- Watchos 12 – or as he is now known, Watchos 26 – was revealed at the WWDC conference this year
- The new features include an AI training boyfriend, an improved smart battery and the new visual liquid glass language
- He also obtains a score application!
We did it! Watchos 26 – Formerly and without yet named Watchos 12 – was revealed at the developer’s conference WWDC 2025 this year at Apple Park.
You can catch all the action live while the opening speech of Tim Cook ends and the after-game takes place, and you can also consult what is new with iOS 26 and MacOS 26 Tahoe.
However, this is Apple Watch time to shine, and the presentation did not disappoint with regard to the features for the best Apple watches. Without brown the Lily and without more teenagers, here is everything announced so far for the current harvest of Apple Watches.
1. Liquid glass
Liquid Glass is the new design of the Apple cross operating system. Essentially, Apple has changed the appearance of all its operating systems, watches and phones in tablets and computers, to ensure that they are unified in the design and pleasant to navigate.
With materials that transform dynamically to make sure that your experience becomes more intuitive, the elements that were united rectangles in the old design become transparent and change shape when you move through them.
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The design of liquid glass is located throughout the Apple ecosystem. In Watchos 26, he guarantees that widgets develop and contract almost automatically to use small screen space, and elements like the music reading widget share the transparent appearance of his larger brothers and sisters, instead of being a solid white block. Apple also underlines that you can see more of your photos at the watch.
2. Redessed training application
The training application has been redesigned in liquid glass in mind, and it has an integrated media reading of Apple Music automatically recommended on your listening history. Four new customizable buttons allow you to load the most used features.
3. Training Buddy
We wondered how Apple Intelligence was going to manifest on the watch significantly, and we are there. Described as a fitness experience “first of all in its kind” by Apple which accesses the history of the physical form, health and user training, a bit like the training information fueled by the Strava and Garmin Connect +AI. It is designed to “motivate you in a new and unique way” taking into account the training, elevation, heart rate … Everything in your fitness history.
Part of this does not seem so useful, as to say “so far this year, you have traveled 200 miles”, but the short -term stuff, as you say “that you are 18 minutes from the closure of your activity ring” will probably get a certain use. It can also summarize your recent training, explaining how you have succeeded in the rate and distance from your recent milestones.
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The functionality imitates the vocal tones of Apple Fitness + Trainers, so that the voice is designed to be energetic and edifying, and you can choose several voices. I hope that the functionality will become more sophisticated and will be able to detect, assign and automatically adjust the heart rate areas as your fitness improves, but I do not think that Buddy training is as intuitive. Again.
4. Live translation
The presentation of the iPhone has made a large part of the live translation function of Apple Intelligence, and Apple Watch is embarking on the action with the translation of Apple Intelligence for messages, translating by the favorite language of a user for sale.
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Apple Intelligence also suggests relevant actions for sale, such as the opening of Cashapp when a friend requests a contribution to a gift or a dinner.
4. Notes on the wrist
Asked by many forums on this year’s WWDC period, the Notes application arrives on the Apple Watch in an almost flashy mention and yourself.
5. Flick of the wrist
In addition to the double tap gesture, Apple Watch can now use a simple wrist film to reject a notification, silence a timer or an alarm, or close the smart battery.
6. A better smart battery
Speaking of the intelligent battery, certain modifications arrive at the popular superposition of stacking the widget. The intelligent battery obtains clues, which are usable prompts which appear as a discreet notification at the bottom of the screen of your Apple watch.
The tapping on the index provides contextual information and actions. The example provided was when you arrive at your favorite Pilates studio at your usual time, a clue will seem to start a pilates training. This is the kind of addition of small Apple intelligence that really offers a personal assistant capacity.
Smart Stack has also received a updated algorithm, reorganizing according to contextual data.
