Apple WatchOS 9 : New Swim Workout and Kickboard Detection

ByOlsen Ia

Apple WatchOS 9 has been released with many new features, one of which is a new swim workout. This workout was designed in collaboration with top swimmers and coaches to help users track their efficiency in the pool. In addition to the swim workout, kickboard detection has been added as a new stroke type for Pool Swim workouts.

This uses sensor fusion on Apple Watch to automatically detect when users are swimming with a kickboard and classify the stroke type in the workout summary along with distance swam.

Apple WatchOS9 Has a New Swim Workout Mode Kickboard Detection.

When Apple announced that this feature would be made available. I immediately wondered if this feature was any good or useful. After some extensive research trying to figure out why this feature was added, I quickly realised that I was wrong. There actually are some really good benefits when using a kickboard.

With the Apple watch feature it will give you some useful metrics and insight to your swimming ability, and health metrics.

When Apple said that they wanted to enhance the user experience with the latest updates. I think they have hit the mark with this one. This is a great feature for those who are looking to improve their swimming or for those just getting started.

The Swim Workout Tracks Your Time, Distance, Pace, and Number of Strokes

The new swim workout is a great addition to the apple watch. It tracks your time, distance, pace, and number of strokes. You can also see your average pace for each lap. The swim workout is available for all apple watch users.

The kickboard detection is a new stroke type that has been added to the pool swim workouts. This is a great addition for those who want to track their swimming efficiency. The kickboard detection uses sensor fusion on the apple watch to automatically detect when users are swimming with a kickboard and classify the stroke type in the workout summary along with distance swam.

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What is Apple Sensor Fusion, And What Are It’s Benefits?

Sensor fusion is the process of combining data from multiple sensors to create a more accurate picture of what’s going on than any one sensor could provide. In the case of the Apple Watch, it uses an accelerometer, gyroscope, and heart rate sensor to track your movement, then compares that data to what it knows about your swimming stroke. This allows it to more accurately track your distance, pace, and calories burned.

The benefits of sensor fusion are accuracy and data richness. By combining data from multiple sensors, you can get a more accurate picture of what’s going on than you could with any one sensor alone. This is especially helpful for tracking activities that are difficult to measure with a single sensor, like swimming.

In addition to being more accurate, sensor fusion also provides more data than any one sensor could provide on its own. This can be helpful for understanding your performance over time and making improvements.

So if you’re looking for a more accurate picture of your swimming workouts, be sure to update to WatchOS version nine and take advantage of the new sensor fusion technology.

Swimmers Can Now Track Their Efficiency With A SWOLF Score

The SWOLF score is a measure of swimming efficiency that takes into account the time and number of strokes it takes to swim a given distance. The lower the SWOLF score, the more efficient the swimmer.

Swimmers can now see their SWOLF score in the Workout app on their Apple Watch after completing a pool swim workout. The SWOLF score is automatically calculated and displayed in the Workout Summary.

Swimmers can also see their average SWOLF score for all of their pool swim workouts in the Health app on iPhone.

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In addition to tracking efficiency with a SWOLF score, swimmers can also now see their distance, pace, and stroke rate for each pool swim workout in the Workout Summary.

The new Swim workouts and Kickboard detection feature is a great addition for swimmers of all levels. With these new features, swimmers can now track their progress and see improvements over time.

The Apple Watch Is Smart Enough To Detect When A Kickboard Is Used.

It’s amazing how technology can automatically detect when you are using a kickboard. It may seem a far stretch, however this is possible because of the Sensor fusion algorithm. Not to mention it can detect your stroke type. Once again it may sound far fetched but is possible.

The apple watch 7 already have the 2 sensors built in that make this tracking possible. Those sensors are the Accelerometer and the advanced gyroscope. They are located in the back of the watch and under the dial.

Both sensors work together to constantly monitor your arm movement. The algorithm then looks for the specific patterns that are associated with using a kickboard. When it detects these patterns, it will classify the swim as “Kickboard” in the workout summary.

The new updates to the WatchOS are very impressive and I’m sure that many people will find them to be useful. The addition of the swim workout is a great addition, and the kickboard detection is a fantastic feature. I’m sure that many swimmers will find this to be a valuable tool in their workouts.

Also the sensor fusion algorithm is the greatest benefit to the apple watch as a fitness tracker. And I believe that this will make the device even more popular among athletes and fitness enthusiasts.

Having the convenience to just focus on your training and not have to worry about your device, is a great motivation to keep using the Apple Watch.

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Apple’s focus when releasing the new updates was to enhance the user’s experience. They ‘ve managed to do just that, and I’m sure that many people will be happy with the new features.

I’m very excited to see what future updates will be in store for the WatchOS and I’m sure that they will only continue to improve.

I hope you find this article useful, thank you so much for reading, I also have many more articles on the latest updates, feel free to check those articles out.

Final Conclusion

The new updates to the WatchOS are very impressive and I’m sure that many people will find them to be useful. The addition of the swim workout is a great addition, and the kickboard detection is a fantastic feature. I’m sure that many swimmers will find this to be a valuable tool in their workouts.

Also the sensor fusion algorithm is the greatest benefit to the apple watch as a fitness tracker. And I believe that this will make the device even more popular among athletes and fitness enthusiasts.

Having the convenience to just focus on your training and not have to worry about your device, is a great motivation to keep using the Apple Watch.

Apple’s focus when releasing the new updates was to enhance the user’s experience. They ‘ve managed to do just that, and I’m sure that many people will be happy with the new features.

I’m very excited to see what future updates will be in store for the WatchOS and I’m sure that they will only continue to improve.

I hope you find this article useful, thank you so much for reading, I also have many more articles on the latest updates, feel free to check those articles out.