As well as rolling out some enormous upgrades for cyclists, the WatchOS 10 update will also turn the Apple Watch Ultra into a capable Garmin watch alternative. Well, thanks to the new updates, the Ultra will most likely be able to rival the Garmin Fenix 7 Pro (apart from the battery life, of course). And not just the Ultra; any Apple Watch receiving the latest update later this year will benefit from the enhanced Hiking app and new mapping features.
These include a redesigned compass feature that automatically tracks two types of waypoints. The Ultra's Adventure Mode was already capable of dropping waypoints as you went along, but the new compass feature, from what we can tell, will support even the Apple Watch Series 8, based on the presentation we saw at WWDC 2023.
