Mark Gurman from Bloomberg has reported new Apple products in the Power On newsletter this week, focusing on the Apple Watch. Starting with the new Apple Watch Series 10 expected to be released towards the end of the year. His information aligns with Ming-Chi Kuo’s previous report indicating that the device will be thinner and have a larger display. Gurman mentioned that the display will be close in size to the Apple Watch Ultra (49 millimeters).
Gurman also mentioned that Apple has accelerated the development of health features, incorporating various capabilities. However, these features may be challenging and might not be ready in time, such as detecting sleep apnea, measuring blood pressure, and a feature to measure blood oxygen levels, which had to be disabled in the U.S. due to patent infringement.
Regarding AI features, Apple Intelligence data indicates that the Apple Watch does not yet have these capabilities, but it is expected that the Apple Watch Series 10 and the Apple Watch Ultra 3 will be upgraded to support them.
There are also reports about the Apple Watch SE, with Gurman stating that it will switch to using a hard plastic casing instead of aluminum, reducing costs and potentially lowering the selling price to attract more customers interested in smartwatches.
Lastly, there is a report about Siri in iOS 18 supporting Apple Intelligence, with Apple likely to start opening up usage through Siri in iOS 18.4, which is expected to be released for testing early next year.
Source: Bloomberg
TLDR: Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports on upcoming Apple Watch products, including the thin and larger display Series 10, health features development challenges, AI capabilities yet to come, Apple Watch SE switching to plastic casing, and Siri integration with Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.
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