{"id":121477,"date":"2019-06-05T12:10:16","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T12:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wwdc-2019-apple-updates-watchos-6-adds-voice-memo-hearing-health-and-the-app-store-cnet\/"},"modified":"2019-06-05T12:10:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T12:10:16","slug":"wwdc-2019-apple-updates-watchos-6-adds-voice-memo-hearing-health-and-the-app-store-cnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wwdc-2019-apple-updates-watchos-6-adds-voice-memo-hearing-health-and-the-app-store-cnet\/","title":{"rendered":"WWDC 2019: Apple updates WatchOS 6, adds voice memo, hearing health and the App Store \u2013 CNET"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nApple CEO Tim Cook at WWDC 2019.<\/p>\n

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At Apple's<\/a> annual WWDC conference<\/a>, which kicked off Monday in San Jose, California<\/a>, the tech giant announced several updates to its wearable operating system, WatchOS<\/a> 6, which will be available in the fall. These updates, alongside the company's signature Apple Watch<\/a> smartwatch, continue Apple's ambitions of seamlessly integrating software with its popular hardware devices. Apple's ability to control every aspect of its products \u2014 something that began when Steve Jobs<\/a> and Steve Wozniak<\/a> founded the company in 1976 \u2014 has been key in making it the most powerful company in tech<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the new features include App Store, which enables you to directly download apps from the Apple Watch (instead of using your iPhone<\/a>). Apple also expanded the capabilities of its digital search assistant Siri. It can now identify songs and bring up web results for your search queries.<\/p>\n

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Now playing: Watch this: Apple introduces cycle and noise tracking for Apple Watch<\/p>\n

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Apple also redesigned the Reminders app and added Voice Memo for recording voices and reminders. WatchOS 6 also includes Calculator, so you peck out calculations on the Apple Watch's tiny screen.<\/p>\n
Because the Apple Watch is a fitness tracker, the company added a handful of health-minded apps. The Noise app<\/a> notifies users when they are in a loud environment that could harm their hearing. Apple says the app only periodically samples noise levels and does not record or save audio. WatchOS 6 tracks menstrual cycles<\/a> too, where users can log key aspects of their period and be notified of an upcoming "fertility window."<\/p>\n
Lastly, no WatchOS update is complete without a number of new watch faces. There's a two-toned interface called "gradient," and "infograph modular," which displays several watch complications on one screen that can be swapped around. A few new complications include player controls for your audiobooks, and another that works in conjunction with the Noise app<\/a> to show your environment's decibel levels.<\/p>\n
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\nThe Noise app on WatchOS 6.<\/p>\n
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