65+ new features in watchOS 5 for Apple Watch
watchOS 5 is Apple's latest major release for Apple Watch, and it is releasing for everybody on Monday! In this update are a number of new features that aim to make the Apple Watch experience better, as well as making it more independent of the iPhone.

Headline features of watchOS include a new Walkie Talkie app for chatting with friends and family in real-time, a new Podcast app, smart Siri watch face, support for Siri Shortcuts, and better notification management. See all the changes for yourself in our hands-on video.
All of Apple's latest updates are set to be released later this fall. Stay connected with AppleInsider as we delve through the releases in the weeks and months to come.

Headline features of watchOS include a new Walkie Talkie app for chatting with friends and family in real-time, a new Podcast app, smart Siri watch face, support for Siri Shortcuts, and better notification management. See all the changes for yourself in our hands-on video.
Watch Faces
- Smarter Siri watch face
- Siri watch face data sources: Activity, Alarms, Breathe, Calendar, Favorite Teams, Health, Heart Rate, Home, InCallService, Mail, Messages, Music, News, Notes, Now Playing, Photos, Podcasts, Reminders, Stocks, Stopwatch, Timer, Wallet, Weather, & Workout.
- Now supports third party apps
- New color scheme (gray) for Siri watch face
- Solar watch face supports two complications
- Memories in Photo face
- Podcasts complication
Podcasts
- New Podcasts app
- Control playback on the iPhone from Apple Watch
Weather
- Now can add city on watch
- Tapping switches the metric instead of going to 10 day forecast
- UV index metric
- Air Quality metric
- Wind speed metric
- Wind direction metric
- Scroll to view 10 day forecast
World Clock
- Add cities from watch
- Remove city by Force Touching
Stocks
- Add stocks from watch
- Force Touch to remove stock
Messages
- New category organizer for emoji
- New UI for dictation, Scribble, emoji, sticker picker, Digital Touch, and Apple Pay
Walkie Talkie
- Whole new app to chat
Wallet
- Student ID cards in Wallet
FaceTime
- Answer FaceTime calls (or Group FaceTime calls) as audio on Apple Watch
Workouts
- Autostart workout reminder
- Auto stop workout reminder
- Retroactive workout credit
- All new yoga workout
- New hiking workout
- Pace measuring while running
- Pace alerts while running
- Rolling milestones
- Cadence while running
- Oval-shaped buttons
- Challenges for friends and family
- Personalized coaching during challenges
- Improved API
Activity
- New awards tab on iPhone
- Flights climbed
- Slightly new UI (darker background)
Settings
- New Wi-Fi category
- Choose Wi-Fi network
- Wake Screen on Crown Up toggle under Wake Screen settings
- Do Not Disturb features in iOS 12 show after giving Calendar permission
- Website data section
- Clear website data
- Raise to speak toggle under Siri
- Voice Feedback for Siri on, control with silent mode, headphones only
- Control Siri volume
- Siri voice text
- Start workout reminder toggle
- Stop workout reminder toggle
- Less regulatory info
System
- Gradient and animation when opening notifications
- Grouped notifications
- Notification Instant Tuning
- Improved notifications - do more, reply in notifications, check-in, change reservations, etc.
- Notifications and Control Center are "bouncier"
- Background audio API
- Audio Controller API
- Parkinson's Research API
- Editable Control Center
- Support for Siri Shortcuts created on iOS
- (View websites on Apple Watch)
- Raise to speak Siri
- Hindi localization
All of Apple's latest updates are set to be released later this fall. Stay connected with AppleInsider as we delve through the releases in the weeks and months to come.

Comments
I can already see flights climbed on my Watch and iPhone? How is this different? Is there a change?
Lots of good stuff here, though. I’m looking forward to the update.
Learned a lot of new stuff and can't wait to get it on my WATCH.
I'll stick to my Series 0 in the meantime.
The fact is: first generation products tend to shorter lifespans than mature products as their rate of growth and obsolescence is much higher.
Some people can never be satisfied. Did you look at the list of enhancements? Yet you still want Savile Row when you are more likely a macy’s...no penney’s target. here’s an idea, if it does not meet your lofty standards, don’t buy it. I doubt it will be a blip on the apparently strong demand for the watch.
Guess what… The AW is NOT a device targeting professional athletes. If the AW doesn’t fit your specific flavor of hectic life as a professional athlete, then I suggest that you buy devices targeting your demographic.
As far as the size of the information I’ve never had a problem with it, and I’m even considering that perhaps I should get glasses. Have you had your eyesight check recently? (Serious question, because if I can see the information, then most people should be able to.)
As far as complaining about the apps: Just get other apps, that is, ffs, the whole point with there being apps; to get more features. I use several health apps, but that doesn’t mean that I feel that I have to complain about the included one; they serve a purpose, and these other ones give me the data how I want/prefer it.