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Title: Apple Watch Series 11 hands-on: Feels and looks the same, but real
changes are deeper

Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:04:38 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/wearables/apple-watc...

Though the Apple Watch announcements may have paled in comparison to the
iPhone news at Apple's event today, there were still some noteworthy updates
to the smartwatch lineup to talk about. This year, we're getting the Watch
Series 11, Watch SE 3 and Watch Ultra 3, and each of them have some
interesting features. At a hands-on session here at Apple Park, I spent some
time with the devices, and believe the most intriguing is the Series 11.

At first glance, the Series 11 is no different from the Series 10 I wore to
the event. They're the same thinness and have pretty much the same
dimensions, and the main change is that the new smartwatch has an IonX glass
covering that's a bit more scratch resistant. There's also a new space grey
case option that looked nice, though I was a bigger fan of the rose gold band
and case pairing. I especially like the loop band that was on the unit I
checked out.

I put the Series 11 on my wrist next to my Series 10 and truly could not tell
them apart. There might not be much reason to upgrade from last year's model
to this, which isn't a bad thing. We don't want to be too wasteful, anyway.
The real updates coming to the Series 11 include the new "Possible
hypertension" alerts, using data gathered from the existing optical heart
rate sensors to study patterns in the constriction and expansion of your
blood vessels in relation to your heart rate. This tells the watch whether
there are differences in your blood pressure ΓÇö keyword: differences.

Cherlynn Low for Engadget

This tool isn't meant to give you readings of your blood pressure. It's more
meant to tell if there are concerning variations and alert you to see a
medical professional if so. This is similar to many other Apple Watch
features like sleep apnea detection or high heart rate alerts, and since it
requires data trends to work, wasn't something I could just test here at
Apple Park.

I also didn't get to test the sleep score feature that's coming watchOS 26,
but that isn't exclusive to the Series 11, and any Apple Watch compatible
with the latest software will be able to get it. I did like how you'll get
scores once you've worn the watch to bed, and don't have to wait for a
required number of nights for the insights to surface.

This story is developing, please refresh for updates.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/wearables/apple-watc...
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