Apple Watch Series 6 , that will be the next Apple smart watch if there is no setback due to the current health alarm situation. Something that is already beginning to be rumored that could affect delaying the launch of the iPhone 12. But if this is not the case, what can we expect from the future Apple watch?
Apple Watch Series 6 and its release date
The Apple Watch is, along with the iPhone and AirPods, one of the current star products of the company. And it is understandable. The watch has been able to focus very well on health and sports issues without forgetting other options such as notifications or integration with the rest of the company’s products to give value to the ecosystem.
At the end of 2019, the current Apple Watch Series 5 was launched and, if there are no setbacks, the normal thing is that during the month of September of this same year (early October at the latest), its next generation will be launched: the Apple Watch Series 6.
Of course, beyond the launch date, name and price – presumably identical to the current one – what matters is knowing what it could offer to attract new buyers or even make current owners decide to upgrade. According to rumors in recent months, this is what is expected.
WatchOS 7, what to expect from the new operating system
The Apple Watch operating system is the key, as in the rest of the company’s products. This marks the experience and incidentally gives us some clues of the possible changes that could be at the hardware level. Although it is also logical to think that many of its innovations will be present in current models that use watchOS 6.
One of the features that was eagerly awaited and did not come with the current version is the sleep monitoring mode. Despite seeing a device with the name of an application called Sleep, the company did not release anything similar. So, I am expected to do so now.
This option would allow you to control how the user rests, providing data that was integrated with the rest of the health app and that could help improve the way they sleep or detect possible related problems.
Of course, adding this new mode would impact the autonomy of the watch. To solve it, Apple would introduce a saving mode that would control energy consumption at night. Thus, the next day there would be no need to worry about running out of battery in the watch. Or at least not as much as it could happen now.
This could also hint at an improvement in the built-in battery capacity and the efficiency of the various components. Even an improvement in charging times, fast charging on Apple Watch? We will see what happens.
Next with application themes, it seems that a new application with sports guides could also arrive to facilitate the performance of different sports through indications. Something very similar to what we already see in some apps for iOS and even the deep breathing function of the clock.
Linking with the supposed energy saving mode, in the control center there would be the option of adding two new buttons. The first to activate energy saving and the second for the noise detection function.
Another novelty would be aimed at parents with children who have an Apple Watch . Right now, with a single iPhone you can manage different clocks, but only one can be active. With this option a parent or guardian could configure the clock and receive information from it.
Thanks to this, parents could have parental controls with which to manage what applications and complications they could use or not, for example, during the period they are in school.
To finish, the latest rumors also speak of a tachymeter function that will allow calculations to measure the user’s travel speed between two points. Also new from Photos and Infograph Pro that along with all the current ones could also be shared between users. To make it easier to replicate the settings of other users that interest you easily.
New crown, replacement of the current digital crown?
The digital crown of the Apple Watch has been since its inception one of its differentiating elements along with its square aesthetics. Well, it is rumored that it could be replaced by an optical sensor . Thanks to this sensor, finger movement would be detected and it would give a better experience when carrying out the usual actions on the current option.
In addition, a benefit of this change would also be the one that it would provoke in its interior by having more space for other components or reducing certain elements that now occupy more. Although possibly this is one of the least likely rumors to see in this future version of the watch.
Touch ID on Apple Watch
Apple has a patent that turns your watch screen into a Touch ID sensor. Well, it really makes the screen have multiple functions like touch, force, temperature detection and that mentioned fingerprint reader.
Possible it is, because we have already seen many phones with this technology. Although it would have to be seen how they have resolved or managed to minimize the internal space necessary for such a component. So it is easier for said Touch ID sensor to arrive integrated in the new crown.
Blood oxygen measurement
That the Apple Watch Series 5 can measure blood oxygen is something that has already been discussed and that is not active due to Apple’s decision, according to various media. With the future update of the clock and the operating system, this function becomes more relevant.
Would it be an exclusive feature of the new model or via software would it also be for the Series 5? We will have to wait for the WWDC or official presentation. For now, what is clear is that if they have already passed a feature as complex as ECG measurement, why not get this one too.
Apple Watch in a circular design?
Imagining Apple changing the design of its watch to a circular one is difficult. Still there is an approved patent. But seeing how other manufacturers have ended up abandoning circular watches for a square one does not give you many possibilities to be real.
Making an Apple Watch circular would imply important changes for developers and that Apple cares for, so that it is not a drag on future apps and experiences of use.
Apple Watch Series 6 and the independence of the iPhone
To finish, the great change that many users expect in the future Apple Watch Series 6 is the real independence of the iPhone . It is understood that it will continue to be useful to pair with the device with an iPhone, but having more freedom than the model with a cellular connection now enjoys would be very interesting.
To achieve this independence, the operating system must move forward, so until the launch of the product or WWDC 2020, hopefully we will not know if it will happen or not. But it would be nice if this and new Xcode options allow developers more freedom. For example, to have options to listen to music like Spotify through the clock and not only Apple Music or Apple Podcasts.
