{"id":376455,"date":"2026-08-31T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=376455"},"modified":"2026-08-31T02:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T09:48:07","slug":"apple-watch-series-12-may-add-24-7-heart-rate-tracking-apples-biggest-health-upgrade-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apple-watch-series-12-may-add-24-7-heart-rate-tracking-apples-biggest-health-upgrade-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Series 12 may add 24\/7 heart rate tracking: Apple\u2019s biggest health upgrade in years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple Watch Series 12<\/a>, which looks like Apple\u2019s next smartwatch, may arrive with continuous heart rate monitoring<\/strong> when the company unveils it, if the current rumors hold up. If that happens, it could turn into Apple\u2019s biggest health upgrade for the Apple Watch in years.<\/p>\n

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Right now, outside a workout, the watch takes heart rate readings in the background at intervals. The rumor this time is that Series 12 would track it all day<\/strong> continuously, more like Whoop<\/a>, Fitbit<\/a>, or Oura. That should mean better cardiovascular data, more accurate calorie-burn estimates, and a clearer picture of how stress, walking, commuting, and the rest of your day show up in your heart rate.<\/p>\n\n

There\u2019s talk of a new processor too, called the S11 in some reports and the S12 in others. That upgrade may matter less for raw speed than for efficiency, especially if Apple wants always-on tracking<\/strong> without draining the battery. What still isn\u2019t clear is the software side: whether watchOS will get new coaching tools, deeper health insights, or reworked fitness summaries that actually make use of all that extra data.<\/p>\n\n

The design, from what\u2019s been reported, doesn\u2019t sound like it\u2019s changing much. The current shape is expected to stick around for now, and the bigger redesign may have been pushed back to 2027 or 2028<\/strong>. One detail that would stand out, though: Apple Watch Series 12 might bring back ceramic on a premium model, possibly in white or dark gray, which Apple hasn\u2019t done since Apple Watch Series 5.<\/p>\n\n

If health tracking is the main reason you wear an Apple Watch, this may be the one to pay attention<\/strong> to when Apple announces it. For now, though, you\u2019ll have to wait for Apple to make any of it official.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple Watch Series 12, which looks like Apple\u2019s next smartwatch, may arrive with continuous heart rate monitoring when the company unveils it, if the current rumors hold up. If that happens, it could turn into Apple\u2019s biggest health upgrade for the Apple Watch in years. Right now, outside a workout, the watch takes heart rate … Continue reading “Apple Watch Series 12 may add 24\/7 heart rate tracking: Apple\u2019s biggest health upgrade in years”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9331,"featured_media":376454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-376455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376456,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376455\/revisions\/376456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376455"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=376455"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=376455"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=376455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}