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. It enables a number of innovations, including the double tap gesture.
Gestures
Magic. At your
fingertips.
Double Tap
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, and more.
Play and pause music while carrying groceries.
Answer a call while paddleboarding.
Stop a timer while baking a pie.
Reply to a message while walking the dog.
Check your Smart Stack while holding your toddler.
2x brighter display
A brilliant 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 1 nit.
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 or period.
HomePod control. Watch takes the stage. A second-generation Ultra Wideband chip enables integration with HomePod.1 When music is playing, Apple Watch 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 on HomePod.
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. And when you get close, haptic feedback, an audible chirp, and a visual indicator help you zero in on it.
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 your wrist.