Apple Watch Series 9
Apple announced the smart watch “Apple Watch Series 9” on the 13th. Equipped with the powerful “S9 SiP”, it has increased processing power and has achieved an 18-hour battery life due to advances in power efficiency. In addition, it also has a “double tap gesture” function that allows you to operate the Apple Watch Series 9 by “double tapping” the index finger and thumb of the hand on which you are wearing it, even when one hand is occupied. It will be released on September 22nd, and pre-orders will begin on the 13th. Prices start at $399.
Apple Watch Series 9
Available in 41mm and 45mm sizes. Colors include Starlight, Midnight, Silver, and (PRODUCT)RED, with a new pink aluminum case and stainless steel gold, silver, and graphite cases also available.
The new Apple Silicon S9 SiP features a new 4-core Neural Engine that can process machine learning tasks up to twice as fast as the Apple Watch Series 8. The GPU is also 30% faster, and animations will be displayed more smoothly.
New feature “Double Tap”
Apple Watch Series 9 is equipped with a new feature called “Double Tap,” which allows you to operate the watch even in situations where you cannot touch the display, such as when you are holding a cup of coffee in one hand or holding your dog’s leash.
The “double tap” action of touching the index finger and thumb of the side you’re wearing the Apple Watch Series 9 on twice allows the Apple Watch Series 9 you’re wearing to detect the accelerometer, gyroscope, and optical heart sensor. Process data from new machine learning algorithms. It detects the unique characteristics of small wrist movements and changes in blood flow when double-tapping. This feature will be available in a software update next month.
Double-tapping allows you to operate the app’s “main buttons”, so you can, for example, stop a timer, play or pause music, snooze an alarm, etc. You can also answer and end calls, and even take photos with your Apple Watch’s camera remote. Double-tap to open the smart stack from the watch face, and double-tap to scroll through widgets within the stack.
Brighter.There is also a function to search for a misplaced iPhone in detail.
Combining the power-efficient S9 SiP with an advanced display architecture, the maximum brightness is 2,000 nits, twice as much as Series 8. Text is now easier to read even in bright sunlight. You can also lower the display to 1 nits in a dark room or early in the morning to avoid disturbing people nearby.
Additionally, for the first time on Apple Watch, Siri requests can now be processed on-device. For requests that don’t require information from the Internet, such as starting a workout or setting a timer, Siri doesn’t rely on Wi-Fi or cellular networks, resulting in faster and more reliable responses. .
Use Siri to access your health app data and perform health and fitness-related queries while protecting your privacy. You can also ask about how much sleep you got the night before, your progress in closing your activity ring, and your blood sugar levels if you have a monitor connected. You can also record health data such as weight, menstrual periods, and medications taken.
The S9 SiP is equipped with a second-generation ultra-wideband (UWB) chip, which allows users to precisely search for iPhone 15 families equipped with the same chip. Precision Finding helps you find your misplaced iPhone if it’s in another room, for example, with visual, tactile, and audio guidance in addition to distance and direction.
UWB also allows Apple Watch and HomePod to work together. When an Apple Watch user comes within 4 meters of a HomePod playing audio, “Now Playing” will launch on the Apple Watch Series 9 screen and control the media. If nothing is playing on your HomePod, the top of the Smart Stack will show suggestions for songs you might want to listen to.
watchOS 10
WatchOS 10 software is installed.
watchOS 10 features a “new smart stack” that displays related widgets when needed. Displays information quickly.
New dials are also available: Snoopy, Palette, and Solar Analog. The new Nike watch face, Nike Globe, lights up a line on the globe as each second passes.
When cycling, you can display power meter, speed sensor, and cadence sensor values on your watch by connecting to the sensor via Bluetooth. Cycling workouts automatically appear as live activities on your iPhone and are available in full screen with a tap.
Some case and band combinations for the Watch Series 9, Watch Ultra 2, and Watch SE will be Apple’s first carbon-neutral products.
