{"id":25614,"date":"2026-10-23T06:37:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/apple-watch-ultra-4-review-longer-battery-life-but-still-awaiting-new-features\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T06:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T04:37:36","slug":"apple-watch-ultra-4-review-longer-battery-life-but-still-awaiting-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/apple-watch-ultra-4-review-longer-battery-life-but-still-awaiting-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Ultra 4 review: longer battery life but still awaiting new features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biggest Apple smartwatch gets better health tracking and new readiness tools with a battery and chip boost in preparation for controversial audio AI<\/p>\n<p>As the Ultra enters its fourth year as Apple\u2019s biggest and beefiest smartwatch it gets the best kind of spec upgrade \u2013 longer battery life \u2013 while waiting for something potentially more transformative.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because several of the key features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/sep\/08\/apple-new-folding-iphone\">announced as part of Apple\u2019s new smartwatch lineup for 2026<\/a> have yet to be enabled, awaiting updates towards the end of this year. That leaves the \u00a3749 (\u20ac899\/$799\/A$1,349) Apple Watch Ultra 4 the top dog, but basically the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2025\/oct\/27\/apple-watch-ultra-3-review-the-biggest-and-best-smartwatch-for-an-iphone\">same as last year\u2019s model<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case size:<\/strong> 49 x 44mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Case thickness:<\/strong> 12mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 63g<\/p>\n<p><strong>Processor:<\/strong> S11<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storage:<\/strong> 64GB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Operating system:<\/strong> watchOS 27<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water resistance:<\/strong> 100 metres (10ATM)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connectivity:<\/strong> Bluetooth 5.3, wifi 4, 5G RedCap\/4G, UWB<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sensors:<\/strong> HR, ECG, spO2, temp, depth, dual-band GPS, compass, altimeter<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/oct\/23\/apple-watch-ultra-4-review-longer-battery-life-health-tracking\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4f1356823052f403fc9b5a13c8f45e5e5aa596d6\/1367_680_4321_3456\/master\/4321.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=82909c070641247b4560f99a29553500\" title=\"Apple Watch Ultra 4 review: longer battery life but still awaiting new features\" \/>Biggest Apple smartwatch gets better health tracking and new readiness tools with a battery and chip boost in preparation for controversial audio AI<br \/>\nAs the Ultra enters its fourth year as Apple\u2019s biggest and beefiest smartwatch it gets the best kind of spec upgrade \u2013 longer battery life \u2013 while waiting for something potentially more transformative.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s because several of the key features announced as part of Apple\u2019s new smartwatch lineup for 2026 have yet to be enabled, awaiting updates towards the end of this year. That leaves the \u00a3749 (\u20ac899\/$799\/A$1,349) Apple Watch Ultra 4 the top dog, but basically the same as last year\u2019s model.<br \/>\nCase size: 49 x 44mm<br \/>\nCase thickness: 12mm<br \/>\nWeight: 63g<br \/>\nProcessor: S11<br \/>\nStorage: 64GB<br \/>\nOperating system: watchOS 27<br \/>\nWater resistance: 100 metres (10ATM)<br \/>\nConnectivity: Bluetooth 5.3, wifi 4, 5G RedCap\/4G, UWB<br \/>\nSensors: HR, ECG, spO2, temp, depth, dual-band GPS, compass, altimeter Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biggest Apple smartwatch gets better health tracking and new readiness tools with a battery and chip boost in preparation for controversial audio AI As the Ultra enters its fourth year as Apple\u2019s biggest and beefiest smartwatch it gets the best kind of spec upgrade \u2013 longer battery life \u2013 while waiting for something potentially more &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/23\/apple-watch-ultra-4-review-longer-battery-life-but-still-awaiting-new-features\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apple Watch Ultra 4 review: longer battery life but still awaiting new features<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25614"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}