And it is that Apple has ready for version 4.2 of watchOS the new APIs that allow users to record information related to snow sports, skiing or snowboarding. All this is limited for users of the Apple Watch Series 3 and is that the altimeter is needed to capture this data and be able to offer all this information about this sport, nourishing with more information the applications that are already available for Apple Watch.
The truth is that it continues to bother us a bit that Apple cannot reach agreements with Spanish operators to offer the LTE model in our country, but this is something that could come in a while. Now for now and seeing the few options we have to launch it from today to tomorrow, the best is enjoy the products that we can buy right now and this Series 3 is available.
If you are also a lover of winter sports, then you already have another excuse to buy. The API that is already active in watchOS 4.2 allows the official applications add these interesting data of ascent, descent and other trainings that are carried out in the snow. The altimeter has more functions than many users thought when seeing it implemented in the new Apple Watch, now we will see how far its functions go.
The own Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), add the details of the activity that is capable of collecting the watch of the brand:
- Total vertical and horizontal descent distance
- Number of descents made, the maximum speed and the average
- Total elapsed time in addition to calories burned with activity
And besides this they come new challenges with the activity rings related to this snow sport, your own movement exercises and you can compete with other watch users thanks to shared activity, which we can do today with current exercise rings. The applications that will surely take advantage of this data are already in the store today, but they will undoubtedly improve with it: Slopes, Snoww (these first two compatible with Siri compatible), Squaw Alpine, Snocru and Ski Tracks.
