Apple Watch Ultra 3

The way Apple is iterating slower and slower on all product lines is kinda sad. It's not like there's a shortage of things to do - it just feels like they got in the habit of small increments to cut costs everywhere (keep the design exactly the same to reuse the same machines, minor software tweaks, etc). The updates are so minor, they don't even bother to put on a show (like this one - a major product, launched as a release note).

I guess even that saves some money too...

There's a stream right now, you just aren't watching it.

The BP monitoring on the watch seems pretty awesome. Translation on the iPods seems nice if it works well. Are they really slowing down?

The products are in a lot of cases at the limits that can be delivered with existing battery and chip technologies. Pretty hard to keep delivering “wow” when this is the case. If they were really becoming ineffective wed see others leapfrogging them but we dont

I'm watching it out of a mix of boredom and FOMO-like curiosity. It's such a load of enormous, the best ever bullshit Apple had presented I'm thrilled to frown at it 75% more. And 7-ish years ago I felt genuinely excited about their products.

Except it's not a BP monitoring, it's some ML gimmick that detects signs of high BP. If it's like their sleep monitoring (which e.g. thinks I was in a "core sleep" while I was unable to fall asleep so I was sitting and playing a game), it's just a "maybe it'll work, but don't rely on this and don't expect any accuracy" type of thing.

Yes that’s correct but if it’s directionally correct it can be useful. My anecdote is that the sleep apnea tracking is directionally correct for me. It might not be for everyone but as long as it’s directionally correct it can be quite useful.

>> It's not like there's a shortage of things to do

I'm curious what your list of things is. We're way past the point of 'flashy' but quick to implement changes in my opinion. The things people want take much longer to develop and with their annual release cadence each release is going to feel less dramatic. You just need to look back at some of the Apple keynotes from 10-15 years ago. An iPod with a COLOR screen! Bigger screens! Camera that does VIDEO! Camera that isn't a potato! The bar is much higher now.