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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n In just a few weeks\u2019 time, Apple<\/a> will finally pull the cloak off the all-new iPhone 17<\/a> at its big September event, but it\u2019s not the only device coming out of Cupertino next month. The tech giant is also set to launch the Apple Watch Series 11, and plenty are hoping for something bigger and better than the slightly disappointing Apple Watch Series 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n Essentially just an iterative upgrade, the Apple Watch Series 10 looked practically identical to the Apple Watch Series 9, with just a slightly bigger, sharper display, thinner and lighter design and sleep apnoea alerts. But could the Apple Watch Series 11 do better? <\/p>\n While rumours about the upcoming smartwatch<\/a> are thin on the ground, suggesting that it might not be a ground-breaking update (again), here\u2019s what we know about it so far, from release date to features.<\/p>\n Apple Watch Series 11 release date<\/p>\n Ever since Apple launched the Apple Watch Series 2 in 2016, the company has unveiled each new Apple Watch in September alongside the iPhone. That makes an early September launch for the Apple Watch Series 11 highly likely. <\/p>\n The Apple event is predicted to take place on Tuesday 9 September, with pre-orders for both the iPhone 17 and Apple Watch Series 11 expected to go live on Friday 12 September, before it officially releases the following week on Friday 19 September. <\/p>\n Apple Watch Series 11 price <\/p>\n Right now, there aren\u2019t any leaks about the Apple Watch Series 11\u2019s price, but we expect it to start at \u00a3399 for the 42mm model, \u00a3429 for the 46mm model, and increasing to \u00a3499 and \u00a3529 respectively for the models with cellular connectivity. <\/p>\n Apple Watch Series 11 design and features<\/p>\n While there\u2019s been little word on the Apple Watch Series 11\u2019s design, ahead of the launch of the Series 10, Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman claimed<\/a> that Apple was working on a special anniversary edition of the Apple Watch, called the Series X, and said it could be released in 2024 or 2025. There would be a thinner case and a new magnetic band attachment system, making it easier to attach new straps to your watch. <\/p>\n The Series 10 did get a thinner case, but there was no new magnetic band system or a Series X. Will this be the year for that new redesign? Here\u2019s hoping. There are, however, a couple of rumours about the Series 11\u2019s features. <\/p>\n In late 2023, Gurman claimed<\/a> that Apple was working on blood pressure monitoring for an upcoming Apple Watch. This was predicted to launch on the Apple Watch Series 10, but he said in March this year that Apple had been running into issues<\/a> when testing the technology. <\/p>\n While it wouldn\u2019t give you exact systolic and diastolic measurements, it could give you hypertension alerts and track whether your blood pressure was going up or down. If Apple is still finding blood pressure monitoring difficult to implement, it still might not arrive in time for inclusion on the Series 11.<\/p>\n And it looks like Apple has also solved its blood oxygen monitoring problem. The feature was removed on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Series 10 due to patent disputes, but it finally resolved it earlier this month<\/a>, so blood oxygen monitoring will be back on the cards for Series 11. <\/p>\n Besides that, it looks like it\u2019s going to be another fairly iterative upgrade. Future Apple Watch models could be far more exciting, however. <\/p>\n In March, Gurman stated<\/a> that Apple was working on developing an Apple Watch with built-in cameras that would launch in 2027. According to the leaker, it wouldn\u2019t be used for FaceTime, but for Apple\u2019s visual intelligence features, letting a user point their watch at things in their environment to get on-wrist information about them, such as a shop\u2019s opening times or the name of a plant in the wild.<\/p>\n The Apple insider also revealed<\/a> later that month that Apple\u2019s ongoing mission to bring non-invasive glucose monitoring to the Apple Watch was still in the works, but that it was many years away from reality. According to Gurman, a proof-of-concept was engineered in 2023, but it was still too big to put into an Apple Watch. There are reportedly hundreds of engineers working on the project. <\/p>\n Apple Watch Series 11 specs <\/p>\n Apple updates the chip inside the Apple Watch every year, and we\u2019re pretty certain an S11 chip is going to power the upcoming Apple Watch Series 11. While we don\u2019t know anything about it yet, the smartwatch will probably run faster and help increase its battery life. <\/p>\n In December last year, Gurman claimed<\/a> that MediaTek had been picked to supply the modems for future Apple Watches in 2025, finally bringing 5G speeds to the wearable. The current Intel modems only use LTE connectivity, but MediaTek\u2019s modem uses 5G RedCap, a service specifically built for wearables.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve rounded up everything you need to know about the <\/strong>iPhone 17<\/strong><\/a> and <\/strong>AirPods Pro 3<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-358087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115058265717141900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}