The Apple Watch 6<\/a> could be with us at some point this year, assuming the coronavirus outbreak doesn’t push its launch back, and a new rumor hints at some of the features it might bring: Touch ID, sleep tracking, and blood oxygen level monitoring.<\/p>\n That’s according to Israeli site The Verifier<\/a> and YouTube channel iupdate<\/a>, which aren’t among the very best sources when it comes to Apple leaks – so treat these leaks with a little bit of skepticism for now.<\/p>\n It’s worth noting that blood oxygen saturation monitoring has already been tipped<\/a> for the next Apple Watch, as has the addition of sleep tracking<\/a> – these features were spotted in early iOS 14 code and could well be on the way.<\/p>\n Touch ID on Apple’s wearable would be a little more unexpected, but we have seen Apple patents<\/a> exploring this idea. It’s not clear yet whether any potential fingerprint reader would be built into the watch screen or the digital crown at the side.<\/p>\n The inside sources speaking to The Verifier and iupdate shared a few more tidbits as well: unsurprisingly, there’s going to be no change in the shape of the Apple Watch for the foreseeable future, so we won’t be seeing a circular model any time soon.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the demands of watchOS 7 are likely to be too much for the Apple Watch Series 2<\/a>. Apple likes to support products with software updates for five years, but the rumor is that the Series 2 is going to get dropped this time around and left on watchOS 6.<\/p>\n The only other bit of advance information we get from this leak is that watchOS 7 is going to be a “big upgrade” – so make of that what you will. Sleep tracking, blood oxygen monitoring and Touch ID would certainly qualify as big as far as we’re concerned.<\/p>\n\n
Watch this space<\/h3>\n