watchOS 11 is available

[EdwinG]

After your phone is updated to iOS 18.0.0, you can update your watch to watchOS 11.0.0.




The full release notes:

 

[Annie_M]

Installing now!

 

[flyinion]

Really wish they would allow watches to update without being on a charger.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Really wish they would allow watches to update without being on a charger.

That would indeed be a great thing for sure.

 

[EdwinG]

Really wish they would allow watches to update without being on a charger.

You can’t install the update without WiFi on the watch. It just fails eventually.

 

[EdwinG]

So… Sleep Apnea is not available on Australian and Canadian Apple Watches.

Source:

Apple Watch's Sleep Apnea Detection Feature Now Available in More Than 150 Countries

Apple released watchOS 11 today following months of beta testing. A key new health-related feature included in the software update is sleep apnea...

www.macrumors.com

 

[ThePinkChameleon]

Did Apple pull the update..?
I’ve tried numerous times to update my watch to OS 11 and nada! It says I’m up to date on 10.6.1 my phone is on iOS 18, my watch is in the included category and I’ve done a reboot on my watch. I’m puzzled!

Any other suggestions? Yes, my WiFi is working with no issues.

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omg never mind I was looking at the wrong list to verify what watches are included for the update and what’s not lol. Mine is the original SE version which is NOT included oh well!

 

[doogald]

I installed iOS 18 on my phone only because I really wanted this update. Mostly I want the ability to change my ring goals by day (I never do the same workouts every day, and have a set 7 day schedule that I follow). And I'm looking forward to the Training Load and Vitals reports. In fact, I am ill right now and got a Vitals notification this morning that my wrist temperature, breathing rate, and heart rate were all higher than normal (it said that perhaps I ill - yep, I know.) Still, I'm hoping that this will clue me in when I get ill in the future.

 

[tcuprof]

I installed iOS 18 on my phone only because I really wanted this update. Mostly I want the ability to change my ring goals by day (I never do the same workouts every day, and have a set 7 day schedule that I follow). And I'm looking forward to the Training Load and Vitals reports. In fact, I am ill right now and got a Vitals notification this morning that my wrist temperature, breathing rate, and heart rate were all higher than normal (it said that perhaps I ill - yep, I know.) Still, I'm hoping that this will clue me in when I get ill in the future.

I installed OS 11 last night. I see where you can change ring goals for today or for every day. I don’t see where they can be changed by day. In other words, potentially a different goal for each day depending on your workout routines.

 

[Ledsteplin]

WatchOS 11 has been horrible for battery life on my Watch SE. Significantly worse. I charge every 48 hours. I had been going from 100% to 32% in 48 hours. Now it's 100% to 16%. I've seen others complain about this on Reddit.

 

[EdwinG]

WatchOS 11 has been horrible for battery life on my Watch SE. Significantly worse. I charge every 48 hours. I had been going from 100% to 32% in 48 hours. Now it's 100% to 16%. I've seen others complain about this on Reddit.

I echo this. It did improve yesterday, so it might be migration things going on in the background

 

[doogald]

I installed OS 11 last night. I see where you can change ring goals for today or for every day. I don’t see where they can be changed by day. In other words, potentially a different goal for each day depending on your workout routines.

Fitness app on the phone. Open the rings by tapping the tile. Tap the +/- control to the right of move. Tap "change schedule". Then I think you tap "Schedule" top-right to set different daily move goal schedules.

 

[doogald]

Oh, you can also do it on the watch. Open the activity app. Go to the move ring (or I think exercise or stand ring if you want to have daily schedules for those.) Hit the +/- control on the bottom-right, next to your total for the day.

 

[tcuprof]

Fitness app on the phone. Open the rings by tapping the tile. Tap the +/- control to the right of move. Tap "change schedule". Then I think you tap "Schedule" top-right to set different daily move goal schedules.

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Thanks. I see the Schedule option now.

 

[flyinion]

WatchOS 11 has been horrible for battery life on my Watch SE. Significantly worse. I charge every 48 hours. I had been going from 100% to 32% in 48 hours. Now it's 100% to 16%. I've seen others complain about this on Reddit.

Must be something going on vs 10.x. I've had it for a week now so any background post update stuff should be finished but the battery life on my 1st gen Ultra has taken a noticeable dive. Use to go about 48 hours and be around 10-15% or so now it's hitting 10% about 6-7 hours early on average sometimes earlier. Happened as soon as I installed.

 

[Ledsteplin]

I echo this. It did improve yesterday, so it might be migration things going on in the background

It's been a week, and no change. Still guzzling battery.

 

[EdwinG]

It's been a week, and no change. Still guzzling battery.

And today, I ended the day at 17% where it would have been 55% just two weeks ago.

Edit: I will note the same situation for watchOS 9 when connected to a iOS 18 phone. It might be iOS.

 

[EdwinG]

According to MacRumours, Health Canada has approved the sleep apnea detection feature yesterday.

I suspect we will see it released in watchOS 11.1.

Source:

Apple Watch's New Sleep Apnea Detection Feature Approved in Canada

Health Canada this week published approval of watchOS 11's sleep apnea detection feature on the Apple Watch Series 10, Apple Watch Series 9, and...

www.macrumors.com

 

[flyinion]

11.0.1 is out, supposedly fixes battery drain issues. We'll see.

 

[flyinion]

It's been a week, and no change. Still guzzling battery.

And today, I ended the day at 17% where it would have been 55% just two weeks ago.

Edit: I will note the same situation for watchOS 9 when connected to a iOS 18 phone. It might be iOS.

Looks like 11.0.1 fixed the battery issues but I'll know for sure tomorrow. I pulled my watch off the charger before bed last night (1st gen Ultra) and currently at 72%. was at 75% much earlier in the day before.