Episode 291, Introducing Apple Watch Ultra 3 with many new features and upgrades

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In this episode, next week, Apple introducing Apple Watch Ultra 3. Apple Watch Ultra 3 is the most advanced Apple Watch, offering even more health, fitness, safety, and connectivity features; the largest display ever in an Apple Watch; and up to 42 hours of battery life. In this podcast we will cover the many new features and upgrades.

A new collection of bands includes a Trail Loop designed with reflective yarn along the edges, along with new colors for the Ocean Band and Alpine Loop.

Apple Watch Ultra 3 is the most advanced Apple Watch, offering even more health, fitness, safety, and connectivity features; the largest display ever in an Apple Watch; and up to 42 hours of battery life.

The display on Apple Watch Ultra 3 incorporates Apple’s most advanced display technology with LTPO3 and wide-angle OLEDs, making it the largest screen of any Apple Watch ever.

The new Waypoint watch face can help users navigate with a live compass, an optional satellite complication, and Night Mode.

With Messages via satellite, users can send and receive texts, emoji, and Tapbacks to friends and family — including anyone they’ve been in touch with over the last 30 days — while keeping the messages end-to-end encrypted.

Hypertension notifications on Apple Watch Ultra 3 can alert users if signs of chronic high blood pressure, or hypertension, are detected.

Sleep score is a new feature that can help Apple Watch users understand the quality of their sleep and how to make it more restorative.