{"id":12670,"date":"2024-09-17T23:05:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T23:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12670"},"modified":"2024-09-17T23:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T23:05:49","slug":"apple-watch-series-10-review-sleep-apnea-notifications-and-a-bigger-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=12670","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Series 10 Review: Sleep Apnea Notifications and a Bigger Display"},"content":{"rendered":"


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On its 10th<\/span> birthday, the Apple Watch faces some serious challenges. While it\u2019s still one of the world\u2019s most popular smartwatches<\/a> and fitness trackers<\/a>, the wearables market has become flooded with dupes and wannabes. Additionally, there are few good reasons to upgrade to a new Apple Watch, especially since a hand-me-down Series 6 is compatible with the latest updates to watchOS<\/a> and looks basically the same as a brand-new model. An older Series 6 also has blood oxygen sensing<\/a>, a now standard health feature that the newest Apple Watches do not have due to a patent dispute<\/a> with the health-tech company Masimo Corp. Finally, and most devastatingly, the Apple Watch also faces serious competition from the Google Pixel Watch 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a decade spent defining a new market, the Apple Watch is just not the only good-looking smartwatch\u2014or the only smartwatch worth owning\u2014around anymore.<\/p>\n

Charged with making this year\u2019s Apple Watch irresistible, the company made a bunch of upgrades. The Series 10 now comes in a polished jet black finish that is indeed very shiny. The watch’s case is also much thinner and lighter, with a new S10 chip that is single-sided to be flatter, and a brighter, bigger, wide-angle display. The Series 10 now tracks your breathing disturbances while you sleep and can tell you if you might have sleep apnea. It charges faster, has a new speaker, a new depth gauge, and a new water temperature sensor. And watchOS 11<\/a> is still the best watch OS. It just is.<\/p>\n

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The Watch Series 10 might not deserve breathless adulation, and I’m pretty sure Beyonc\u00e9 isn’t going to release<\/a> pap photos of herself wearing it (unless she does, in which case, my bad), but this is still just the best smartwatch for iPhone users. The absence of blood oxygen sensing is a significant obstacle, but at the end of the day, it\u2019s still the watch that\u2019s the hardest for me to take off.<\/p>\n

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The most unbelievable thing about the Series 10 is that the display on the 46-millimeter model is actually bigger<\/em> than the display on the 49-mm Watch Ultra 2. This trickery is accomplished through the miracle of geometry. The watch case has curved edges and the display extends down the sides, while the Watch Ultra 2 has a flat display and a titanium case that protects the corners from bumps and bangs.<\/p>\n

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