The Apple Watch Has a Problem
Marques Brownlee breaks down Apple's new Apple Watch features, focusing on always-on audio transcription that raises serious privacy concerns for bystanders.
The gist
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The Series 12 now samples heart rate every 5 seconds instead of every 5 minutes, with AI health scores mirroring what Whoop offers.
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A new chip keeps raw audio in an isolated partition, enabling all-day conversation summaries while technically blocking Apple from accessing recordings.
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Brownlee says Apple is testing these audio features on the watch first, not the iPhone, suggesting internal awareness that always-on listening is risky.
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The Siri Recap feature runs silently all day with no chime or indicator, capturing public conversations in a way smart speakers or camera glasses do not.
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Apple Watch
Health & fitness
"This is the Series 12 on my wrist. It has the S11, it has the Secure Exclave. The feature is not live and when it does go live, it will be in beta."
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Whoop
· "The market for screenless fitness trackers has more than doubled in just the past year alone, and that's..."
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Fitbit Air
· "The Fitbit Air, the Garmin Circa, there's Amazfit, there's some others."
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Garmin Circa
· "The Fitbit Air, the Garmin Circa, there's Amazfit, there's some others."
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Shazam
· "You've probably also seen this feature in the Pixel's Now Playing, or even in Shazam, which Apple bought."
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Google Home
· "Google Homes and Alexas sit in people's houses all over the world doing a lot of the same thing, like..."
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