WEBVTT - Latest Apple Watches Feature Fall Detection 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:07.000 Apple Watch gets some amazing new features when it comes 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:09.280 to health, fitness, and communication. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:12.520 What's going on. I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:14.360 Well, I'm back from the big Apple event up in 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:16.279 Coopertino where we got to go hands on with the 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.479 new iPhones and the new Apple Watches. And let me 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:21.520 tell you, the iPhone's getting all the attention, but the 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:23.959 Apple Watch is making some pretty amazing leaps. With what 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:26.520 this thing can do and with the evolution that it 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:29.639 continues to see, this is seriously the best health and 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.960 fitness tracker there is by far. It's also an amazing 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.519 companion to the iPhone. I love the way it handles notifications. 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:38.040 It's just so nice. 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:40.599 And I love my Fitbit Versa as well. I think 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:42.479 that's a nice second. And I love the fact that. 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:43.320 It can do sleep. 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.280 But the way the Apple Watch works with apps and notifications, 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:48.559 and one thing I really like about it is that 0:00:48.600 --> 0:00:50.240 when I raise my wrist to look at the screen, 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.239 it always lights up onlike my Fitbit Versa, which sometimes 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.840 does not, and that is kind of crazy. The one 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.520 thing I don't like about the Apple Watch there's no 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.520 support for Spotify to me. And twenty eight I don't 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:03.240 understand why that's still happening, but I sort of understand 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:03.960 Apple music. 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:05.240 Yeah, I get it all right. 0:01:05.280 --> 0:01:07.560 So let's talk about what's new in the Apple Watch 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.240 series for now. The big headline is that the devices 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:13.039 are now two millimeters bigger, so they come in a 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.360 forty and forty four millimeters size versus the old thirty 0:01:16.400 --> 0:01:18.319 eight and forty two millimeters from before. 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:19.600 But here's the thing. 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.399 When I put this thing on my wrist, the screen 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.280 is noticeably bigger. Yes, for sure, you can definitely tell 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.920 the screen is bigger, but the devices themselves are not 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:31.040 noticeably bigger or bulkier. So the screen, the way they 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:32.880 made it bigger is it has a lot more real 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:35.440 estate because they pushed the screen all the way out 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:37.440 to the edges. So if you look at your Apple 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:39.400 Watch now, and this is no secret, there's kind of 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.640 like a big bezel between where the screen actually ends 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.120 and where the edge of the device is, But since 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:46.920 it's all black, you kind of don't really notice it 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.600 unless it's fully lit up. But this screen now is 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.480 thirty percent bigger, and you can definitely tell. They have 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:54.440 these new watch faces that have like a ton of 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:55.240 information on them. 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:55.960 Kind of overload. 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.400 It actually surprises me a little bit because Apple is 0:01:58.440 --> 0:01:59.400 all about simplicity. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.360 Other new improvements, the microphone is better. 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.920 They've moved it as far away from the speaker as possible, 0:02:05.960 --> 0:02:08.400 so calls are less echoey and clearer. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:09.680 I never really had a problem with that. 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:11.280 I mean, I guess maybe they weren't as loud as 0:02:11.320 --> 0:02:14.440 I wanted, But the microphone has been improved. The speaker 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:16.320 is also louder, so that's a good thing if you 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:19.320 thought that you couldn't really hear people. They made the 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:22.720 back black ceramic and sapphire crystal now, so the back 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:26.000 of the Apple Watch is now much upgraded with those 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.920 new materials. Now here's one thing I'm not sure that 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.160 I like. Radio waves can now pass through the front 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.120 and the back of the device. It used to be 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.440 only the screen that the cellular connection would be able 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:37.120 to pass through. 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:38.639 So I was actually always. 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:40.760 Concerned about the Apple Watch because of the whole cellular 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.200 thing on my wrist all day, and I didn't really 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.560 know that the waves didn't pass through the back of 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:45.960 the watch. 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:46.919 Well, now that they do. 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.680 I'm not a fan of that because guess what, now 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.440 you have this radiation producing device sitting on your wrist 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.040 all day and the radiation can go through the front 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:55.600 and the back. 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:57.160 So I'm not a fan. 0:02:57.200 --> 0:02:59.120 I mean, obviously we're not really sure about all the 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:00.840 long term effects of it stuff. But when you have 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.400 something sitting on your arm all day long, basically the 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:08.480 entire day, that's you know, radiating waves, it's kind of weird. 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:10.720 As opposed to your phone, which, of course you know 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.359 your phone is doing the same thing, but it comes 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:14.440 and goes. You're not keeping it in your pocket the 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.680 entire day, unlike a watch, which is literally sitting there 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:19.440 like as close as possible to your arm. 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:20.480 All right, I digress. 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.680 The digital crown is now haptic, so when you scroll 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.720 through things on the screen, you can feel a little 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:27.160 response through the digital crown. 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:29.000 And one thing to know that I think. 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.160 Some people will like the old bands that you have 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.119 from your old Apple watches will work with the new 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:36.400 Apple watches. So that's nice if you have a collection 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:37.760 or a band that you like, or you spend a 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:39.960 bunch of money on so they still snap in. When 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.360 it comes to watch faces, there are several new ones, 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.560 the ones with all the new complications I told you about, 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:46.680 plus they have these fun like you know, only Apple 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:50.560 would have the vapor, the liquid, metal, the fire, and 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.360 the water watch faces and these all. 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.200 React, which is really neat the breathe. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.720 App that's now available as a watch face as well. 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.280 So the Breathe app you would get a notification from, 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.840 and of course I would always dismiss it and you say, 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:04.760 I'm gonna do it later, and I never did. So 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.800 I think Apple knew that they probably noticed a lot 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.720 of people dismissing that notification to breathe and then never breathing. 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.360 So now it's available as a watchface. So every time 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:14.600 you look at your watch, you're reminded to relax and 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:18.600 take a breath for a moment like this. Ah all right, 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.120 So now for the really interesting stuff that Apple has 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.160 added in when it comes to health. So there's three 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.599 important features when it comes to your heart. So the 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.480 first one is notification if your heart rate appears too low. 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.840 I do believe that that's been in previous versions of 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:31.640 the Apple Watch. 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:33.120 But here's the two new ones. 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:37.159 It can detect irregular rhythms, So a regular heart rhythm 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.559 which could suggest atrial fibrillation. 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:41.560 Say that five times fast. 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.560 So in Watch OS five Apple Watch will kind of 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.080 just analyze your heart rhythm in the background, and it 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:50.560 will send you a notification if it notices an irregular 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:53.800 heart rhythm if it's detected, and it can also alert 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.839 you if the heart rate exceeds or falls below a 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:58.000 specific threshold. 0:04:58.200 --> 0:04:59.719 Now just think about that for a second. 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.320 This device that you have sitting on your wrist all 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:04.479 day long is analyzing your heart in the background. 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:06.320 I mean, that is just unbelievable. 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:08.640 The other thing you can do now is take an ECG, 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:12.400 so you can take an electro cardiogram right from your wrist. 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:16.000 There's a new ECG app which takes advantage of these 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.680 new electrodes built into the digital crown, so you actually 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:21.360 hold your finger on the digital crown for thirty seconds 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:24.320 and it will take that ECG. There's also the new 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.279 electrical heart rate sensor in the back crystal. 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:28.880 So that also helps with this as well. 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.120 That is amazing as well, and this has been given 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:37.280 clearance from the FDA. Apple calls it a de novo classification, 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.520 so whatever that means. But that's big because now this 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:44.200 is really a device that is a health device. American 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.880 Heart Association was up on stage at the Apple event 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.160 to talk about it, and this is big This is 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:50.799 big time for a lot of people in the US 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:52.760 that may have heart problems or may not even know 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:54.920 they have a heart problem, and all these features can 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.599 work together to keep people healthy. 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.000 The other major feature that it has is fall detection. 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.880 So I know, well, everyone's referencing I've fallen and I 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:02.479 can't get up. 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:03.840 Yeah, that's basically what this is. 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:05.880 So if you fallow, the Apple Watch will notice, and 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:07.720 it will send you a notification. And I don't know 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:09.760 what the notification says, but basically it's something to the 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:10.240 effect of. 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:11.039 Are you okay. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.880 If you don't respond to that notification in sixty seconds, 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:18.280 well then it activates the SOS feature, which dials nine 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:20.839 one one and also sends a text with your location 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.560 to the emergency contacts that you set up in the 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.640 health app. Again, this is game changing. This is such 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:30.000 an important feature on the Apple Watch. Uses the device's 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:34.600 accelerometer and gyroscope to identify when a hard fall occurs. 0:06:35.160 --> 0:06:37.960 So this is not just for any fall. People are saying, well, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.159 what if I just slip or whatever. No, No, Apple 0:06:40.240 --> 0:06:42.080 is smarter to say, you know, we're not going to 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:44.919 just send help or call nine one one if you 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:47.479 just happen to have a little fall or tripped and there's. 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:47.920 No big deal. 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:52.480 But in real emergency cases, this thing could save lives. 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.359 But in reality, we have to see how this is 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.440 going to work in everyday life, because everyone's thinking about 0:06:57.480 --> 0:06:59.840 the elderly. But there can be more implications like a car. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.400 I mean, this is something that can be expanded in 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:06.480 the future. So any sort of abnormality that the Apple 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:10.640 Watch experiences while it's on your wrist, the algorithms can 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.880 definitely figure out what is going on and also maybe 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:15.239 decide if you need help. 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:16.800 So we'll have to see what happens with that one. 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:18.760 But I think that's a really cool feature all right. 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.760 Now, when it comes to battery life, no real improvements there. 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.520 Apple was clear to say that battery life has not changed, 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:26.640 hasn't gotten worse with all these new features. 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:28.800 They still rate it at about eighteen hours. 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.320 And I find with my Apple Watch that the battery 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:33.800 life really depends on how much you do that day. 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.600 So if you're using a lot of GPS or you know, 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.640 a lot of exercising, your battery life will definitely be less. 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:40.520 But if you don't do as much. 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.160 Yeah, I can go a lot longer, but I think 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:43.480 at the end of the day, we're still at the 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.520 point where you have to charge your Apple Watch every 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.680 single night, and that is probably why Apple didn't mention 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:50.520 anything about sleep tracking. 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.240 I think that the company. 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:53.960 Wants to do this, but they are just not there 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.400 yet because they need a battery that lasts a couple 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.480 of days before they can say, hey, let's keep this 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.920 thing on all night, not having it charge all night 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:02.680 while you're sleeping. 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:04.560 So one band I like that. 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.880 They showed off a band that you put on your watch, 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.960 not a rock band, is called the Nike Sport Loop. 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:11.000 This now has. 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:14.480 Reflective yarn kind of woven into it for nighttime visibility, 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:16.080 and it's really cool. I'll put a link to a 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.400 picture of it that I took so you can see 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:22.360 how it works in the show notes. But basically, when 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.440 light hits this band on the Apple Watch, it lights. 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:26.520 Up and it's really cool. 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.480 It's very reflective and I love that because if you're 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:31.800 running at night, you need everything you can to help 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:32.360 car see you. 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:33.199 So that's really cool. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.760 And watch OS five right around the corner that's launching 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.319 on September seventeenth, which is. 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:40.640 Monday, September seventeenth. 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.040 That's going to bring that walky talkie feature, which is 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.240 kind of like Next Tell back in the day, where 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:48.480 you can tap and talk to someone through their Apple Watch. 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.640 And I read a thing about it on the Verge 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:52.720 who got a demo of it, and they were not too. 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:53.040 Hot on it. 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.720 But I think that maybe Apple has kind of evolved 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:56.560 this thing a little bit. 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:57.679 More by the time the launch comes. 0:08:57.720 --> 0:08:59.400 So I can't wait to try that one out because 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:00.920 I think that could be really useful in a lot 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.200 of circumstances where instead of sending a quick text to 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.000 someone or calling them, you can just you know, if 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:06.440 you're at the grocery store and you got to say, hey, 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.120 do you want to you know, non fat or two 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:09.880 percent milk, and that could be something that you go 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.600 walkie talkie instead of having to wait for a response 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:14.480 on the text and all that kind of stuff. So 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:17.480 the watches are available Friday, September twenty first, and with 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.080 all these new features comes a new higher price tag. 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.079 The Series four Apple Watch now starts at three hundred 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.959 and ninety nine dollars, and if you want the Series 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.920 four with cellular, you're looking at four hundred and ninety 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.360 nine dollars, so five hundred dollars for the cellular version, 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.280 which you know, of course you have to pay ten 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:35.320 dollars a month extra for that as well on your 0:09:35.320 --> 0:09:38.280 cellular plan. Series three now takes a price drop to 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.760 two seventy nine, so that's kind of nice if you 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:42.800 still if you don't really need all the new features 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.240 on the Series four, you can grab the Series three 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:47.120 for two hundred and seventy nine dollars. Still a really 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.280 good watch, especially with that built in GPS, and it's 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:50.920 very fast. 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:52.199 I think even after a year. 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:54.400 I know the old Apple watches have kind of slowed down, 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.600 but I think the Series three is still just fast enough. 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:58.640 All Right, there you have it. A quick look at 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.680 the Apple Watch. Than suries for Thanks so much for listening. 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:03.720 If you want links to some of my TV coverage 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:05.480 from up there at the Apple event, you can go 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.120 to my website or check the show notes. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.840 It's richon tech dot tv. I'm Rich Dmiro. Thanks so 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:12.840 much for listening. I'll talk to you real soon.