Entering the 31st edition of WWDC20, this year it will be held virtually from June 23 to 27, Taiwan time. At the “Special Event Keynote Conference” starting at 1 a.m. on June 23, Taiwan time, important information such as iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, etc. will be introduced one after another. Among them, watchOS7 announced at the conference will also add new functions such as “sleep tracking” and “hand washing detection”.
watchOS 7 feature preview will be equipped with “sleep tracking”, “hand washing detection” and other functions
watchOS 6 mainly adds new functions such as “Activity Trends”, “Menstrual Tracking”, and “Hearing Health”, and you can also use the App Store directly on Apple Watch.
One of the most anticipated features of watchOS 7 is “Sleep Tracking”. According to Apple, sleep tracking has many methods such as scores, monitoring, sleep cycles, etc., but they adopt a more comprehensive approach, using devices such as Apple Watch, in watchOS 7 can not only detect sleep cycles, but also help achieve sleep time goals, including the ability to choose when to get up in the morning and when to fall asleep at night, and use various sleep aids to minimize surrounding interference, thereby helping to go to bed on time. With the adjusted health app, the user’s sleep trend can be viewed through intuitive images.
It seems that in response to the epidemic’s need to encourage more hand washing, Apple said that in conjunction with watchOS 7, Apple Watch will become the first smart watch with “automatic hand washing detection” and “sensing how long you have washed your hands.” The principle is to use machine learning mode to determine the hand washing action through the watch’s motion sensor, and use the sound to determine the sound of running water or squeezing hand sanitizer on your hands. During the process, a 20-second countdown timer will be started to confirm that the hand washing has been completed.
In addition, there are many adjustments or new features added to watchOS 7, such as: customized sharing will be provided for watch faces, and developers can also provide multiple functions for a single application on a single watch face; a new “Dance” type will be added for physical training; the “Activity Record” APP will be redesigned and renamed “Fitness”; Siri will provide language translation; Maps will provide riding navigation mode, etc.
Apple Watch has always emphasized the “health” function in the past, but many people have never seen the “sleep tracking” function that needs to know their sleep quality. Now watchOS 7 will definitely support “sleep tracking”, which gives Apple Watch more incentives to buy. I hope that the next step will be to extend the battery life.
Image source from Apple andWWDC20 press conference live broadcast
Source: KOCPC Chinese