There are several new complications you can add to your Apple Watch faces, including decibel level, cellular strength, and rain probability. The Calculator app has built-in tools for calculating tips and splitting checks, while Voice Memos lets you record quick voice-based reminders. Several iOS apps have been ported to the Apple Watch for the first time, including Audiobooks, Calculator, and Voice Memos. The Trends feature shows whether trends are up or down for active calories, exercise minutes, walking pace, and more, and coaching is included to help you reach your fitness goals. In the Activity app on the iPhone, there's a Trends tab that provides a long-term view of your activity so you can get a better overall look at your progress. Notifications are sent whenever the decibel level reaches or exceeds 90 decibels so you can protect your ears.Īpple has also added a Cycle Tracking app on Apple Watch (and, on iPhone, in the Health app) that lets women log information related to their menstrual cycles for period and fertility tracking purposes.

There's a Noise app that's designed to measure the noise level of the environment you're in, and it's able to send a notification if the sound is loud enough to result in damage to your hearing. Some of these faces are limited to newer Apple Watch models, however, and aren't available on older models. New watch faces in watchOS 6 include Modular Compact, Solar Dial, California, Gradient, Numerals Mono, and Numerals Duo, and each one has a unique look. You can browse through the App Store app to find apps, or you can use a Siri-voiced based search, or the Scribble app, and all the apps in the Apple Watch App Store can be installed without opening up the iPhone. Apps can be downloaded on the Apple Watch independent of the iPhone, which wasn't previously possible. Like its predecessors, watchOS 6 brings new watch faces, refreshed apps, updated health features, and, for the first time, a dedicated App Store.Īpple added an App Store you can access right on your wrist, and since there's an App Store, you don't need your iPhone to download apps. WatchOS 6, released in September 2019, is the current version of the operating system designed to run on the Apple Watch Series 1 and later.

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