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Upgrade to Apple Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4? Here’s how to get the most out of it
9to5Mac • • technology
Key Points:
- The Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 offer upgraded performance and new health sensing features, including live heart rate, step count, and readiness score complications that can be added to watch faces for enhanced health insights.
- Users can enable automatic music recognition via Shazam by turning on Music Detection in the Smart Stack settings, allowing the watch to identify songs playing nearby without manual input.
- The Siri Modular watch face, available on watchOS 27, provides customizable colors, fonts, layouts, and complications, with additional options exclusive to the Series 12 and Ultra 4 models.
- To fully utilize the readiness score feature, users must complete health details, enable activity and sleep tracking, and wear the watch overnight for at least seven days to collect sufficient data.
- The Vitals app on these new models now offers daytime vital sign monitoring, including heart rate and heart rate variability, complementing overnight metrics like respiratory rate and wrist temperature, with further features like Siri Recap and Live Rewind expected soon.
