Apple Watch Series 12

Apple Watch Series 12 – Features

Material and Finish

• Aluminium Case: Dark Bronze, Light Gold, Black, Space Grey
• Ceramic Case: Pearl White, Night Blue
• Titanium Case: Natural Titanium, Radiant Gold

Size and Weight

45mm Case

• Height: 45 mm
• Width: 38 mm
• Depth: 9.7 mm
• Larger display with thinner design
• Fits wrists: approximately 140–220 mm

41mm Case

• Height: 41 mm
• Width: 35 mm
• Depth: 9.7 mm
• Larger display with thinner design
• Fits wrists: approximately 130–200 mm

Controls

• Digital Crown with haptic feedback
• Side Button
• Double Tap gesture
• New single-tap gesture for Smart Stack widgets
• Siri with on-device processing
• Siri AI with personal context and broad world knowledge

Chip

• S11 SiP
• 64-bit dual-core processor
• 4-core Neural Engine
• Audio Intelligence powered by S11 chip

Sensors

• Redesigned optical heart sensor
• Electrical heart sensor for ECG
• Higher-frequency heart rate sensing
• Wrist temperature sensor
• Blood oxygen sensor
• Compass with waypoints and Backtrack
• Always-On altimeter
• High-g accelerometer
• High dynamic range gyroscope
• Ambient light sensor

Health and Wellness

• All-new Health Sensing System
• Most accurate heart rate sensing in a wearable
• Background heart rate readings every 5 seconds
• HRV readings as often as every 5 minutes
• Readiness score
• Vitals with improved HRV insights
• Sleep Score
• Sleep stage tracking
• Sleep apnoea notifications
• Blood Oxygen app
• ECG app
• Advanced Cycle Tracking with wrist temperature sensing
• Ovulation estimates
• Heart rate notifications
• Irregular rhythm notifications
• Medications app
• Mindfulness app
• Noise app for hearing health

Display

• Always-On Retina display
• Larger display
• Thinner borders
• Ceramic Shield 2 on aluminium models
• Ceramic case options
• Up to 2,000 nits peak brightness
• 1 nit minimum brightness
• Thinner Apple Watch design

Audio

• Built-in speaker for calls, media playback and notifications
• Built-in microphone
• Background noise reduction
• Audio Intelligence
• Live Rewind for recent conversation transcription
• Siri Recap for conversation summaries
• Sound Recognition
• Automatic music recognition with Shazam

Power and Battery Life

• All-day battery life: Up to 24 hours
• Fast charging
• 15 minutes of charging provides up to 12 additional hours of battery life
• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Magnetic fast charging cable

Operating System

• watchOS with advanced health, fitness and safety features
• Siri AI integration
• New Siri experience
• Enhanced Smart Stack
• New Siri Modular watch face

Workouts and Activity Tracking

• Workout app with support for multiple activities
• Running with Pacer, Race Route and Custom Workouts
• More accurate step counting
• Cycling
• Swimming
• Strength training
• Badminton
• Barre
• Hiking
• Yoga
• HIIT
• Dance
• Rowing
• Golf
• Pilates
• Skiing
• Workout Buddy with real-time encouragement
• Advanced workout metrics
• Activity Rings

Safety Features

• Emergency SOS
• International emergency calling
• Fall Detection
• Crash Detection
• Emergency location sharing
• Noise monitoring
• Backtrack
• Safety notifications

Durability

• Water resistant up to 50 metres
• Swimproof
• IP6X dust resistance
• Ceramic Shield 2 on aluminium models
• Ceramic Shield 2 is up to 60% tougher than Ion-X glass

Connectivity

• GPS and GNSS
• 5G connectivity on cellular models
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• Ultra Wideband
• Cellular connectivity for calls, texts and music streaming
• Apple Pay
• Apple Wallet
• GymKit compatibility

Apple’s official Series 12 page confirms the major Series 12 changes, including the S11 chip, new Health Sensing System, 5-second background heart-rate readings, HRV every 5 minutes, Readiness, Sleep Score, Ceramic Shield 2, up to 24-hour battery life, 5G, Siri AI and Audio Intelligence.