Since the second generation of Apple Watch, Apple has made its connected watch waterproof to 50 meters. It is really very appreciated for a connected watch because you can take it everywhere, including to the swimming pool for a swimming session.
Through its various onboard sensors, the shows connected Apple is able to analyze and track your movements during your swim session.
Researchers have worked on this on-board monitoring to make the data as reliable as possible.
In an article published on Popular Science (you will find the source a little further down in the article), Rob Verger explains to us how the Apple Watch is now able to track and calculate precisely the distances covered during your swimming session but also calories burned during your workouts.
And it's not that easy..
The Apple Watch is capable of detecting many things once you are in the water. For example, she will be able to accurately measure your lengths in the pool, but also the breaks you take by the pool to drink or breathe a little more.
It's very sharp! Concretely the Apple Watch will be able to divide your workout into several series. She will therefore separate the breaks and your lengths to retain only your full performance. It is very practical to have the most reliable data possible on your training.
How did Apple achieve this result on its Apple Watch Series 3? I have also tested the latest model and you will find my apple watch series 3 test on my site.
In fact, Apple has worked with over 700 swimmers from all categories. Professionals and amateurs, they collected and analyzed a maximum of information to create an algorithm capable of discerning precisely the movements of the arms of swimmers.
Thus they will be able to refine the distance covered but also the calories consumed by the swimmers.
In fact it is with the arrival of the gyroscope, the accelerometer but also the GPS chip that they manage to make such precise calculations.
It's amazing because indeed the Apple Watch Series 3 is really very precise on distances whether in water or everyday.
Rob Verger explains that the GPS signal of the watch does not work underwater but that each time the swimmer takes his arm out of the water, the watch in a fraction of a millisecond, manages to recover a signal and a position. It is a mode that starts as soon as the “swimming” tracking is started on the Apple Watch. Amazing isn't it?
Ron Huang, Apple's director of engineers, confirms that this technology retrieves a GPS signal very quickly with each movement out of the water.
We understand better why the Apple Watch Series 3 is the best connected watch of the moment for all iPhone owners.
In addition, the watchOS operating system, which is in its 4th version now, is more and more efficient and successful! This holds great surprises for the next months and the years to come.
