WatchOS 9, the new operating system developed by Apple for smart watches, was introduced. Although the WatchOS mobile operating system, specially designed for Apple’s smart watches, has many features in common with iOS on phones, it also has some advantages specific to smart watches. As of today, new ones have been added to these advantages.
Apple Watch smart watches, which Apple released a while ago, have a unique mobile operating system. Thanks to this operating system called watchOS, many device-specific features are offered to users.
Watch OS 9, the new operating system of Watch OS, was introduced at the WWDC 2022 event organized by Apple today. Let’s take a look at the features that will come to smart watches with the new operating system.
What’s new with watchOS 9
When we look at the innovations in WatchOS 9, the new operating system developed by Apple for smart watches, we see a new Podcast application with new notifications.
WatchOS 9 is inspired by high-performance athletes.
WatchOS 9, indispensable for athletes, includes metrics, insights and training experiences inspired by high-performance athletes. WatchOS 9, which will help you analyze performance while doing sports, also helps prevent injuries while training more enjoyable. With a vertical oscillation meter, WatchOS 9 can measure how much it moves up and down. WatchOS 9, which even looks at metrics such as stride length and ground contact time, can suggest new training methods based on these data.
Take better control of your body information with the watchOS 9 Heartrate Zone feature.
Users with Apple Watch will have a special training option called Heartzone to focus on important points such as speed and endurance along with distance or time intervals while doing sports. WatchOS 9 will keep different data according to the action you take at the moment, while regularly making measurements such as pace and heart rate. You can compare the data obtained when doing sports at an intense pace with the data obtained when you train more calmly. In addition, a fitness application is coming to iPhone users with or without an Apple Watch. With this application, you can track your steps and how far you have traveled on your iPhone in detail.
Updates to sleep app Sleep Stages with watchOS 9
With the Sleep Stages application coming to WatchOS 9, Apple’s new operating system for smart watches, you can learn whether you are in REM, core or deep sleep stages. You will be able to control which sleep state you are in which time interval. Saying that it wants to help advance the science of sleep, Apple will be able to send sleep stage data to scientists through the application.
With watchOS 9, it will be possible to track medication.
With watchOS 9 comes the Medications application that will allow you to keep track of your medications. Thanks to the Medicines application, notifications will be sent so that users can remember which medicine to take and when. This application can be viewed with both iPhone and Apple Watch. You will be able to scan the drug label to introduce drugs into the app.