Apple Watch Series 6: Leak reveals oxygen monitor and Kids mode

The leaked source code of iOS 14, which revealed several news being developed for iPhones and iPads, such as a new home screen, app fitness and full support to trackpads, also contains a series of indications of the resources and improvements that may be made available in the Apple Watch Series 6 e Watch 7.

To satisfy your curiosity, we have brought you the main news that will arrive this year on Apple's smart watch.

Blood Oxygen Detection

According to the website 9to5Mac, leaked iOS 14 source code last week reveals that Apple will add the ability to detect blood oxygen to the device's heart monitor. Apple Watch this year.

As with heart rate monitoring, the Apple Watch will emit a alert when detecting that the oxygen level is below the recommended level (generally, 80%), as a prolonged period of low blood oxygenation can cause respiratory or cardiac arrest and lead to more serious sequelae, especially in the brain.

It is not yet clear whether this feature will be exclusive to the next Apple Watch or will be made available to current models as well through a system update.

Sleep Monitoring

the new app Better sleep for sleep monitoring has already been leaked until by Apple itself last year, so it's no surprise that more information has been discovered by 9to5Mac. According to the website, users will be able to set sleep goals in the app. Health and receive recommendations on how to get a good night's rest.

Electrocardiogram

The functionality of Electrocardiogram (ECG) is present in the Apple Watch since the model Series 4, but Apple is expected to fill a gap in this feature with watchOS 7: the inability to take the measurement when the user's heart rate is between 100 and 120 bpm.

It is worth remembering that the ECG is not yet available in Brazil, but that Apple has already submitted the device for approval by the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), which regulates this type of equipment, so the feature can be released here in the coming months. .

Mode Kids

Well-heeled parents will be able to pair and control their kids' Apple Watch from a single iPhone, says 9to5Mac. The resources of this way Kids include managing trusted contacts, selecting the music included in the watch and defining which apps and complications will be available during class time or children's tasks.

infographic pro

The next version of WATCH should bring a new dial, called infographic pro, whose main difference is the inclusion of a tachymeter. O Watch 6 it already has two other dials of the same line, the Infograph and the Infograph Modular.

Present on the outer edge of many analog watches, especially the more luxurious ones, the tachymeter helps to calculate the average speed at which a certain distance has been covered. For this, it is necessary to know the distance that will be crossed, for example, 1 kilometer. Then you should start the stopwatch and start walking it. When arriving at the destination, just stop counting and check the value indicated by the arrow on the tachymeter.

How this will be implemented in the display is still a mystery, but it's a little strange to imagine that Apple would leave the calculation of speed in the hands of the user, instead of simply presenting the information.

International

Another new dial, the International, contains illustrations of several national flags – including the Brazilian, according to the leak – but it is still not possible to say if there is any other functionality specific to this dial.

Photos

The Photos watch face, which as the name implies, allows you to set a personal photo as the background image behind the clock hands, will gain the ability to select photos from local albums and iCloud shared albums. Currently only a single photo can be set on the watch face, but with watchOS 7, when choosing an album, the photos from that album will automatically rotate as the background.

share dials

A somewhat curious addition to watchOS 7 is the ability to share user-customized watch faces. The feature doesn't appear to be the long-awaited support for third-party watch faces, but just a way to customize current watch faces with the user's preferred colors and complications and send them to friends and family.

Control Center

Two new shortcuts should appear on the Control Center Apple Watch from watchOS 7: Sleep mode (to enable sleep monitoring) and Noise Detection (to turn this feature on/off).

Launch of watchOS 7 and Apple Watch Series 6

In general, new versions of watchOS are officially released by Apple during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) held annually in June in California. This year, due to the pandemic caused by the new COVID-19 coronavirus, event will not be in person, but transmitted entirely over the internet.

It is possible that not all of the leaked news will reach the final version of the operating system that will be distributed to consumers, as Apple's plans may change by then. Additionally, some of these features may be reserved for the Apple Watch Series 6.