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The newest smartwatch Series 11 introduces the feature the majority actually want from a smartwatch: longer battery life.

Otherwise, the new model acts as a straightforward upgrade from the previous model, maintaining similarity in appearance, proportions and features, with the majority of enhancements originating from software.

The Series 11 is also more affordable by £30 in the UK, costing from £369 sterling (449 euros/$399/A$679), and sits above the recently updated Watch SE at £219 at the low end and the £749 Ultra 3 in the premium segment.

Appearance and Screen

Like last year's Series 10, this updated version comes in at under 10mm slim, which makes it a trim appearance to the wrist, easy to sneak under cuffs plus more pleasant overnight.

The 2,000nit OLED screen remains sufficiently luminous for seeing in various lighting, staying legible at various perspectives, making quickly looking to check time or messages simple.

Protecting the display using glass which is twice as scratch resistant as before, though not quite as tough compared to sapphire, that's only available with the higher-end titanium models.

Performance and Battery

The updated wearable incorporates identical S10 processor found in earlier versions but now supports cellular 5G capability and improved connectivity during situations away from civilization.

Energy storage demonstrate growth in size by 9% and 11% in the 42 millimeter and 46mm watches respectively.

The 46mm achieved approximately two days in our assessment with sleep tracking excluding workout sessions.

Most people will just about be able to track 48 hours including sleep prior to requiring power, requiring about 66 minutes with a 20-watt or higher charger (available separately), hitting about three-quarters charge in 30 minutes.

Should you go out for a run, the device can continue around 8 hours for monitoring, adequate time to complete marathons or two.

Technical Specifications

• Case size: Two size variants
• Profile depth: 9.7mm
• Device weight: about 30g or 37g
• Chip: S10 processor
• Internal storage: 64GB
• Operating system: latest watchOS
• Waterproof rating: 50 meters (50m waterproof)
• Health tracking: Heart rate, ECG, spO2, Temperature, depth, Microphone, Speaker, NFC, Global navigation, Compass, altimeter
• Connectivity: Bluetooth technology, wifi 4, NFC, UWB, optional 5G

Software Enhancements

The Series 11 comes preloaded with updated software, which runs on each iteration from 2020's Series 6 and newer.

Featuring the latest Liquid Glass interface, creating display features somewhat see-through, along with additional display styles: a large digital face named Flow sensitive to gestures plus an analog display called Exactograph, dividing time components as separate indicators.

The standout addition is the wrist-flick gesture, requiring swift turning your wrist away from you and reversing to close applications returning to the main interface.

This functions without lifting your arm to check the display, enabling wearers to turn off alerts through simple motion of the wrist.

Health and Fitness Tracking

This smartwatch includes an extensive health monitoring suite of tools found in earlier versions plus including several fresh capabilities along with updated fitness program.

High BP warnings check for symptoms of elevated BP over a 30-day period, informing wearers to get yourself checked out when pulse information indicates potential a hidden problem.

Updated sleep scoring enhances rest analysis easier to interpret, comparable to rivals from Google, Samsung and others.

Daily upon waking the screen presents a score out of 100 divided into categories into three categories: time asleep, schedule and wakeups, all being easy to understand and accessible in the Health app on your smartphone also.

Workout buddy serves as automated guidance utilizing your past activity records to give you encouragement during fitness activities, including identifying that you have already run multiple weekly exercises plus intensity measurement you achieved.

Additionally offering spoken alerts upon achieving particular goals throughout activities, including certain tempo, cardiac rhythm, distance, duration or further statistics.

Users can select from three speaking tones, delivering verbal guidance through connected audio paired with the device across twelve exercise types, such as walking, jogging or biking.

However, it only works when you bring along newer iPhone models during activities, creating frustration prompting abandonment of the feature preventing inconvenience with a phone on runs.

Green Initiatives

Reports indicate power cells will endure over one thousand full power cycles retaining four-fifths of its original capacity and is replaceable for ninety-five pounds.

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

The device incorporates over forty percent recycled material such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, glass components, gold, lithium, uncommon minerals, steel parts, tin elements, {titanium|