The Next Apple Watch Ultra Could Have Satellite Texting

Apple enabled non-emergency outer messaging from iPhones earlier this year. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, it whitethorn do nan aforesaid for nan adjacent Apple Watch Ultra successful summation to adding nan long-rumored blood-pressure monitoring feature.

Satellite messaging connected nan Watch Ultra has been rumored since earlier we moreover knew what Apple’s XL-sized sporty return connected its smartwatch connection would beryllium called. According to Gurman’s description, it would activity for illustration it does connected nan iPhone, letting you nonstop matter messages from nan watch without a cellular aliases Wi-Fi connection.

He too reports that Apple is swapping retired Intel modems successful nan Apple Watch for a constituent from MediaTek but doesn’t personification immoderate plans yet to usage its upcoming in-house modems for nan wearables. The caller constituent included successful “at slightest immoderate models” could too support RedCap, nan 5G activity intended for wearables and IoT that sacrifices different antennas and maximum bandwidth to trim costs and widen artillery life.

Adding outer activity could thief Apple lure immoderate Garmin inReach fans who mightiness want to personification 1 small constituent to proscription moreover if nan inReach’s hundreds of hours of artillery life still triumph retired for extended hikes. Presumably, activity would beryllium provided by Globalstar, Apple’s outer partner for nan iPhone that it bought a 20 percent liking successful past month.

As for blood-pressure monitoring, Gurman says that it “may get arsenic soon arsenic 2025 arsenic well,” but he reminds america that nan characteristic has been delayed successful nan past. Like slumber apnea find and different wellness features of nan Apple Watch, this characteristic wouldn’t relationship circumstantial measurements but could fto you cognize if you look to beryllium experiencing hypertension.