Apple Watch Ultra 4 costs $799, exactly what Apple Watch Ultra 3 cost when it launched in September 2025. For the same money you get an S11 chip in place of the S10, up to 50 hours of battery instead of 42, a new Health Sensing System and a 45-hour Max Extended Workout mode. Ultra…
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Apple Watch Audio Intelligence: Live Rewind, Siri Recap, Sound Recognition and the Secure Exclave
Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 add a set of on-watch audio features Apple calls Audio Intelligence: Live Rewind, which shows the previous 15 seconds of a conversation as text, Siri Recap conversation summaries, Sound Recognition alerts and Shazam music detection. All of it runs on the new S11 chip. Keynote coverage…
Apple Says Series 12 Has the Most Accurate Heart Rate Sensing in a Wearable: What the 1,000-Person Study Claims
Apple says the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 have the most accurate heart rate sensing in a wearable, and it is pointing to a study of more than 1,000 participants run in July and August 2026 to back the claim. The study compared Apple Watch against what Apple calls leading competitors.…
Apple Watch Series 12 Step Tracking: The New Steps Complication and Apple's Accuracy Claim
Apple Watch Series 12 adds a Steps complication to the watch face, and Apple is claiming the watch now has the most accurate step tracking of any smartwatch. Both the complication and the accuracy claim also apply to the Apple Watch Ultra 4, announced the same day. Step counts have long been available in the…
The Full Apple Fall Bundle: What iPhone 18 Pro, AirPods 5 and Apple Watch Series 12 Cost Together
Buying the three headline products from today’s Apple event at their US starting prices costs $1,727: $1,199 for the iPhone 18 Pro, $129 for AirPods 5 and $399 for Apple Watch Series 12. Choosing the top option in each category, the iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299, AirPods 5 with Wireless Charging Case at $149…
AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12, and Ultra 4 went up for pre-order September 9
Three of the four hardware products Apple announced today can be ordered right now. AirPods 5 from $129, Apple Watch Series 12 from $399 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 from $799 all opened for pre-order on September 9, while the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max do not go on sale until Saturday,…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 Battery Life Explained: 50 Hours, 84 in Low Power, 45 Hours of GPS in Max Extended Mode
Apple Watch Ultra 4 is rated for up to 50 hours of battery life in normal use, up to 84 hours in Low Power Mode, up to 25 hours in Extended Workout mode and up to 45 hours in a new Max Extended Workout mode. Those are Apple’s own figures from today’s press release for…
Apple Watch Ultra 4 Is Official: $799, 50-Hour Battery, S11 Chip and a 100-Mile Race Mode
Apple announced Apple Watch Ultra 4 today at its Surprise and shine event, and the headline numbers are a $799 starting price, up to 50 hours of battery life, a new S11 chip and a Max Extended Workout mode that runs for up to 45 hours. Pre-orders are open now, and the watch arrives in…
Apple Watch Readiness Score Explained: What the 0 to 10 Rating Means and How to Use It
Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 add a Readiness score, a single daily number from 0 to 10 that Apple builds from recent activity, training load, vitals and sleep. Each score comes with one of four recommendations: Recover, Pace Yourself, Ready or Go For It. Keynote coverage described a new Readiness app,…
Apple Watch Series 12 Health Sensing System Explained: Heart Rate Every 5 Seconds, HRV Every 5 Minutes
Apple Watch Series 12 introduces what Apple calls the Health Sensing System: new optical and electrical heart sensors that measure heart rate every 5 seconds all day and heart rate variability every 5 minutes, which Apple says is 24 times more often than before. The same system is in the Apple Watch Ultra 4, and…