New watchOS 5 Features that you need to check out

WatchOS is equipped with great features to keep you stay connected, fit and healthy. Few of them really stand out. Be more active and stay better connected with these amazing features.  So without wasting much time, let's check out all the useful watchOS 5 features:

Stop spot

Everyone loves Workouts on watchOS, but sometimes you forget to start and stop them. With the help of watchOS 5, if you start working out but don't start a workout, it notifies you and gently reminds you to start the clock. When you finish and go to get water before you stop the clock, it will kindly tell you to do that also. It works as an assisted memory.

watch OS Walkie-Talkie

1.      With this feature, Apple Watch is getting an entirely new communication method, just as the name suggests, it is exactly like the old school walkie talkie which allows you to communicate with friends using the function of a push to talk.

2.      Not like the traditional walkie-talkie, Apple’s Walkie Talkie app works from any distance. It combines real-time voice with the spontaneity of text messaging.

3.      With it, you may send a request to a friend to enable Walkie-Talkie feature. You can just beam voice from Apple Watch to your friend’s Apple Watch.

4.      Walkie Talkie works over cellular Wi-Fi, and Apple has designed it with excellent quality audio so that your walkie-talkie conversations are sharp and crisp.

5.      Walkie Talkie overrides silent settings and Theater Mode.

6.      If you want to mute incoming connection attempts from fields, then you can easily set yourself as unavailable.

Podcasts

1.      In WatchOS 5, Apple Watch features a dedicated Podcasts app that allows you to listen to Podcasts without an iPhone to nearby.

2.      Podcasts on Apple Watch syncs with Podcasts app on iOS and keeps your place no matter which device you have been listening to.

3.      You can also ask Siri to play your fav podcasts, and some new episodes are auto-refreshed.

Other new features in watchOS 5

1.      You will be able to get third-party content on Siri watch face, giving shortcuts to functions like directions from Citymapper.

2.      The Siri watch face is really proactive too that will show these directions at the appropriate time of day.

3.      Notifications are also improved with interactive controls available within them for 3rd party apps.

4.      A reservation notification will have the ability to modify time or change number of guests.

Face ID

Can Face ID work on Apple Watch? Yes, it can but like on iPhone X it will need specially updated hardware. Apple Watch doesn't have a camera now but if the company adds FaceTime camera to Apple Watch Series 4, then it can be combined with the necessary array of sensors that FaceID requires. Apple Watch has a lesser need of biometric unlocking tech than iPhone.

Joey Williams is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cybersecurity, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.