watchOS 27 Introduces Workout Buddy Upgrades, Better Sleep Tracking, and More
MacRumors • • technology
Key Points:
- watchOS 27 introduces enhanced fitness and sleep tracking features, including updated Workout Buddy insights, improved indoor run tracking, and more accurate sleep monitoring.
- Workout Buddy now offers data-driven motivation by providing progress updates on pace, distance, and workout duration based on users' fitness history, and it can operate independently of an iPhone.
- The feature is expanding to support Spanish, allowing Spanish-speaking users to receive personalized fitness motivation in their native language.
- Indoor run and walk distance tracking is more precise thanks to improved motion tracking algorithms that measure treadmill distance directly from the wrist without needing an iPhone.
- Sleep tracking accuracy has improved, and a step count synchronization fix ensures steps counted in the Health app now sync properly with the Fitness app.