A longtime Apple Watch user who switched to WHOOP for better health tracking is now considering returning to Apple Watch Series 12, which offers improved health monitoring features including more frequent heart rate collection and a new Readiness app similar to WHOOP's recovery score, alongside the redesigned Apple Health app in iOS 27.
Apple's new Apple Watch features Live Rewind and Siri Recap audio-record conversations to provide transcriptions and summaries, raising privacy concerns under two-party consent laws in several US states. Although Apple's technology stores audio only temporarily in a secure chip inaccessible to users and others, legal experts say the features may still violate state recording laws, requiring courts to establish new precedent.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 introduce a new Readiness app that scores user fitness readiness on a 0-10 scale based on activity, vital signs, and sleep data. The app requires upgraded hardware with new optical and electrical sensors and is exclusive to these latest models.