Price cut and software update for the Apple Watch – Mac & i

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Apple has the starting price of the computer clock lowered. With the recent software it is possible to have more than one Apple Watch to pair with the iPhone.

Less than a year after the launch, Apple has lowered the price of the Apple Watch, but only for the sport model: the price is now starting at just 350 euros for the smaller version, the larger 42-millimeter model now costs nearly 400 euros – that are each 50 euros less than before. The Apple Watch stainless steel remains unchanged in price, depending on the bracelet will cost between 650 euros and 1,250 euros. The Apple Watch Edition is still available at prices 11000-18000 euro

At an event in Cupertino (see Mac & amp;. I live ticker). Apple has new materials and colors in the Armbänden for presented pm, including a version in nylon, which will come at a price of about 60 euros in trade. The Milanese band is now also available in black for about 230 euros.

An iPhone, many watches released

On Monday, Apple has also watchOS 2.2. The map app on the clock now shows the “Nearby” function to search quickly for specific localities. In addition to an expanded language support the Apple Watch to measure heart rate often in the background, even if the user does not move, as the producer notes.

The update also allows the interaction with iOS 9.3 for the first time, more than one Apple Watch to couple the same with an iPhone and then switch between the clocks.

More brings to watchOS 2.2 and iOS 9.3, but also to the new versions of TVOS and Mac OS X & amp; i next No. 2, which is available from 7 April commercially

. [22:03:16 Update 08:39:] watchOS 2.2 according to Apple also contains a number on safety-relevant bugfixes. Apple calls in its release notes total of 18 different areas with bug fixes, including in the disk image management, in the kernel, in the Font parser, in libxml2 and libxslt and Messages. Several of the vulnerabilities allow may execute evil code by an attacker who has access to the clock should succeed. (lbe)