{"id":200566,"date":"2025-09-04T21:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200566\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:33:09","slug":"apple-watch-se-3-coming-soon-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/200566\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch SE 3 Coming Soon: What to Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

We don’t have too much longer to wait until Apple’s “Awe Dropping” September event, which will see the unveiling of new iPhones and new Apple Watch models, including the Apple Watch SE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c is overdue for an update, and there could be some useful changes coming to Apple’s most affordable watch.<\/p>\n

Design<\/p>\n

Apple could update the \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c with 1.6-inch and 1.8-inch display sizes. It’s possible Apple is planning to transition to the Apple Watch Series 7 design for the \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c, which would see it made available in 41mm and 45mm sizes.<\/p>\n

The current \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c comes in the older 40mm and 44mm size options.<\/p>\n

With the Series 7, Apple also changed the design of the Apple Watch, introducing a slimmer casing and smaller bezels.<\/p>\n

S11 Chip<\/p>\n

The next-generation \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c should get the same S11 chip as the Apple Watch Series 11 and the Apple Watch Ultra.<\/p>\n

The S11 is essentially the same as the S9 and the S10, but it will be a major improvement over the S8 chip that’s in the current \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c. Performance should be quicker and the SE 3 should be more responsive.<\/p>\n

With the S11, the \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c 3 could get features like on-device Siri<\/a> processing, support for double tap gestures, and more storage.<\/p>\n

Possible Health Features<\/p>\n

The \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c has fewer health features than Apple’s flagship Apple Watch models. It doesn’t have the ECG app, and there’s no blood oxygen monitoring, for example. If there are new health features in the Series 11 and the Ultra 3, it’s unlikely the functionality will make it to the \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c 3.<\/p>\n

The \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c supports core features like heart rate tracking, sleep tracking, and respiratory rate tracking. It already has the hardware needed for sleep apnea detection, so Apple could add that as a option.<\/p>\n

Apple could also upgrade the optical heart sensor to the third-generation version that was initially introduced in the Apple Watch Series 7. The current \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c is still using the second-generation sensor.<\/p>\n

Plastic Casing Rumors<\/p>\n

Back in mid-2024, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman<\/a> said that Apple was working on a new \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c with a colorful plastic casing<\/a>. The device would have been reminiscent of the iPhone<\/a> 5c, an \u200ciPhone\u200c that used a colorful plastic material instead of aluminum.<\/p>\n

As of this year, Gurman says that Apple might have scrapped the plan<\/a> for a plastic Apple Watch. The design team supposedly didn’t like the look of the device, and the materials team was struggling to make it cheaper than the current aluminum casing.<\/p>\n

The \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c may continue to use the same old aluminum case as a result.<\/p>\n

Price<\/p>\n

We’ve heard no rumors of a price increase for the \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c, and Apple probably wants to keep the device affordable.<\/p>\n

The current 40mm version is priced starting at $249, and the 44mm model is priced starting at $279. The \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c Series 3 could have the same price points.<\/p>\n

Apple has been marketing the \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c to parents who get the device for their children, and raising the price would impact Apple’s efforts to market the device to kids.<\/p>\n

Launch Timing<\/p>\n

Apple will debut the \u200cApple Watch SE\u200c 3 at its September 9 \u200ciPhone\u200c event. Pre-orders for the watch could follow on September 12, and a launch could come on September 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We don’t have too much longer to wait until Apple’s “Awe Dropping” September event, which will see the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":200567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1322,705,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-200566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-gadgets","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115148174494128145","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}