The Apple Watch Series 11 on a wrist, showing the watchOS 26 activity rings page. (Cherlynn Low for Engadget) Apple’s iOS 26 and watchOS 26 introduced a new fitness companion called Workout Buddy.

Since Apple released watchOS 26, I've been religiously using the new Workout Buddy feature. This AI functionality is probably the most important change on the Apple Watch operating system, and I was ...

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watchOS 26 is a more modest update with one headlining new feature, Workout Buddy — on top of 15 other new tweaks. You might overlook the Apple Watch after the excitement of Liquid Glass on your ...

On paper, it seems like an easy win: music in your ears, heart rate data in your fitness app. In practice, ear-based tracking is notoriously fickle. A little sweat, a loose fit, or the simple act of ...