Apple presented in more detail Monday, March 9, shows the connected Apple Watch, but especially its functionality. The watch will be launched on 24 April and sold in three different editions, for prices ranging from 399 … more than 11,000 euros.
# A watch to communicate
Connected to iPhone, Apple Watch will be notified in case of notification. Above all, it will display its messages received, as well as e-mails or SMS app as those WeChat. With a gesture on the touch screen, it will be possible to respond with emoji, voice message with a statement near the wrist or a text message dictated to his watch.
Anecdotal but fun, it will be possible to communicate with Apple Watch owners by sending small drawings on the touch screen or share his heart rate.
# A watch to move
Watch Apple wants to be “a sports coach on the wrist,” in the words of Tim Cook. In the vein of the iPhone, it indicates the number of steps taken in the day, the number of calories burned, the effort during a jog, etc. The watch also send a report every week on physical activity of its wearer, to encourage them to move more.
# A watch for control everything
Watch Apple may be used as a remote to control his music (broadcast by the iPhone, iPad or Mac), camera (to trigger the sensor iPhone or iPad at the right time) or the Apple TV box . Everything will be done from the touch screen or voice, with the integrated voice assistant Siri, which can be triggered by a button or starting his sentence with “hey Siri.”
# A shows to travel
The watch is also connected wants a travel assistant. It will be possible to order directly from the screen a VTC Uber. A version of the app will be available Moovit, allowing to identify and take public transport more than 500 cities. The screen will be used to identify and GPS.
Meanwhile, Apple has built it’s Passbook option, which includes iPhone loyalty cards and airline boarding passes. It will suffice (in airports compatible with Passbook as Roissy-Charles de Gaulle) to turn the screen on his watch to clear customs airport.
# A watch to enter the Hotel
Compatible hotels, the watch Apple can serve as room key. Specifically, it should register online and indicate willingness to retrieve information on the Apple Passbook service. Reservation elements will then be sent to the clock, and a numerical key. The handle of the door will unlock simply by approaching Apple Watch the handle, the two wireless communicating by NFC.
# A watch to pay
Already introduced in September The Apple Pay payment system will be integrated with the connected watch. After registering, simply approaching the wrist of a payment terminal to pay. Apple Pay Service is currently undergoing testing in the United States. Apple has given no indication about its availability by France, analysts saying it should not happen before 2016.
# A watch everything
“There is a app for everything. ” The famous slogan of the iPhone does apply to Apple Watch? It is the will of Tim Cook. The CEO says that there is “still a lot to come.” He had already mentioned the possibility of opening the doors of his car connected with the watch, using NFC technology in particular. Other app will soon be available as Shazam to discover which piece of music going on right now.
Boris Manenti, special correspondent in Berlin
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