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Along with new versions of iOS and MacOS, Apple unveiled the new operating system for
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the Apple Watch. The first beta for WatchOS 4 has been released to developers, so in this video I'm going
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to walk you through everything that's new. So let's get started. First up are new watch faces, the most popular of which will most likely be the new Siri
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face which Apple has designed to be your all-day assistant. The watch face displays different notifications throughout the day depending on time, location
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reminders and more. This has become one of my personal favourite watch faces over the past few days as it makes
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the most of the screen real estate of the Apple Watch and gives me the most useful information
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out of all of the faces. There's also a new kaleidoscope watch face
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While it's not going to be for everyone, there's going to be a few people out there that are going to enjoy turning the digital crown to see it animate as well as different patterns
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it'll create itself throughout the day. Apple also announced a new Toy Story face which is going to be coming to the Apple Watch
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featuring Woody, Buzz and Jesse but sadly it doesn't seem to be in this first beta
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Activity updates are a big part of WatchOS 4 with new goal animations for larger achievements
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There's also daily inspiration updates, an evening push where the Apple Watch will have
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a good go at motivating you towards the end of the day and monthly challenges to motivate
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you in the long term. Within the workouts app there's a new high intensity interval training mode which can
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more accurately track calorie burn thanks to new custom heart rate and motion monitoring
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It's now quicker than ever to start a workout so less tapping through menus to actually
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get started. There's also enhanced swim tracking where you can track your pace, rests and distances
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for different stroke types. You can now also sync your Apple Watch to certain compatible gym equipment from manufacturers
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such as Technogym, Life Fitness and Matrix to help improve workout tracking and keeping
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both the watch and the gym equipment in sync. Finally for workouts you can now quickly switch the type of workout without ending
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one session for another. So if you're a fitness fanatic who likes to follow up running with a bike ride it now
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only takes a few taps. The music app has also seen an update allowing you to store more music on the watch which
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you choose through the Apple Watch app on iOS. It will also automatically sync when on charge, although it was barely moving any music across
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when I tried this out so hopefully that's just a minor bug that will be fixed in the coming weeks
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WatchOS 4 will be available to download this fall. Well that's it for this video but let me know what you think of WatchOS 4 in the comments
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section down below. What's your favourite feature? Is there something you were hoping for that wasn't announced
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Give me all your thoughts in the comments section down below. Also if you enjoyed this video or found it useful go ahead and hit that thumbs up and
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