design, proportions and functions, with most of its upgrades coming from the operating system.
The Series 11 additionally priced £30 lower within the United Kingdom, costing from £369 sterling (€449/$399/A$679), and sits above the newly revamped Watch SE at £219 at the low end and the £749 Ultra 3 at the high end.
Appearance and Screen
Like last year's Series Ten, the new model measures only under 10mm slim, resulting in a slender profile on your arm, simple to slide below clothing and easier to wear at night.
The 2,000nit display is plenty bright for seeing indoors and out, staying legible to read off-angle, making quickly looking to check time or alerts simple.
It is covered using glass reportedly double the scratch resistance as before, though not quite as tough of sapphire crystal, which is reserved for the more expensive titanium editions.
Capability and Runtime
The updated wearable features the same S10 chip found in earlier versions while adding support for cellular 5G capability and improved connectivity during situations exploring remote areas.
Power cells have increased in storage significantly in the 42 millimeter and larger versions respectively.
Larger model lasted a good two days in testing including sleep monitoring excluding workout sessions.
Typical wearers will just about record 48 hours including sleep before needing a charge, requiring just over an hour with a 20-watt or more powerful adapter (sold separately), hitting about 70% in 30 minutes.
When you engage in exercise, the device can continue about eight hours for monitoring, which is long enough for a marathon or multiple events.
Device Details
- Size options: 42mm and 46mm
- Profile depth: 9.7mm
- Mass: approximately 30-37 grams
- Processor: S10
- Memory: 64 gigabytes
- Software platform: watchOS 26
- Waterproof rating: 50 metres (50m waterproof)
- Monitoring features: HR, Electrocardiogram, Blood oxygen, Temperature, depth, mic, Speaker, Near-field communication, GNSS, compass, Altimeter
- Communication options: Bluetooth 5.3, wifi 4, NFC, Ultra-wideband, 5G cellular option
watchOS 26 Features
The latest device ships with the latest watchOS, functioning on every version from 2020's Series 6 and later.
It adds Apple's new Liquid Glass design, resulting in display features semi-translucent, along with two new watch faces: a big digital interface named Flow that responds to movement and traditional watch face named Exactograph, that separates chronological elements into individual displays.
The standout addition centers on gesture control, requiring swift turning your arm outward then returning to dismiss things and go back to the home screen.
It works even without looking at the device to view the screen, meaning you can stop notifications with a satisfying flick of the wrist.
Activity Analysis
The wearable device features the same comprehensive fitness analysis system of capabilities found in earlier versions but adds some additional functions and a redesigned fitness program.
Blood pressure notifications look for signs of high blood pressure over a 30-day period, informing wearers to seek medical advice if your heart rate data shows possibility of a hidden problem.
Updated sleep scoring improves sleep monitoring more straightforward to analyze, like other brands from Google, Samsung and others.
Each morning the device displays a percentage score separated into components in three sections: time asleep, schedule and wakeups, all being easy to understand and available in the Health app on the iPhone too.
Exercise companion serves as automated guidance that uses your historical exercise information to give you pep talks around exercise sessions, like detecting previous running sessions multiple weekly exercises and the level of effort you achieved.
Additionally offering spoken alerts when you reach specific targets throughout activities, like specific speed, heart rate, distance, time or additional measurements.
There is a choice of three voices, providing audio feedback through connected audio synced to the wearable across twelve exercise types, including walking, running or cycling.
Unfortunately, functionality requires when you bring along recent smartphones during activities, which I found irritating enough that I would forgo the function preventing inconvenience with a phone on runs.
Eco-Friendly Features
The manufacturer states energy storage maintains over one thousand complete charging sessions maintaining 80 percent of initial performance with replacement available for £95.
Fixings require from £295 to £389 based on specific version.
The device incorporates over forty percent reused components such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, glass components, gold materials, lithium, uncommon minerals, steel parts, tin, {titanium|
