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Apple Watch to get Mindfulness App, Ability to Track Sleeping Respiratory Rate and Portrait Watch Face

 Apple Watch to get Mindfulness App, Ability to Track Sleeping Respiratory Rate and Portrait Watch Face

Apple Watch will going have a new update. watchOS 8 will be available as a free update on Apple Watch Series 3 and later.


watchOS is initially available for developers. This update will bring contact app to the Watch. Apple is now bringing respiratory rate monitoring to Apple Watch. This feature will measure a user's respiratory rate during sleep tracking. Apple Watch uses this with the help of built-in accelerometer to measure respiratory rate while sleeping.

Breathe App gets a new name and new features: Apple has already an build-in Breathe App which will now be called Mindfulness. It will offer an enhanced Breathe experience, plus a new session type, Reflect. Reflect offers a mindful intention to focus on for as little as one minute that can be done anywhere and at any time.

watchOS will get two new workout modes that are beneficial for both physical and mindful movement: Tai Chi and Pilates.

Apple claimed that the Photos face is most popular Apple Watch Face, and watchOS sees a revamped version of it. The new Portraits watch face brings images clicked on iPhone with a multilayered effect to the Apple Watch. The Photos App is also redesigned, offering new ways to view and navigate collections, Memories and Featured Photos now sync to Apple Watch, and photos can be shared through Messages and Mail with the new Share Sheet.

Apple Watch will get new features in Messages with watchOS 8. Users can combine the use of Scribble, dictation and emoji all within the same message. To easily add even more expression to a message, users can simply enter a word or phrase and select from hundreds of GIF's.

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