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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Alucard for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com Sept. 13, Apple today pushed the watchOS 9 update (build number: 20R361) to Apple Watch users. This is the latest version of the watchOS operating system, designed to run on newer Apple Watch models. WatchOS 9 is compatible with Apple Watch Series 4 and later.

"Apple officially interprets the official version of watchOS 9: a new dial, enhanced physical training and a new compass."

WatchOS 9 can be downloaded for free through the Apple Watch application on iPhone by opening it and going to General > Software updates. To install the new software, Apple Watch needs at least 50% of the battery, needs to be placed on the charger, and needs to be within the scope of the iPhone.

Apple has added four new dials to watchOS 9. Moon Phase shows the relationship between the Gregorian calendar and the lunar calendar, while Happy hour provides animations and personified numbers created in collaboration with artist Joi Fulton. Metropolis is a classic type-driven dial, while Astronomy is an improved version of the original astronomical dial with redesigned designs and new star maps and cloud data.

Apple has also updated several existing dials to give them a more modern look and add new complex features, and the focus mode can now be associated with specific dials. Sleep tracking in watchOS 9 now includes sleep phases, which allow users to detect when the user is in a REM, core, or deep sleep state.

The new drug application on Apple Watch is designed to help users manage and track their drugs, vitamins and supplements. The application keeps a list of drugs, sends reminders when you need to take drugs, and pays attention to any drug interactions (US only).

For Workout applications, there are new options for custom exercise, including work and rest intervals, heart rate zones can be created to monitor exercise intensity, and new alarm notifications about speed, power, heart rate and heart rate are available. It can guide users to complete the rhythm of exercise.

Swimmers, runners and Triathlon athletes have new activity options that take into account new metrics, and Fitness+ users without Apple TV can use AirPlay to stream exercise and meditation to compatible third-party televisions for use without Apple TV.

The ECG app Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) warning has been updated and Apple has added a new AFib history feature. Patients with AFib can open AFib history to track AFib frequency to gain a deeper understanding of their heart condition, which can also be shared with health care professionals.

Apple has redesigned notifications on the Apple Watch to use slender banners with less interference when the watch is active, and home settings now support home apps, so children can control smart home accessories through their wrists. Quick action on Apple Watch allows users to perform more actions through double pinching gestures, including answering / ending calls, playing / pausing media, and starting or pausing exercise.

Here are the details of the update:

WatchOS 9, together with Apple Watch, brings new ways to stay energetic, healthy and connected. You have more ways to train and measure physical fitness, a completely redesigned compass App, which can use the new App to track medication, a more powerful sleep tracking function to track all sleep stages, and a better understanding and protection of heart health if atrial fibrillation is diagnosed.

The astronomical dial now shows the current cloud distribution and star map.

The lunar phase dial contains the lunar, Hebrew or Islamic calendar, surrounds the moon and renders the lunar phase in real time.

Happy hour dial contains dynamic numbers designed by Chicago artist Joi Fulton and can edit background color.

The Metropolis is a unique dial. The numbers on the dial vary in style with the rotation of the digital crown, and the font thickness changes flexibly.

Nike hands, Nike rebound, Nike compact module, Nike digital and Nike hybrid dial are now available on more Apple Watch models

Breath, California, module, typography and other dials provide a wealth of complex functions, Chinese text options and background color editor

The portrait dial now supports photos of cats, dogs and landscapes, and can customize the background or the color of the whole photo.

You can select the dial that is displayed when focus mode is turned on

Physical training can be customized and scroll through multiple physical training views during physical training, including single-stage, segmented and fitness circles, etc.

The Heart rate interval view uses the maximum heart rate and resting heart rate to create a personalized interval and display the duration of each interval

The altitude view shows the current altitude and climbing height, and visually depicts the height changes during outdoor running, outdoor cycling, outdoor wheelchair pace running, hiking, outdoor walking and outdoor wheelchair pace walking.

The running Power view shows real-time measurements of the work you do while running, measured in watts (for Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 6 and subsequent models)

The "running posture indicator" in the physical training view includes step size, touchdown time and vertical amplitude, which can monitor running efficiency and reflect related trends (applicable to Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 6 and subsequent models)

Custom fitness training allows you to create multiple sets of repetitive intermittent fitness training based on time, distance, or open goals, automatically or manually to the next group

The "pace driver" training experience will help you maintain your expected pace through reminders and special physical training views.

Multi-event sports training supports biathlon or Triathlon training, which can automatically detect open water / swimming pool swimming, indoor / outdoor cycling, indoor / outdoor running and transfer to the next stage

You can customize the physical training reminder according to the indexes such as speed, power, walking frequency and heart rate range.

Swimming pool physical fitness training can automatically detect floating board

The calculation method of SWOLF swimming efficiency index is the number of strokes plus the time per trip.

The coach instructions displayed on the screen by Fitness+ include the intensity target, the number of oars per minute in rowing training, the rotational speed per minute in bicycle training, and the inclination of treadmill training.

Coach guidance and personal fitness indicators can be displayed on third-party compatible TV and device screens

The compass's redesigned compass App provides more in-depth information and a scalable view (for Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 5 and subsequent models)

The main dial supports both the pointer scale and a digital view showing the current orientation and orientation

Zoom the pointer view to show your azimuth, altitude, slope, and coordinates

Compass points allow you to mark locations or points of interest (for Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 6 and subsequent models)

Backtracking uses GPS to follow your footsteps in case you get lost or lose your way (for Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 6 and subsequent models)

Sleep phase tracking uses data from accelerometers and heart rate sensors to detect REM sleep, core sleep, deep sleep and waking time.

Comparison charts provide views of heart rate, respiratory rate, and sleep time in the "healthy" App on iPhone.

Medication can be recorded as needed and regularly taken, including dosage and duration

You can check the timing of medication and the contents recorded on the same day.

Remind us to record the regular use of drugs.

The "medication" complex feature allows you to view the timing or quickly open the App.

The weekly notice of atrial fibrillation history includes an estimate of the percentage of atrial fibrillation duration in the previous calendar cycle.

The summary shows which day and time of the week atrial fibrillation is the most serious.

Track lifestyle factors that may affect the duration of atrial fibrillation in the "healthy" App on iPhone, including exercise, sleep, weight, alcohol intake and mindfulness minutes.

PDF can be shared for more in-depth discussion with health care providers

Support users over the age of 22 who are diagnosed with atrial fibrillation

Family sharing settings now use the "podcast" App to search, download and follow programs and explore selected content

Support for third-party email is now extended to Yahoo and Outlook

Contact photos can now be edited and shared

The assistive function extends the quick operation performed by auxiliary touch, which can be played and paused in "playing", paused and continued in "physical training", taken pictures using camera remote control, and switched between display map view and step-by-step navigation in "Map".

Pairing the Bluetooth keyboard with the Apple Watch Apple Watch mirroring allows you to remotely control the Apple Watch from the paired iPhone through alternate playback, and supports assistive technologies such as voice control or switching control as another way to tap the Apple Watch screen

Other features and improvements: low power mode maintains the core functions of the Apple Watch, while temporarily disabling specified background functions such as always display and heart health notifications to extend battery life

Support for international roaming, allowing you to maintain access to the cellular network when traveling abroad (for Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 5 and subsequent models)

Extended keyboard language support, including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish (for Apple Watch Series 7 and subsequent models)

The communication security setting in screen usage time allows parents to enable their children to be reminded when they receive or try to send nude photos in the message.

If your recorded menstrual cycle shows signs of rare menstruation, irregular menstruation, prolonged menstruation or persistent bleeding, a notice of menstrual deviation can remind you.

New aerobic recovery indicators estimated by Apple Watch are provided in the "Health" App.

The updated "reminder" App supports editing functions, making it easy for you to add important details such as location, tag and expiration time.

The newly designed Calendar App supports new calendar schedules and can be switched to day view, list view, and week view

Improved podcast experience, supported search, follow and unfollow programs, and explore new content in listen now

The updated program dock will display the App running in the background at the top

When you are using Apple Watch, the newly designed notification will display a compact, slender banner

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