Episode 261, watchOS 11 brings powerful health and fitness insights, and even more personalization and connectivity

Mac Minutes

In this episode, we will discuss the newest operating system watchOS 11. watchOS11 brings powerful health and fitness insights, and even more personalization. Apple is introducing the Vitals app, training load, pregnancy health and new ways to tailor Activity rings. We will discuss these and more.

watchOS 11 offers breakthrough insights into users’ health and fitness, and more personalization than ever.

With the new Vitals app, Apple Watch users can quickly view key overnight health metrics, receive alerts when two or more metrics are out of their typical range, and gain better context when it comes to their health.

With the new Vitals app, Apple Watch users can quickly view key overnight health metrics, receive alerts when two or more metrics are out of their typical range, and gain better context when it comes to their health.

When users log a pregnancy in the Health app on iPhone or iPad, the Cycle Tracking app on Apple Watch will show their gestational age and allow them to log symptoms for things frequently experienced during pregnancy.

Training load is an insightful new way to measure how the intensity and duration of workouts is impacting a user’s body over time, established using effort ratings available after each.

Apple Watch will establish a 28-day training load, a weighted average taking into account both the effort ratings and duration of users’ workouts over this period.

With the new Vitals app, Apple Watch users can quickly view key overnight health metrics, receive alerts when two or more metrics are out of their typical range, and gain better context when it comes to their health.