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Our most recent wearable Series Eleven brings the one thing most people really need from a smartwatch: improved power endurance.

Otherwise, this latest version acts as a direct replacement to the Series 10, keeping pace in appearance, size measurements and capabilities, with the majority of enhancements originating from the operating system.

The latest version is also £30 cheaper in the UK, available from £369 (€449/$399/679 Australian dollars), placed higher than the fresh redesigned £219 Watch SE at the low end and the premium Ultra 3 at £749 at the high end.

Appearance and Screen

Following the design of Series 10, the new model measures only 9.7 millimeters in thickness, which makes it a slim fit when worn, convenient to tuck under cuffs and easier to wear at night.

This 2,000-nit display offers excellent visibility for seeing inside and outside, maintaining readability to read off-angle, which makes quickly looking at the time or messages easy.

Protecting the display with glass which is double the scratch resistance compared to previous models, while not reaching the hardness compared to sapphire, that's only available with the higher-end titanium editions.

Performance and Battery

The new watch utilizes the same S10 chip found in earlier versions but now supports optional 5G and improved connectivity for those times away from civilization.

The batteries show improvement in size by 9% and 11% in the 42 millimeter and 46mm watches correspondingly.

The 46mm lasted a good 48 hours during evaluation with sleep tracking but without exercise.

Most people should approximately monitor 48 hours including sleep until recharge becomes necessary, which takes about 66 minutes employing 20W or greater power adaptor (available separately), reaching approximately 70% in 30 minutes.

Should you go out for a run, the device can continue approximately eight hours of tracking, adequate time to complete marathons or extended activities.

Device Details

• Size options: 42 or 46mm
• Device slimness: Under 10mm
• Mass: about 30g or 37g
• Chip: S10 processor
• Memory: 64GB
• Software platform: watchOS Twenty-Six
• Water resistance: 5ATM rating (50m waterproof)
• Sensors: HR, ECG, Blood oxygen, Temperature, Depth gauge, Microphone, Speaker, NFC, Global navigation, compass, altimeter
• Wireless features: Bluetooth technology, wifi 4, NFC, UWB, 5G cellular option

Software Enhancements

This new model comes preloaded with watchOS 26, compatible with each iteration since the sixth generation and subsequent.

This includes recently introduced Liquid Glass interface, resulting in most elements partially transparent, along with two new watch faces: a big digital interface titled Flow sensitive to gestures plus an analog display called Exactograph, dividing time components into individual displays.

The standout addition is the wrist-flick gesture, requiring swift turning your hand backward and reversing to close applications returning to the home screen.

This functions without looking at the device to check the display, meaning you can stop notifications with a satisfying flick via arm movement.

Health and Fitness Tracking

The wearable device incorporates a complete health monitoring suite of features from previous models but adds a couple of new features along with updated fitness program.

Hypertension alerts monitor indicators of high blood pressure during monthly analysis, notifying you to consult professionals if cardiac metrics shows possibility of underlying conditions.

Updated sleep scoring improves sleep monitoring more straightforward to analyze, like other brands from Google, Samsung and others.

Daily upon waking the device displays a percentage score divided into categories in three sections: duration, bedtime and interruptions, each self-explanatory and viewable via the health software through your mobile as well.

Exercise companion serves as automated guidance that uses your past activity records to provide motivational messages around exercise sessions, like detecting previous running sessions three times this week and the level of effort you demonstrated.

Additionally offering verbal notifications when attaining certain milestones during exercise, such as a particular pace, heart rate, distance, duration or further statistics.

Options include among three vocal styles, which speak to you over Bluetooth headphones synced to the wearable across twelve exercise types, including walking, running or cycling.

However, it only works when you bring along recent smartphones during activities, which I found irritating prompting abandonment of the feature to avoid being encumbered bringing phones during exercise.

Green Initiatives

Reports indicate energy storage maintains over one thousand full power cycles retaining four-fifths of initial performance and can be replaced at £95 cost.

Fixings require approximately £300-400 based on specific version.

Materials include significant amounts of sustainable elements including aluminium, cobalt metal, copper, glass, gold, lithium components, specialized materials, steel, tin, {titanium|