Apple's Watch Series 11 Review: Wrist-Flickingly Good with Longer Battery Life
This most recent Apple Watch Series Eleven introduces the feature the majority actually want from their wrist gadget: longer battery life.
Apart from that, the new model acts as a straightforward upgrade for the Series 10, matching it in appearance, size measurements and functions, with many of its upgrades coming from software.
The latest version furthermore more affordable by £30 within the United Kingdom, costing from £369 (449 euros/$399/A$679), and sits above the newly revamped SE model costing £219 at the low end alongside the £749 Ultra 3 at the high end.
Design and Display
Like last year's Series 10, this updated version comes in at under 10mm slim, resulting in a trim appearance when worn, convenient to tuck beneath shirt sleeves plus more pleasant at night.
The 2,000nit display offers excellent visibility for reading indoors and out, staying legible when viewed from different angles, which makes glancing down for timekeeping or alerts straightforward.
The surface features with glass which is twice as scratch resistant as before, though not quite as tough as sapphire, which is reserved for the more expensive titanium editions.
Power and Endurance
The new watch utilizes the same S10 chip as last year's model while adding support for cellular 5G capability plus enhanced signal strength when you're away from civilization.
Power cells show improvement in capacity significantly with the smaller and larger versions correspondingly.
The 46mm lasted a good two full days during evaluation with sleep tracking but without exercise.
Most people can nearly monitor two days and two nights prior to requiring power, which takes about 66 minutes with a 20-watt or higher charger (available separately), hitting about 70 percent in half an hour.
When you engage in exercise, battery endurance reaches approximately eight hours while recording, adequate time for a marathon or extended activities.
Device Details
- Dimensions: 42 or 46mm
- Profile depth: 9.7 millimeters
- Device weight: approximately 30-37 grams
- Processor: S10
- Memory: 64 gigabytes
- Software platform: watchOS Twenty-Six
- Waterproof rating: 50 metres (5 atmospheres)
- Sensors: Heart rate, ECG, Blood oxygen, Temperature, Depth gauge, mic, speaker, NFC, Global navigation, Compass, altimeter
- Wireless features: Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi connectivity, NFC, UWB, optional 5G
Operating System Updates
This new model includes watchOS 26, compatible with each iteration since the sixth generation and later.
This includes the latest transparent design elements, which makes interface components semi-translucent, and adds fresh interface options: a big digital interface titled Flow reacting to motion and traditional watch face named Exactograph, dividing hours, minutes and seconds into individual displays.
The standout addition is the wrist-flick gesture, involving quick rotation your arm outward and reversing to dismiss things returning to the home screen.
The feature operates without lifting your arm to check the display, enabling wearers to stop notifications through simple motion with your hand.
Health and Fitness Tracking
The wearable device features the same comprehensive fitness analysis system of capabilities found in earlier versions plus including a couple of new features and a redesigned exercise application.
Blood pressure notifications monitor indicators of elevated BP during monthly analysis, informing wearers to get yourself checked out if your heart rate data indicates potential a hidden problem.
The new sleep score metric enhances rest analysis more straightforward to analyze, similar to competitors from Google, Samsung and others.
Each morning the screen presents a score out of 100 divided into categories across three areas: time asleep, schedule and wakeups, all being easy to understand and available through the wellness application on your smartphone as well.
Fitness assistant is an AI coach employing your previous workout data to give you encouragement before and after workouts, including identifying that you have already run multiple weekly exercises plus intensity measurement you achieved.
It also provides verbal notifications when attaining certain milestones during exercise, like specific speed, heart rate, length, duration or further statistics.
There is a choice among three vocal styles, delivering verbal guidance through connected audio connected to your watch for multiple workout categories, including walking, running or cycling.
But, this feature depends on if you have with you your iPhone 15 Pro or later with you, creating frustration sufficient to avoid the feature eliminating hassle bringing phones during exercise.
Eco-Friendly Features
Apple says power cells will endure more than 1,000 full power cycles with at least 80% of its original capacity with replacement available at £95 cost.
Repairs cost approximately £300-400 according to device type.
It contains over forty percent recycled material featuring aluminum, cobalt metal, copper elements, glass components, gold materials, lithium, rare earth elements, steel, tin, {titanium|
