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Alongside iOS 11, Apple is releasing WatchOS 4 to Apple Watch owners. It’s compatible with every watch currently available from Apple. There are a lot of new, beneficial features as well as some fun watch faces and a flashlight tool in WatchOS 4. Let’s take a look.  Now playing: Watch this: Apple updates its WatchOS …

The Apple Watch is now the number one watch in the world, according to Apple, with a 97 percent customer satisfaction rate to boot. Its latest version, available for preorder now, adds an LTE cellular connection so you can make calls and stream songs without having to be carrying your iPhone. So you’re excited for the new Apple Watch 3? …

Time is on the smartwatch’s side. You can expect smartwatches to continue booming in popularity over the next four years, analysts from the International Data Corporation predicted. In a forecast published on Thursday, the IDC said that there will be 229.5 million wearables shipped in 2021, with the bulk of those being smartwatches. That’s nearly double the 121.7 million wearables …

Apple has cut the strings on its smartwatch. At the company’s big product event Tuesday at its new headquarters in Cupertino, California, Apple Senior Vice President of Operations Jeff Williams unveiled the Apple Watch Series 3, the latest in the company’s growing family of wearables. The device will be able to tap into a cellular network, which means you won’t …

Apple’s September 12 event will undoubtedly be dominated by the iPhone. But let’s not forget: a new Apple TV and new Apple Watch are widely expected to be unveiled, too. While smartwatches seem to have gone into a slumber lately, many companies have suddenly gotten back in the game: Fitbit has a new fitness smartwatch. Garmin’s got one, too. Samsung’s …

Slowly but surely, the watches are taking over. With increased interest from the medical industry, and features like GPS and health tracking becoming standard on wearables, smartwatches are beginning to dominate the wearable technology market.  According to the latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), wearable shipments over the past couple of months grew 10.3 percent year over year …

Now playing: Watch this: The new Apple Watch Series 2 comes with built-in GPS… 1:25 One of the headline features of the Apple Watch Series 2 is the fact you can wear it in water, up to 50 meters deep, with no ill effects. However, just because there’s a fancy water rating attached to your watch, that doesn’t mean you …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s annual WWDC conference kicks off Monday, June 5, and runs through Friday, June 9, in San Jose, California. In addition to including seminars and workshops between developers and Apple engineers, Apple uses WWDC to unveil primarily software (and sometimes hardware) updates. This …

I know, “stop the presses.” The Nike-inspired Apple Watch comes in a new shade of gray now. Sorry, “neutral-toned” and “light bone.” Whoo wee. Still, it’s a good moment to remember this signals Apple’s continuing push on its wrist-worn device, which was updated in September last year with features like GPS and better water proofing. Apple hasn’t said how many …

Apple may have a solution for short battery life on the Apple Watch. Put the battery in the band. An Apple patent application dated today illustrates a battery on the strap of a wearable device, presumably the Apple Watch. The proposed patent also shows that watch’s circular face, which is a different shape than the Apple Watch’s usual rectangular display. …