 As we all know, Apple announced all of its latest products at its annual September event. They launched the iPhone 13, the 13 Pro, the 13 Pro Max, the new iPad, the iPad mini. But what I really want to talk about in this video is the Apple Watch Series 7. And why Apple? You disappointed me. You really, really let me down. And it's really hard to do that from you guys, like seriously. Anyways, what I wanted to do in this video is to share with you guys what's new, what I liked, what I didn't like, and just why I'm just disappointed in what they presented us this year. If it's your first time here, my name is Noah and I make videos on the best health and wellness tech that you should be paying attention to. So let's go ahead and dive right into the Apple Watch Series 7. So starting off with what is new with the Apple Watch Series 7, the biggest thing and probably the most apparent is that they have a bigger screen size now. They basically reduced the borders by 40%. So now it has 20% more screen real estate than the Series 6. This larger screen size allows for bigger buttons and complications that are easier to read such as text, emails, different things like that. And they also increased the screen brightness by 70% whenever you are indoors and not really actively using the device. They also did a slight tweak to the overall design of the Apple Watch itself. They basically rounded the corners of both the screen as well as the watch itself. And they also are now claiming that is the most durable Apple Watch ever, which I'm really interested in seeing how that holds up because I still just get nicks all the time on all the Apple Watches that I get, even if I'm not really that rough with it. They also kept the water resistant nature, so it's great for swimming, but the biggest, I guess you could say durable update that they made was the fact that it's now fully dust resistant with an IP6X rating. And it comes with five new colors, black, green, blue, red and starlight, which I think is the replacement for the gold. And lastly, they finally included the USB-C charger, which basically charges the Apple Watch 33% faster than the older models. If you're wondering about the price, I believe it's going to be $399, and that's it. Not that exciting, right? Which leads me to why I was so disappointed this year. I was expecting so much more out of the Apple Watch this year, especially thinking about all the different competition that has been coming out, especially with like Woop 4.0, the new Samsung Galaxy Watch, the new Fitbit Charge 5 that's coming out, which by the way, both of those, I'll be having reviews on those. Stay tuned. Make sure that you're subscribed. And it's just crazy to me that Apple didn't really just take it that extra mile to give us something amazing. First off with the design, I know we were all expecting a more kind of sleeker, more modern, almost industrial type look similar to the iPad Pro and the new iPad Mini that just came out, but just a little bit more rounded edges. This has been the same for a while. All they do is keep increasing the screen size. Secondly, yes, it's great to see your oxygen levels and, you know, take an ECG when you want to, but all the other fitness trackers and smartwatches do that now, but they actually do even more. They have the stress tracking. They can calculate your body fat percentage, how much skeletal muscle you have. That just provides so much more clarity about your overall health versus just what is my heart rate at? Third, and this was, I think, one of the biggest updates I was really hoping for was a better battery life. Yes, you get a faster charger, but I want my Apple Watch to last more than a day and a half. Give me like three days, four days. Fitbit, Samsung Galaxy Watch, they last at least four or five days, sometimes even a week. And lastly, in this kind of combines both the battery life and the tracking is sleep tracking. I want better sleep tracking. Right now, this whoop that I've been using is one of the best sleep trackers I have ever used. Fitbit is also kind of like a second front runner as well. I'm tired of the basic just, you know, this is your sleep. This is how many hours that you got. I feel like Apple has this technology. Don't you? What do you think? Don't you think Apple has this technology? Let me know in the comments below. So we want to see all of those features in the tracking and the sensors and the sleep design. We want to see that. So come on, Apple, like you have the technology, just do it. Now what really saved Apple this year was their new software, specifically their new WatchOS 8, as well as their new Fitness Plus features. Starting off with the WatchOS 8, they now added the newly revamped mindfulness app, which includes both the breathe program as well as the new reflect feature, which is great for gratitude and reflecting on your day to help you stay focused. And speaking of meditation, they actually added guided meditation to the workout app. So now you have mindful cool down and guided meditations in both the video and audio format. I have been personally again doing meditation for like the last 30, 60 days with calm. So I'm excited to try it out and compare the two, they added new Pilates classes. And what's really cool is they now have group workouts through SharePlay, where basically you can work out with up to 32 people and see their progress while you're working out. And lastly, they're adding more artists to the artist spotlight workouts and more people to their time to walk. And I think they're having a time to run coming up soon. So they have people like Carmelo Anthony, Camila Cabello. So again, from a software perspective, I do think Apple is moving in the right direction. Their Apple Fitness Plus is getting to a point where I'm like, this is going to be like my go to fitness app and the one that I recommend. But in the hardware department, there is much to be desired, especially like I said, whoop 4.0 Fitbit Charge 5. There's a lot of wearables out there that are crushing it from a fitness tracking perspective. And it's easy to add the smartwatch features right getting messages, emails, phone calls. That's simple. But the health part, that's the part that I think is going to be super important, especially because I think wearables are the future of health. So come on, Apple, step it up, get that game up. I know you guys have the technology, the software, everything to make this thing the best thing ever when it comes to health, the ultimate fitness wearable, get to it. Anyway, I'm sorry, I'll get off my soapbox. I know not everybody uses it for your health. I just as a health coach for me, I just wanted to see it get to that level. Again, I hope this video was helpful and helping you decide whether or not you should keep an eye out to buy it. If it was, go ahead and make sure you could pal that like button, subscribe if you haven't already. And as always, embrace the hype.