Apple Releases Fifth watchOS 11 Public Beta With Vitals App and More

Apple today released the fourth beta of watchOS 11 to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to give the new features a try ahead of when the software launches this fall. The fifth beta comes a week after the fourth beta.

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‌watchOS 11‌ can be downloaded after signing up on Apple's beta software website and upgrading your iPhone to the public beta version of iOS 18. You'll need to open up the Watch app on ‌iPhone‌, go to General, select Software Update, and choose the ‌watchOS 11‌ Public Beta option under Beta Updates.

With ‌watchOS 11‌, Apple added a new Vitals app that can be used to give you a daily overview of your health metrics, letting you know if anything is out of the ordinary. It compares information collected at night like heart rate, sleep, respiratory rate, and oxygen level to your levels over the previous weeks.

Smart Stack has new widgets like Translate and Shazam, plus it's smarter because it is able to suggest widgets based on time, date, location, and daily routine. Interactive widgets let you access app features from the Smart Stack, and it also supports Live Activities.

Training Load is a new way of measuring how the intensity and duration of workouts impact the body over time, with Apple providing an effort level for cardio-based workouts to help you know when to rest and when to push harder.

You can now customize your Activity Ring requirements for different days of the week, and Apple added support for rest days. Taking a break from activity will no longer ruin a streak because you can pause for a day, a week, a month, or more.

Other new features include more workout types, Check In for Messages, a revamped Photos watch face, improvements to Double Tap, and more, with additional information available in our watchOS 11 roundup.

Related Roundups: watchOS 11, watchOS 26
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Kylo83 Avatar
14 months ago
4th or 5th article is confusing
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markrath Avatar
14 months ago

Will it accurately measure my post sex vitals at night if I do it with the watch on?
Come on those who gave a thumbs down. Get your thumb out of your you know what. It was funny and maybe a little serious. my wife and i may or may not have looked at my heart rate after “talking“ before sleeping at night.
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slau Avatar
14 months ago

I put my watch on at 7am and by the time I go to bed at 10pm the battery is pretty much dead. How do people track anything overnight?
I put my watch on its charger when I come back at home in the evening.


I start my day with ~80% battery which is usually enough.

(Apple Watch 8)
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alexandr Avatar
14 months ago

Come on those who gave a thumbs down. Get your thumb out of your you know what. It was funny and maybe a little serious. my wife and i may or may not have looked at my heart rate after “talking“ before sleeping at night.
Could you please specify how "Come on" is meant to be interpreted in your sentence. Thanks!
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chama98 Avatar
14 months ago

Will it accurately measure my post sex vitals at night if I do it with the watch on?
Might confuse it thinking you’re in AF!
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lkrupp Avatar
14 months ago
PSA Remember that if you install the public beta on your Watch you cannot back out like you can on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You’re stuck if you have issues.
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