Apple Watch Series 8 adds new body temperature sensor

While the Apple Watch Ultra caters to the active, outdoorsy folks, the Apple Watch Series 8 appeals to the regular crowd. It includes a new body temperature sensor embedded in the bottom and on the display. Apple doubled down on its usefulness for menstrual and ovulation tracking. It can monitor your body temperature changes throughout your cycle and look out for any potential health issues you might have related to your cycle. This new Apple Watch even offers retrospective ovulation estimates. As with any other sensitive personal data, Apple promises your health info is encrypted from end to end. Your data will only be shared if you decide to share it.

Apple adds on the Apple Watch's fall detection with a new crash detection feature. It uses the smartwatch's barometer, GPS, and mic on your iPhone to determine the severity of the crash. And when the Apple Watch Series 8 detects this, it'll check in with you. If you remain unresponsive after a 10-second countdown, it'll dial emergency services.

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Apple's new iPhone 14 Pro, Pro Max gets new camera, pill notch

In case you've missed the news, Apple has also updated its Pro line of iPhones to bring some long-awaited features. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max finally get a 48-megapixel primary camera with a quad-pixel sensor and its new Photonic Engine for improved low-light photography. 

The final photos will mostly be 12-megapixel binned pictures, but this new sensor allows them to crop photos in different ways. It allows this iPhone to offer true 2x zoom at a 48mm focal length and even optimize details in Apple's ProRAW format. There is also a new ultrawide camera with macrophotography and 3x low-light improvement. These Pro models also support cinematic mode at 4K at 30 or 24 frames per second.

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Apple's new iPhone 14, 14 Plus sports previous generation A15 chip

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As hinted in rumours, the new Apple iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus aren't sporting the latest A16 Bionic chip. Instead, Apple arms the standard iPhone models with the iPhone 13 Pro's A15 chip. It gets a bit of a performance bump with the extra GPU core it sports compared to the iPhone 13 and iPhone SE launched last year. The Plus also comes in a new 6.7-inch, while the regular iPhone has a 6.1-inch display. 

The cameras on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are an ultra-wide and a new 12-megapixel main sensor with improved low-light photography, faster Night Mode, and a new Action Mode for gimbal-like steadiness for videos. Apple also introduces a new 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera with autofocus o the front of the new iPhone 14 phones. Apple integrates a new Photonic Engine to boost the computational photography features of the new iPhones.

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Apple refines AirPods Pro with 2nd-gen model

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Apple has finally released a refresh for its AirPods Pro model alongside the launch of its other new devices. It equips the Apple AirPods Pro with a new H2 processor, which it claims cancels "up to twice as much" noise as its predecessor. The new chip also brings a better Adaptive Transparency mode to these Pro buds. These also get new a new low-distortion audio driver and custom amplifier for "richer bass" and crystal-clear sound across a wider range of frequencies." Spatial Audio should also be a better experience here.

The Apple AirPods Pro also introduces touch controls on the earbuds, allowing for volume control on the stems. Battery life gets a bit of a boost with up to six hours on a single charge with active noise cancellation enabled and up to 30 hours of total listening time.

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