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Apple Watch’s new feature listens to your chats and recaps them
Confirmed
In Short: Apple has unveiled the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, introducing a new feature called Readiness that analyzes your health data to provide daily recommendations.
Apple has launched the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, featuring a new feature called Readiness. This feature, which was first reported by Android Authority, listens to your chats and recaps them, then translates this information into one of four recommendations: Recover, Pace Yourself, Ready, or Go For It. According to Apple, Readiness updates throughout the day as new information arrives, reflecting changes in your health status.
Readiness is part of a broader health and wellness suite that includes new vitals and fitness insights. The feature appears in the redesigned Health app under the new Insights tab, which continuously summarizes heart, sleep, readiness, fitness, vitals, and cycle-tracking data. Apple claims that the new watches can take HRV measurements up to 24 times more frequently than their predecessors, providing a more detailed view of your health.
Apple also announced that the new watches include a new ‘Health Sensing System’ and S11 chip, which it says deliver the most accurate heart rate sensing in a wearable based on a study involving over 1,000 participants. The new watches will also introduce a ‘Health Age’ score, which will be accessible through an update to the iOS Health app later this year. Users will be able to view their heart rate in real time with a new heart rate watch face special feature.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 will also incorporate more Apple Intelligence-based features, allowing for more accurate health monitoring. The new watches will be available for pre-order, with the Series 12 launching next week and the Ultra 4 launching the following month. According to 9to5Mac, the new models will also come with a ceramic design option and double the RAM of their predecessors.
Apple has not specified whether the Readiness feature will be available on older models, but its Watch comparison page lists the feature only for the Series 12 and Ultra 4. The new watches are expected to provide users with a more comprehensive view of their health, with features like overnight vitals, daytime vitals, and movement evaluations that measure flexibility, strength, and balance using vision-based AI models on iPhone and heart rate data from the watch.
What's confirmed
- At its big iPhone launch event, Apple finally brought that idea to the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 with a new feature called Readiness.
- Apple has not said whether Readiness will reach the Series 11, Ultra 3, or older models, and its Watch comparison page lists the Readiness app only for the Series 12 and Ultra 4.
- Apple then translates that number into one of four refreshingly direct recommendations: Recover, Pace Yourself, Ready, or Go For It.
- Apple says Readiness updates throughout the day as new information arrives.
- A punishing pre-lunch workout or an unexpected shift in your daytime vitals could therefore change the score.
- The feature appears in Apple’s redesigned Health app under the new Insights tab, which continuously summarizes heart, sleep, readiness, fitness, vitals, and cycle-tracking data.
What's still developing
- “Overnight vitals now includes recovery HRV measurements analyzed against a user’s personal baseline, providing a more complete view of their health status. A new daytime vitals view lets users toggle between overnight and daytime metrics, and can potentially spot shifts in their metrics before they show up overnight,” Apple said in a press release.
- And new findings reveal that they each have a surprise upgrade not mentioned by Apple: double the RAM of their predecessors.