The Apple Watch Ultra 3 has been a long time coming. Apple did not renew it this year, and it looks like big news awaits us in 2025. The third generation of Apple’s extreme Apple Watch may come with interesting new functions, including: something that could save our lives. In fact, it is a feature that has already proven its value.

Mark Gurman reported Bloomberg related to Lots of interesting new features that could arrive in the Apple Watch lineup in 2025. Among these, the inclusion of 5G connectivity and blood pressure measurement stand out, as well as another special innovation of Apple’s largest and most durable model.

Apple Watch Ultra 3 will offer satellite connectivity

iPhones for several years satellite link This way, users can send messages or make emergency calls when out of coverage area. This feature has proven to be especially useful in situations of natural disasters that leave people without communication; It’s a feature that helped many people affected by Hurricane Helene.

Apple seems to want this important feature to reach the Apple Watch, and it will be the first to launch the third-generation Ultra model. As the ever-reliable Mark Gurman reports, Apple plans to introduce messaging via satellite in the next Apple Watch Ultra 3Mainly thanks to its large size and battery life.

NEW: Apple plans to bring satellite connectivity to next year’s Apple Watch Ultra and is also stepping up work on high blood pressure detection. https://t.co/w7soo1N0fX

— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) December 10, 2024

The function would be: It’s very similar to the iPhone one. If the Apple Watch Ultra 3 does not have a mobile connection via eSIM or iPhone connection, or is not connected to a Wi-Fi network, the SOS function can be activated via satellite. Instructions will appear on the screen and you will need to move the watch in the direction of the satellite so that the help message can be sent.

Emergency SOS functionality via satellite is available in Spain and many other countries and can literally save our lives. It’s also very interesting that it’s coming to Apple Watch.For situations when we don’t have our iPhone or its battery is dead.

Apple released this function with iPhone 14It will make it free for two years. After this time, Apple continued to offer it for free, but it is not ruled out that you will have to pay for it in the future or that it will be included in a subscription.

After a year in which we did not have an Apple Watch Ultra and only saw the Apple Watch Series 10, the third generation is expected to come with significant changes. The second generation has seen almost no improvement, so there are a lot of new features that need to be included. This includes a possible design refresh following the redesign of the Apple Watch Series 10, which will feature a larger display than the Apple Watch Ultra.

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