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What optical sensor is in the Apple Watch SE?

I want to buy an Apple Watch SE, but I do not understand which version of the optical heart rate sensor is on the watch, the first or the second. Information on different Apple pages is different

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Posted on Oct 7, 2020 12:27 PM

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Oct 7, 2020 1:03 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Thanks Meg, but I think the confusion lies in that in the provided screen shot the optical heart sensor for the SE is not specifically labeled as "second generation". Merely as "Optical heart sensor".


Not sure where that screen shot is coming from though. It may possibly be a typo there.


I'm fairly certain the SE has the second generation optical heart sensor.




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Oct 8, 2020 1:12 PM in response to Phil0124

Phil0124 wrote:

Thanks Meg, but I think the confusion lies in that in the provided screen shot the optical heart sensor for the SE is not specifically labeled as "second generation". Merely as "Optical heart sensor".

Not sure where that screen shot is coming from though. It may possibly be a typo there.

I'm fairly certain the SE has the second generation optical heart sensor.


Got it.

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What optical sensor is in the Apple Watch SE?

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