The Apple Watch 11th Series Review: Wrist-Flickingly Good featuring Extended Battery Performance

The latest smartwatch 11th generation delivers the one thing many users truly desire from a smartwatch: improved power endurance.

Apart from that, the updated device acts as a straightforward upgrade from the previous model, keeping pace in design, dimensions and functions, with most of improvements derived from software.

This new model furthermore more affordable by £30 within the United Kingdom, costing from £369 (€449/$399 USD/A$679), positioned above the fresh redesigned £219 Watch SE for entry-level buyers and the £749 Ultra 3 at the high end.

Build and Interface

Similar to the previous tenth series, the new model comes in at 9.7mm thick, which makes it a trim appearance on your arm, easy to sneak below clothing plus more pleasant during sleep.

Featuring a 2,000nit display offers excellent visibility for viewing indoors and out, staying legible to read off-angle, making quickly looking for timekeeping or messages easy.

Protecting the display using glass that is significantly more durable as before, while not reaching the hardness of sapphire crystal, that's only available for the more expensive titanium versions.

Capability and Runtime

This latest device features the same S10 chip found in earlier versions but now supports cellular 5G capability and stronger reception during situations away from civilization.

Power cells have increased in capacity significantly for the 42mm and larger versions in that order.

Larger model managed an impressive 48 hours during evaluation featuring overnight analysis when not used for fitness.

The majority of users will just about be able to track two days and two nights before needing a charge, which takes about 66 minutes using a 20W or higher charger (not included), hitting about 70 percent in half an hour.

Should you engage in exercise, the device can continue around 8 hours while recording, sufficient duration for a marathon or multiple events.

Product Features

• Case size: 42mm and 46mm
• Device slimness: 9.7mm
• Device weight: around 30 to 37g
• Computing engine: S10 processor
• Storage: 64GB capacity
• Watch OS: latest watchOS
• Waterproof rating: 50 metres (50m waterproof)
• Monitoring features: HR, ECG, Blood oxygen, Temperature, Depth gauge, mic, Speaker, NFC, GNSS, compass, Altimeter
• Connectivity: Bluetooth technology, Wi-Fi connectivity, NFC, UWB, optional 5G

Operating System Updates

The Series 11 ships with updated software, functioning on each iteration starting from Series 6 and later.

This includes recently introduced transparent design elements, which makes display features partially transparent, plus introducing additional display styles: an expansive digital display called Flow that responds to movement and an analogue face named Exactograph, that separates time components as separate indicators.

The best new feature involves wrist movements, requiring swift turning your wrist away from you then returning to dismiss things and go back to the home screen.

This functions without lifting your arm to check the display, allowing users to turn off alerts with a satisfying flick with your hand.

Wellness Monitoring

This smartwatch incorporates a complete fitness analysis system of features available in prior generations while introducing a couple of new features along with updated exercise application.

Hypertension alerts monitor indicators of high blood pressure during monthly analysis, informing wearers to consult professionals when pulse information indicates potential a hidden problem.

Updated sleep scoring makes Apple's sleep tracking easier to interpret, like other brands from Google, Samsung and others.

Daily upon waking the device displays a numerical rating that is broken down into three categories: duration, bedtime and interruptions, which are all self-explanatory and accessible through the wellness application on the iPhone also.

Workout buddy functions as intelligent training utilizing your historical exercise information to deliver encouragement during fitness activities, including identifying previous running sessions regular activity patterns and the level of effort you achieved.

It also provides audible heads-up upon achieving particular goals during exercise, like specific speed, pulse rate, length, duration or additional measurements.

Options include from three speaking tones, delivering verbal guidance over Bluetooth headphones synced to the wearable across twelve exercise types, including walking, running or cycling.

Unfortunately, functionality requires when you bring along your iPhone 15 Pro or later with you, which I found irritating sufficient to avoid the function eliminating hassle bringing phones during exercise.

Green Initiatives

The manufacturer states energy storage maintains over one thousand complete charging sessions maintaining 80 percent of starting power and is replaceable for ninety-five pounds.

Repairs cost from £295 to £389 based on specific version.

It contains more than 40% reused components featuring aluminum, cobalt metal, copper, glass components, gold, lithium components, rare earth elements, steel, tin, {titanium|