Introduction:
Let's get straight to the point. Today I want to talk to you about two watches, the Apple Watch Series 9 and the new Ultra 2, and the fact that we know they are not for those who already have a recent Apple Watch. In reality, these two smartwatches are iterative updates for those who don't have an Apple Watch yet or who have a very old one, like a Series 3 or something.
You would really have to look in great detail and compare them next to the older models to notice the differences with the previous generation. But that's not the only problem, because some of the truly new stuff won't even be released right away, but will arrive later this year. Later this year. That's how it is. I will make this review as simple as possible.
This is just an improvement. The Apple Watch Series 9 is just a spec upgrade over the Series 8, and the same goes for the new Ultra 2 and the original Ultra. Basically, there's a new color, which is this pink one on the Series 9 that I have, and it's pretty similar to the new pink iPhone. The best way to describe it is as a light salmon pink.
But beyond that, I think there's no way you'd notice if someone is wearing the new watch. In fact, I've been using this new Ultra 2 for a week and no one has asked me about it. That's because it looks exactly the same as the previous one. There were a lot of rumors circulating about a possible black Apple Watch 2, and you've probably seen this too.
It seemed like everyone agreed it was going to happen. And, truth be told, it made a lot of sense because Apple always does something to make the new model visually distinguishable from the not-so-new model. But I have a theory as to why it didn't happen.
I think Apple put the black watch through testing and started to notice what happens with coated titanium on a durable, purpose-built object like a watch. This is similar to what we see on the iPhone 15, which on the Pro model has titanium with new colored PVD coating, but people tend to put a case on their phone and are more careful with it.
Whereas with an adventure watch that people are expected to go running and bang it and scrape it against rocks and sand and things like that, they realized it would have a hard time holding up, so this watch looks the same as the previous one.
Basic:
This 3000 nit screen is the brightest that Apple has put on any device it has ever made. On top of all this, the S9 package includes a new ultra-wideband chip that allows you to find your iPhone with precision. Basically, the Find My app on the watch only made a sound from your iPhone, but now you can have it guide you to find exactly where your phone is.
It’s pretty much like finding an Air Tag, and it's even more useful if your phone is in the middle of the couch cushions or something, or if it rings strangely. It's a great ecosystem feature that many will love. Additionally, the S9 package has twice the built-in memory and a neural engine with twice the speed. These features allow you to get Siri requests faster and process them on the device without needing an internet connection.
Siri is quite famous for stopping and not answering your questions on many occasions, or for taking a long time because the internet connection is terrible, so this makes a big difference. Basically, she's pretty quick when you ask her normal questions. The transformer model is also a little more accurate. Apple didn't get too specific about which Siri requests are made entirely on the device, but we can take a guess.
As I understand it, all the voice processing happens on the S9 device, but for everything else, you have to connect to the internet to get the information and generate the response. Things like setting a timer will be fast regardless of the connection because they happen on the device, but if you ask it how tall the Empire State is, it will process your voice quickly, but it will need a good internet connection to do the rest.
You should also be able to access and send your health data with just your voice, since everything is stored locally on the device. But it's one of the things that's supposed to come out sometime later this year. Later. Therefore, when I tried the things mentioned in the presentation, I only got errors. But there is one feature that stands out above the rest.
The fascinating and innovative thing that makes this generation of watches innovative is the double tap gesture. This double-tap gesture is a new feature and is like the perfect symphony of impressive processing power, smart computing, and high-quality sensors. All of this combines to bring you something truly novel, which I honestly don't expect other smartwatches to be able to copy in the near future. It is simply this.
Features:
Just put your thumb and index finger together twice on the same side where you wear the smartwatch to select things on the watch. But later. So Apple had to send me a different watch, which I assume has a copy of watchOS 10.1. All new watches shipped now have the 10 on them, but the function itself is simple.
You use the Lift function to wake up, then pinch your fingers together twice to control the watch screen. This is especially useful when you have your other hand busy. Maybe you're carrying something, walking your dog, or cooking and your hand is dirty or something.
Here's how it works. Simply put, the gesture is configured to select the main button of the app you're in or to navigate Siri's smart stack of widgets. For example, if you receive an incoming call, it will be accepted when you gesture because it is the main button.
And when you're on the call, you can end it just by repeating the double-tap gesture. That's really gratifying. In the past, if you had one hand busy, you used your nose. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has done it, so you can't judge me. This solution to the problem of busy hands is more than welcome. And honestly it is very precise.
It has very few errors. I have to give it a second when I lift the watch to activate it and then do the gesture, but it doesn't fail. I am amazed. However, there is something that we cannot ignore in this topic of features that are not new, and that is the fact that there is an accessibility setting called Assistive Touch that was added in the Apple Watch Series 6.
It was designed for people who do not have another hand to use their Apple Watch, so they had to be able to control it with just one. That's why it had the double tap, the single tap, the fist closure and the double fist closure.
My experience is limited because I've enabled it and tested it on other watches, but it works pretty well when you do it deliberately. But there is an official reason why the double-tap gesture is new and why it is only available in these latest generations of watches and not in previous ones, and you will not be surprised that it is something very typical of Apple. Do you want to listen to it?
Conclusion:
That all the components of this watch have a zero carbon footprint is the most impressive. That includes the materials, energy, and emissions from the creation process, assembly, packaging, shipping to your home, and also all the energy it actually takes to keep the watch running for as long as you own it. Tell me if it isn't truly incredible.
It is extremely impressive. I'm blindly trusting Apple and want to delve deeper into this later, but I also hope other companies start to follow suit. So, here's the thing. In other product categories, Apple has done a big refresh of the chip with the same old design and then updated the product design in the next generation.
It's done it with the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro and other things. I really hope that the rumors are true and that is precisely what it will do with the Apple Watch. It's what we've all been wanting for quite some time. Just look at it.
This watch looks practically the same as the one that was released last year. And that one looked the same as the one from the previous year, which looked the same as the one from the previous year. They always have the same shape, the same buttons and the same basic operation. I understand Apple's logic of not wanting to modify something that works perfectly, but there are really many things that we have all been waiting for or wanting to see at some point on an Apple Watch.
I'm talking about things like a circular design, maybe a slightly more classic shape, maybe a rotating bezel like we've seen on the Galaxy Watch, which is cool. Perhaps there could be a breakthrough in battery life. Any of those things would be great to see, and it would be the biggest update to the Apple Watch in years. But this one isn't. It's just a spec upgrade. Now you know. Thanks for reading. See you soon. Bye bye.
