- Apple’s new Live Rewind feature can show a text snippet of what was said during the previous 15 seconds.
- A double-press of the Digital Crown activates it, while Siri can answer questions about the captured text or save it for later.
- Apple has added visible and audible privacy safeguards, but a watch that can recall what was just said may still feel unsettling.
Wouldn’t it be a little creepy if I told you the watch on your wrist could rewind the last 15 seconds of your life? Well, that’s essentially what Apple’s new Live Rewind feature can do.
Apple announced the feature alongside the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 today, and despite the slightly creepy premise, it’s easy to imagine situations where it could be genuinely useful. Maybe someone rattled off a Wi-Fi password too quickly, you missed an important number during a conversation, or a colleague said something in a meeting, and you only realized five seconds later that you should probably have been paying attention.