Apple has released Watchos 26 on Monday 15 September for the general public – here are 3 functions that you have to turn on immediately.
Watchos 26
The new Watchos 26 brings Liquid Glass And all kinds of new functions to your Apple Watch. This way the Health app is expanded with hypertension reports and a sleep score. You can install Watchos 26 via the Watch app on your iPhone.
3 functions in Watchos 26 that you have to adjust immediately
If you have Watchos 26 installed on your Apple Watch, then there are 3 functions that you can adjust immediately. We list them for you:
1. Fast wrist movement
One of the new functions in Watchos 26 is fast wrist movement. With that you can, among other things, push away phone calls, dampen timers, close notifications and much more. You just have to move your wrist away from you. Handy if you don’t both have your hands free. Switching is like this:
- Open the app settings on your Apple Watch;
- Tap ‘gestures’;
- Call in the ‘Fast wrist movement’ option.
2. Sleep score
The sleep score is also a new function in Watchos 26. Sleep score gives you a better picture of your sleep quality and can help you improve your night’s sleep. Your sleep quality depends, among other things, on how long you sleep, whether you usually go to bed around the same time, how often you wake up and how long every sleep phase lasts.
To use the new function, it is necessary that ‘keeping sleep’ on your Apple Watch is set (go on your Apple Watch to Settings> Sleep and switch on ‘Sleep’). Then five sleep sessions are required before your sleep score can be determined. In the Health app you can check how far it says.
3. Automatic volume adjustment
With this new position in Watchos 26, the ambient noise determines the volume of your phone calls, notifications and Siri. For example, they automatically become less loud when you are in a meeting, or when you are in the library. Very handy! This is how you set it:
- Open the app settings on your Apple Watch;
- Tap ‘Hearing and feeling’;
- Switch on the ‘adjust volume automatically’ option.
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