Our most powerful chip in AppleWatch ever. A magical way to use your AppleWatch without touching the screen. A display that’s twice as bright. And now you can choose a watch case and band combination that’s carbonneutral.
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The S9 SiP
A powerful move forward.
Custom Apple silicon makes AppleWatch Series 9 more capable, more intuitive, and faster. The dual-core CPU has 5.6 billion transistors — 60 percent more than the S8 chip. A four-core Neural Engine processes machine learning tasks up to two times faster. It enables a number of innovations, including the doubletap gesture.
Gestures
Magic. At your
fingertips.
DoubleTap
Gestures make Apple Watch even easier to use anytime, especially when your hands are full. Just double tap your index finger and thumb together to answer a call, open a notification, play and pause music, andmore.
Check your Smart Stack while holding your toddler.
2x brighter display
Abrilliant breakthrough.
The advanced display system in Series 9 boosts the maximum brightness up to 2000 nits — double Series 8 — so it’s easier to read in full sun. It’s also better in low‑light situations, like a movie theater, because it dims to just 1nit.
Siri-ously capable.
With Series 9, Siri requests processed on your device are faster and more secure. Plus, Siri dictation is up to 25 percent more accurate. You can ask Siri about your health data, including things like how much you slept last night. Or use it to log information such as your weight orperiod.
Hey Siri, how long did I sleep last night?
HomePod control. Watch takes the stage.
A second-generation Ultra Wideband chip enables integration with HomePod.1 When music is playing, AppleWatch Series 9 opens the Now Playing screen to let you control it. If nothing is playing, the Smart Stack will offer media suggestions to play onHomePod.
Your iPhone. Lost and precisely found.
Also enabled by the second-generation Ultra Wideband chip, Precision Finding can direct you to your iPhone by showing you its approximate distance and direction.2 And when you get close, haptic feedback, an audible chirp, and a visual indicator help you zero in onit.
watchOS 10 brings more to your screen than ever before. Virtually every app has been totally redesigned to give you more information at a glance. From any watch face, simply turn the Digital Crown to reveal the Smart Stack with widgets for relevant and timely information. And with insights for mental and vision health, you can keep track of your body and mind — right from yourwrist.
A first for AppleWatch.
A major step toward2030.
Apple’s first carbon neutral product ishere.
Through ongoing innovations in materials, clean energy, and low-carbon shipping, AppleWatch is available in case and band combinations that are carbonneutral.
Impactful design. Less carbon impact.
As our first carbon neutral product, AppleWatch marks a milestone in our plan to make all our products carbon neutral by 2030. We’re cutting the majority of emissions through innovations in materials, clean energy, and low-carbon shipping. And we’re investing in nature-based projects to offset the small amount that remains. Because the earth won’t wait. Neither will we.
Learn more about our Apple2030plan
Look for this logo — it means that your AppleWatch is carbonneutral.3
78%
reduction in the carbon footprint of any aluminum Series 9 and SportLoop.4
Pairings that put the planet first.
Pair any Series 9 aluminum case with any new Sport Loop band for a carbon neutral combination.
Health
Powerful insights at a glance.
Apple Watch helps you better understand your mental and physical health. Health data is kept private and secure. And when you’re ready to share with a healthcare provider, friends, or family members, you’re incontrol.
Watches out for your heart.
With the ECG app, AppleWatch Series9 is capable of generating an ECG similar to a single‑lead electrocardiogram.5 And with the Heart Rate app, you can get notifications for high and low heart rate as well as an irregularrhythm.6
Dream machine.
The Sleep app doesn’t just keep track of your time asleep. It shows you how much time you spent in REM, Core, or Deep sleep, as well as when you might have wokenup.
AppleWatch Series 9 has an innovative sensor that tracks your temperature while you sleep, so you can see changes over time.7 Cycle Tracking uses this data to provide a retrospective estimate of when you likely ovulated, which can be helpful for familyplanning.8
Log your state of mind.
In the Mindfulness app on Apple Watch, scroll through engaging visuals to help you select how you’re feeling to log your momentary emotion and daily mood. Stay consistent with notifications and complications on your watchface.
Connect
Everything atthe speed oflife.
Apple Watch keeps you connected to the people and things that you care about, right from your wrist. And with a cellular plan, you can do it all without your iPhonenearby.9
The freedom of cellular.
Take a call from the trail. Return a text on your run. Check a notification in the garden. No phone? Noproblem.
Stream music and podcasts.
Apple Music gives you millions of tracks of musical motivation.10 You can also catch up on the latest podcasts or listen to anaudiobook.
Whatever workout you have in mind, it’s sure to be on your wrist and ready with just a tap. See all the metrics you need to keep motivated in customizable views. And durability that makes it easy to give it all you’ve got, without sweating how your AppleWatch will holdup.
Squat. Spin. Stride.
From strength training and HIIT to Pilates and meditation, AppleWatch delivers a healthy number of ways to work out— with the metrics you most wanttosee.
Tougher than tough.
The front crystal, robust geometry, and flat base make Apple Watch resistant to cracking. And it’s water resistant 50meters.
Workout Views. Take it all in. Go all out.
The display lets you see all the metrics you need, including Heart Rate Zones and customized intervals, in a single view while you’re working out. Just turn the Digital Crown for metrics like Segments and Splits, Elevation, and Activityrings.
Live Activity.
Start a cycling workout from your watch and it will automatically show up as a Live Activity on your iPhone. Tap it, and it will take over the entire display, making it easier to see your metrics while on aride.
Apple Fitness+. Supercharge your fitness andwellness.
Stay motivated with real-time metrics from Apple Watch. Choose from 12 workout types, from HIIT to Yoga, and meditations, too. Go on audio‑guided walks and runs with just your watch and Bluetoothheadphones. And Custom Plans are automatically built just for you.13
Safety
Help. Easy aswearing yourwatch.
Whether you fall, get in a car crash, or need help in an emergency, Series 9 can call for help when you needit.
Crash Detection.
AppleWatchSeries 9 is able to detect if you’re in a severe car crash. When a severe crash is detected, it can automatically connect you with emergency services, provide dispatchers with your location, and notify your emergencycontacts.14
Fall Detection.
Apple Watch Series 9 can detect that you’ve taken a hard fall and connect you with emergency services if you’re immobile.14 And it’s optimized when you are using the Workoutapp.
Emergency SOS.
When you make a call with Emergency SOS, your Apple Watch calls local emergency services and shares your location. Get help by pressing and holding the sidebutton.
Use AR to see Apple Watch Series 9.
Just open this page in Safari on your iPhone or iPad.
View in AR
Apple Fitness+
From HIIT toMeditation, there’s something foreveryone.
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Get credit toward a new AppleWatch.16
With Apple Trade In, just give us your eligible AppleWatch and get credit for a new one. It’s good for you and theplanet.
When was the Apple Watch Series 9 released, and how does its release date fit into the Apple Watch release order from previous years? The Apple Watch Series 9 was announced on September 12, 2023. General availability in stores started on September 22, 2023. So basically, you're able to purchase the timepiece now.
The bottom line: The Apple Watch Series 9 is a worthwhile upgrade over the Series 5. The performance benefits that come with upgrading from a 4-year-old chip will feel substantial, and there are plenty of new features that make the Series 9 feel significantly different.
The biggest change to the Series 9 is the ability to use the Double Tap feature to launch apps and control your new Apple Watch. And while this is great from an accessibility standpoint, it may feel like a gimmick for anyone who won't see any real benefit.
Custom Apple silicon makes Apple Watch Series 9 more capable, more intuitive, and faster. The dual-core CPU has 5.6 billion transistors — 60 percent more than the S8 chip. A four-core Neural Engine processes machine learning tasks up to two times faster.
Anytime, anywhere. With the ECG app, Apple Watch is capable of generating an ECG similar to a single-lead electrocardiogram. It's a momentous achievement for a wearable device that can provide critical data for doctors and peace of mind for you.
In the Messages app on Apple Watch, read incoming text messages, then reply using dictation, Scribble, emoji, or a prepared response; type a reply using the QWERTY and QuickPath keyboard (on supported models only, not available in all languages); or switch to your iPhone to type a response.
Not only is the Apple Watch Series 9 designed to be attractive and look great on your wrist, it's also more durable than ever. Plus, it's waterproof. Wear the watch in the shower, while swimming, or even while snorkeling or scuba diving (down to a depth of 50 meters).
For the S9 GPU, Apple says it's 30% faster than the S8 and the Neural Engine is twice as fast. More benefits if you're coming from Series 7 are a jump in storage to 64GB and the ultra wideband gen 2 chip with Series 9. The new ultra wideband chip offers precision finding for iPhone.
While the newly sold devices still have the pulse oximeter hardware, the feature will be disabled. This change comes after courts ruled in favor of Masimo, the tech company who sued Apple for patent violations relating to the blood oxygen tracking technology.
Start a Group FaceTime audio call from a Messages conversation. Open the Messages app on your Apple Watch. Start a new message or open a conversation, scroll down, then tap FaceTime Audio to make a call.
Yes, it is more difficult than stopping and freeing a hand and pressing the button normally. The Apple Watch Series 9 solves this hands-full problem, making it a notable upgrade over its predecessors. Its new hands-free gesture, plus a suite of software improvements, make it my favorite smartwatch yet.
The Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 were both banned in the US late last year as the result of a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo. The International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that the blood oxygen sensors in both devices infringed on patents from Masimo.
A newer watch with better hardware and more features
The Apple Watch Series 9 offers everything the Series 7 does and more, outside of blood oxygen monitoring. That's excluding the titanium build option and the wider variety of colors of the Series 7, which aren't a big deal.
In late 2024, Apple is expected to introduce the Apple Watch Series 10 – or Apple Watch X. This smartwatch will mark ten years of Cupertino in this market. While the Apple Watch Series 9 was a mild update with some interesting features, there's a lot we could see in this upcoming model.
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