The new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 will arrive to customers and will be available in stores starting Friday. Selected media and YouTube channels shared the first reviews of the watches early
Key new features for both Apple Watch models include brighter displays, an up to 30% faster S9 chip, a “double-tap” gesture to interact with the watch without touching the screen, increased internal storage to 64GB, and more.
Many reviews agree that the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 are simple upgrades that probably aren’t worth upgrading from the original Series 8 or Ultra.
edgesVictoria-Lie When upgrading to Series 9 or Ultra 2:
If you have a Series 7 or later, an update is not strictly necessary For owners of the Series 5 or older, it may be worth it as they get a bigger screen, several new sensors and increased processing power. 6 Series owners are the ones I see most often – and for these people I would recommend upgrading, especially if the battery life is no longer sufficient. For people seriously. Cool your plane. With watchOS 10 you get a modular Ultra display and there isn’t much difference between 3,000 nits vs 2,000 nits.
CNBCHow lyswing On double click:
In testing, I didn’t find double-tapping to be an essential everyday gesture for me, though it was fun to play with and the haptic feedback, when it worked, was satisfying.
I also didn’t find the Smart Stack tool, which is accessed via double-click, particularly useful – I don’t like widgets in general, and the suggestions they offered by default weren’t helpful, like a card with tips for me on the new Apple Watch. Machine learning identifies individual tools so they can improve with use.
Gestures require the Apple Watch interface to be enabled and the backlight turned on. You can only double-tap when your hand is at your side Instead, you first have to raise your hand to activate the screen and then double-tap your fingers, making the movement feel like a highly exaggerated motion.
CNETLexi Savides The Apple Watch Ultra 2’s bright display, up to 3,000 nits, takes advantage of the flashlight feature, he said:
But it’s the lamp that gets the biggest boost. It’s capable of lighting up a small dark room, lighting your way when you drop your keys, and even creating a spooky glow when you read your kids a bedtime story. I took the Apple Watch Ultra 2 into a cave and when I compared the two it illuminated the rock face better than the first Ultra.
mobilesyrupPatrick O’Rourke On the S9 SIM:
And then there’s the new S9 chip. Since Apple stuck with the S8 chip from the 6 series, the smartwatch’s processor improvements are long overdue. However, I had no lag issues with the S8, and even though the S9 is significantly more powerful, I didn’t see much of a performance boost in day-to-day use. On the other hand, Apple says the S9 chip powers the Series 9’s on-device Siri processing, which lets the smartwatch quickly respond to requests like starting a workout or setting a timer.
