What to expect on the next Apple Watch: Satellite connectivity and hypertension detection

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Apple's upcoming Watch Ultra 3 smartwatch will supposedly inherit the satellite connectivity feature currently available on the iPhone, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. This feature will allow outdoor enthusiasts to remain connected to emergency services and iMessage contacts via the Globalstar satellite network, even without cellular coverage. Gurman wrote in his Power On newsletter that the feature is expected to be exclusive to the high-end Ultra model as part of a strategy to differentiate its premium devices.

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Useful Apple Intelligence features are coming

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Apple is gearing up to launch updates for its operating systems—iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2—that would bring more useful artificial intelligence-powered features. The update introduces ChatGPT integration and the iPhone 16-exclusive visual intelligence that shows information about photos.

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Threads introduces advanced search filters

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Meta is trying to keep its Threads competition at bay with a new update for its search option. It's not quite as comprehensive as what you'll see on X but it at least allows you to narrow your queries by keywords, language, exact phrases, hashtags, excluded words, and more. As Tech Crunch pointed out, it brings the social site more on par with Bluesky's search options. But the Bluesky app doesn't show all the filtering options yet.

Before this update, Threads would only show a keyword or keywords and filter these through "Top" or posts with the most engagements, and "Recent" or the latest posts. This new search feature is going to be rolled out to users in the coming weeks.

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Google rolls out Waze incident alerts on Maps

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What separates Google Maps from Waze is the community-driven traffic incident alerts you get on the latter. But that feature looks like it's coming to Maps. Users are now seeing Waze traffic alerts in the app with the words "From Waze drivers" in the pop-ups. Google announced this integration back in July, but it's been getting a broader release in time for the holiday driving season.

As Tech Radar pointed out, Google Maps has been asking drivers to offer traffic incident updates for a while now. But the alerts coming from Waze are a new addition. These notifications are for incidents like lane closures, nearby construction, and the like. It does hint at Google possibly integrating Waze into Maps, which they have said in the past that they won't do. But we can't say for sure that Google will keep its word. We all know what happened to Fitbit after all.

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