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  "title": "I went hands-on with the Apple Watch Series 12: A new heart rate sensor, ceramic colors and a readiness score, at last",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/i-went-hands-on-with-the-apple-watch-series-12-a-new-heart-rate",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T23:40:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Guide",
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    "url": "https://www.tomsguide.com/wellness/smartwatches/apple-watch-series-12"
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  "account": "Apple has unveiled the latest Apple Watch Series 12, highlighting a new, more accurate heart rate sensor, ceramic colors and a readiness score. The company claims this is the most precise heart rate monitoring ever seen on a wearable device. The Apple Watch Series 12 delivers heart rate readings every five seconds, 60 times more frequently than its predecessor, the Apple Watch Series 11. This enhanced monitoring enables heart rate variability (HRV) readings, a new readiness score for improved insights on when to push oneself and when to recover, and health metrics like a new Health Age metric. Additionally, the watch boasts a redesigned ceramic back featuring two new colors – Pearl White and Night Blue. Apple says the watch’s heart rate sensor design, with its 32-petal appearance, is an improvement over the series 11’s two-petal design, featuring larger and more powerful green LED lights for heart rate measurement.",
  "summary": "We've been hands-on with the new Apple Watch Series 12. Here's everything you need to know about Apple's new flagship watch",
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        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Apple starts preorders for Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 with new Health Sensing System",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/apple-starts-preorders-for-watch-series-12-ultra-4-with-new-health",
        "published": "2026-09-09T18:47:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Apple details how Apple Watch’s new Audio Intelligence features work in privacy paper",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/apple-details-how-apple-watchs-new-audio-intelligence-features-work",
        "published": "2026-09-09T19:59:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "Apple's new Health revamp is about more than the Apple Watch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/apples-new-health-revamp-is-about-more-than-the-apple-watch",
        "published": "2026-09-09T20:08:45.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Apple Watch can now rewind your conversations, and that’s kinda creepy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/apple-watch-can-now-rewind-your-conversations-and-thats-kinda-creepy",
        "published": "2026-09-09T20:35:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "Read the Apple document explaining how new listening features still protect your privacy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/read-the-apple-document-explaining-how-new-listening-features-still",
        "published": "2026-09-09T20:44:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "New opt-in Apple Watch Siri audio features can listen to and transcribe conversations all day; Apple says raw audio is inaccessible and deleted after processing (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/new-opt-in-apple-watch-siri-audio-features-can-listen-to-and",
        "published": "2026-09-09T21:15:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "I just went hands on with the Apple Watch Ultra 4: Better battery, improved heart health tracking, and new holistic features galore",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/i-just-went-hands-on-with-the-apple-watch-ultra-4-better-battery",
        "published": "2026-09-09T22:09:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Apple unveils a new Health app with Apple Intelligence, featuring an Insights tab, \"readiness\" and Health Age metrics, and more, rolling out later in 2026 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/apple-unveils-a-new-health-app-with-apple-intelligence-featuring-an",
        "published": "2026-09-09T23:45:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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