Why Apple Watch

The ultimate device for a healthy life.

Apple Watch can do what your other devices can’t because it’s on your wrist. When you wear it, you get meaningful health insights, a fitness partner that measures all the ways you move, a connection to the people you care about most, and advanced safety features.

Health

You snooze. You win.

The Sleep app not only tracks your sleep, it helps you create a bedtime routine and schedule. See the time you spent in REM, Core, and Deep sleep, as well as when you might have woken up. And coming this month, get notified if you show signs of possible sleep apnea.1

Learn more about sleep apnea notifications

Better understand your daily health status.

With the Vitals app, you can quickly see your key overnight health metrics right on your watch — including heart rate, respiratory rate, wrist temperature, and sleep duration.2 For a more holistic understanding of your daily health status.

It has your heart in mind.

Unusually high or low heart rates and irregular heart rhythms (known as arrhythmias) could be signs of a serious condition.3 But many people don’t recognize the symptoms, so the underlying causes often go undiagnosed. Notifications in the Heart Rate app will alert you to these irregularities so you can take action and consult your doctor.

Learn more about heart health notifications

ECG on your wrist. Anytime, anywhere.

With the ECG app, Apple Watch is capable of generating an ECG similar to a single-lead electrocardiogram.4 It’s a momentous achievement for a wearable device that can provide critical data for doctors and peace of mind for you.

Learn more about the ECG app

Know your blood oxygen levels.

Apple Watch features an advanced sensor and app to measure your blood oxygen levels, an important indicator of your overall wellness.5

Learn more about the Blood Oxygen app

Understand your cycle like never before.

Apple Watch has an innovative sensor that tracks your temperature while you sleep.6 Cycle Tracking uses this data to provide a retrospective estimate of when you have likely ovulated, which can be helpful for family planning.7 As always, your data is private and secure.

Learn more about the Cycle Tracking app

Fitness and Activity

Move. Exercise. Stand.
Reach your goals, one ring at a time.

The Activity app shows your daily activity, including your active calories, total steps, and workouts completed. Customize your goals for each day of the week so you can close your rings every day. If you need to take a break, you can now put your rings on pause — while keeping your award streak going.

Learn how Apple measures and validates heart rate, activity, and calories burned (PDF)

Measure all the ways you move.

From strength training and HIIT to Pilates and yoga, Apple Watch offers a healthy range of ways to track your workout. And it shows your progress with advanced metrics and views like Heart Rate Zones, Power, and Elevation.

Take your workouts to the next level.

Create Custom Workouts with time and distance intervals, as well as periods of warm-up, cooldown, and recovery. And see what’s coming with the Up Next workout view.

A new tool to help you achieve your goals.

Training load helps you see how the intensity and duration of your workouts may impact your body over time. So you can make informed decisions about how and when to adjust your workouts — especially when you’re training for a big event.

Built to go the distance. And depth.

Apple Watch is perfect for hiking, biking, and running as well as swimming, surfing, and other water activities. The new depth gauge, Depth app, and water temperature sensor on Series 10 make it great for snorkeling down to 6 meters. Or scuba dive to 40 meters with Ultra 2.8

Hit the trail with offline maps.

Now you can see detailed hiking maps for all U.S. national parks with the Maps app. Create your own hiking routes and download them to your iPhone for easy access later. They’ll automatically download to your watch so you can even navigate offline.9

Connectivity

Stay in touch from your wrist.

Text, make calls, and listen to music with ease.

More intelligent than ever.

The Smart Stack automatically suggests widgets to surface the most relevant information throughout the day based on the time, your location, and more. So you’ll know if rain is coming, a meeting is about to start, or your Uber is pulling up. Traveling in another country? Your watch will intelligently add the Translate widget to your Smart Stack for you.

Bring a translator when you travel.

See a translation simply by dictating a phrase on your watch. Play the translation out loud and slow it down if need be. Use the Translate app on your watch without your iPhone when you have a Wi-Fi connection, or download a language to use offline.10

Stream. Download. Pay. Play. Everywhere you go.

Stream over 100 million songs with Apple Music.11 Purchase things quickly and securely with Apple Pay.12 Download new apps from the App Store straight to your watch. And do it all without ever having to take out your iPhone.

Safety

Emergency assistance at your fingertips.

When you press and hold the side button, your Apple Watch can connect you with emergency services to get you the help you need.13

Safety features we hope you’ll never need.

Apple Watch can detect if you’ve taken a hard fall or been in a severe car crash and connect you with emergency services, share your location, and notify your emergency contacts.13

Peace of mind on your wrist.

Check In lets you automatically notify a friend or loved one when you’ve arrived at a destination.14 You can also start a Check In from the Workout app — like if you’re going for a run after dark.

Customization

Change your watch band. Switch up your face.

With watch bands in a range of styles, materials, and colors and fully customizable watch faces, you can change your watch to fit your mood or the moment.

Which Apple Watch
is right for you?

 

Apple Watch
SE

All the
essentials.
Light on price.

44mm or 40mm
aluminum case

Retina display
Up to 1000 nits

S8 SiP

 

Find iPhone

 

 

High and low heart
rate notifications

Irregular rhythm
notifications3

Low cardio
fitness notifications

 

Up to 18 hours17

Low Power Mode

 

New

Apple Watch
Series 10

Thinnest. Biggest display.15
Advanced health features.

46mm or 42mm
aluminum case

Always-On Retina display
Up to 2000 nits

S10 SiP

Double tap gesture

Precision Finding
for iPhone16

ECG app4

Blood Oxygen app5

High and low heart
rate notifications

Irregular rhythm
notifications3

Low cardio
fitness notifications

Sleep apnea
notifications1

Up to 18 hours18

Up to 36 hours in
Low Power Mode18

Fast charging19

New color

Apple Watch
Ultra 2

The ultimate sports and
adventure watch.

49mm titanium
case

Always-On Retina display
Up to 3000 nits

S9 SiP

Double tap gesture

Precision Finding
for iPhone16

ECG app4

Blood Oxygen app5

High and low heart
rate notifications

Irregular rhythm
notifications3

Low cardio
fitness notifications

Sleep apnea
notifications1

Up to 36 hours20

Up to 72 hours in
Low Power Mode20

Fast charging21

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