Apple Watch Series 3 Can Now Track Skiing and Snowboarding ActivityApple has
announced that skiers and snowboarders can use Apple Watch Series 3 to track their activities starting today.
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Apple Watch apps
snoww,
Slopes,
Squaw Alpine,
Snocru, and
Ski Tracks have each been updated to take advantage of custom workout APIs released in watchOS 4.2 that enable tracking of specialized metrics:
<ul><li>Total vertical descent and horizontal distance</li>
<li>Number of runs</li>
<li>Average and maximum speeds</li>
<li>Total time spent</li>
<li>Calories burned</li></ul>
While not all of this information is available in the Activity or Workout apps at this time, some of the apps do have integrations. Ski Tracks, for example, features 17 different snow workouts that can earn credit towards Activity rings, while Snocru contributes active calorie measurements to the Activity app.
The ski and snowboard tracking is limited to Apple Watch Series 3 models, which are the only ones with a built-in altimeter to track elevation.
TechCrunch's Katie Roof
shared a closer look at some of the updated apps, which are now available on the App Store and require watchOS 4.2 or later.
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