The news comes via Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, who reported in April that Apple planned to add body temperature detection to the next-generation Apple Watch. Gurman shared more information about the new feature in his Power On newsletter over the weekend, unfortunately, as it turns out, the features may not live up to people’s expectations. Gurman explains that body temperature sensing will not give a specific reading, as you would expect with a thermometer. Instead, it will alert you if it thinks you have a fever. “The body temperature feature won’t give you a definite indication — like with a forehead or wrist thermometer — but it should be able to tell if it thinks you have a fever,” he wrote. “Besides the body temperature reader, other hardware changes will probably be minor,” Gurman states, indicating that the chip’s processing power will be no better than that of the Apple Watch Series 7 and even the Watch Series 6. However, he notes that there might be a brighter screen. Gurman cites some of the reasons why this year’s Apple Watch won’t offer major new features. Noting that Apple’s chip development team has focused on Mac chips at the expense of other areas, he also suggests that using the same Watch processor will help Apple keep costs down at a time when the company is being hit by rising inflation. continued chip shortages and manufacturing delays. Gurman also discusses the lack of new features coming to the second-generation AirPods Pro in the same newsletter, as discussed here: Don’t expect much from the 2022 AirPods Pro – Gurman. Read more about the upcoming Apple Watch Series 8 in our complete guide to the Apple Watch 2022. We also have this guide for the Apple Watch SE 2.
