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Apple addresses two iPhone and Apple Watch bugs with iOS 15.1.1 and watchOS 8.1.1

Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 7 is virtually indistinguishable from the Series 6 (less so with a light-colored watch face), and it doesn’t add much, but it’s still the best smartwatch you can buy. (credit: Corey Gaskin) Apple has pushed out two small software updates for its platforms—one for iPhones, and the other for […]

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Apple Watch Series 7 review: Time for a minor upgrade

Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 7 is virtually indistinguishable from the Series 6 (less so with a light-colored watch face), and it doesn’t add much, but it’s still the best smartwatch you can buy. (credit: Corey Gaskin) Apple Watch Series 7 From $399 at Apple From $390 at Amazon (Ars Technica may earn compensation […]

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iFixit’s Apple Watch teardown includes a theory about device’s delayed launch

iFixit’s full Apple Watch Series 7 teardown. [credit: iFixit ] As has become something of a ritual, tools-seller and repair-advocacy group iFixit has published a detailed teardown of the latest Apple product. This time, we get a look at the particular innards of the Apple Watch Series 7. This Watch model was announced in September—but […]

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The Apple Watch Series 7 release date is October 15

Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 7. The new Apple Watch Series 7 will be available starting October 15, Apple announced today. Online orders will begin this Friday, October 8. Specifically, those prerelease orders will start at 5 am PDT, one week before the watch hits Apple’s brick-and-mortar stores globally. In most cases, preordered Apple […]

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Apple Watch Series 7 orders begin next week, leaks claim

Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 7. (credit: Apple) Two different apparent leaks have stated that preorders for the Apple Watch Series 7 will begin next week and that the wearable will ship the following week. Jon Prosser, a leaker with a long track record on Apple products, wrote on Front Page Tech that “multiple […]

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The Apple Watch gets a visual makeover with the Series 7

Enlarge As expected, Apple has announced details about the next version of the Apple Watch. Dubbed the Apple Watch Series seven, it has a new display new retina display with 20% more screen area and smaller bezels that are 40% thinner. The Series 7 now detects biking sessions and auto-pauses and restarts for stops. Fall […]

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California streaming: Apple’s next big event is September 14

Enlarge / The splash image and header copy on the event invitation Apple emailed to press. (credit: Apple) Apple will stream a new product-unveiling event this coming Tuesday, September 14, at 10 am PDT, the company} announced today. Invitations went out to press this morning, and marketing SVP Greg Joswiak tweeted a short video teasing […]

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Report: Big new health features are coming to the Apple Watch—just not this year

Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 6. (credit: Corey Gaskin) Analysts and reporters have published conflicting reports about what to expect from the next Apple Watch. Some, like Nikkei, claimed it will have new health sensors, but others like Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman have said that this year’s model will offer no major new hardware features […]

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The Apple Watch Series 7 will have a new design, report says

Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 6, which the new model discussed here would probably replace. (credit: Corey Gaskin) Like clockwork, Apple has released a new Apple Watch around the same time every year since the device was first introduced in 2015. So no one should be surprised that a new Apple Watch is due […]