Apple right this moment gave members of the media that had been at Apple Park for the “Wonderlust” occasion an opportunity to try the brand new Apple Watch Collection 9 and Apple Watch Extremely 2 fashions forward of their launch. MacRumors videographer Dan attended, getting a primary have a look at the brand new coloration choices, Double Faucet, and extra.
The main new characteristic for each the Collection 9 and the Extremely 2 is the up to date S9 chip, a welcome replace as a result of previous to this, the chip within the Apple Watch hadn’t been up to date for the reason that Collection 6 regardless that Apple was altering the S-name with every technology. The S9 chip has 60 % extra transistors than the S8 chip within the Collection 8, and it processes machine studying duties as much as 2x sooner.
With the S9 chip, there is a new Double Faucet gesture (coming in October). Double Faucet permits you to double faucet your index finger and thumb collectively to reply a name, play and pause music, open a notification, and extra. It makes use of the varied sensors within the Apple Watch and it really works surprisingly effectively.
Each the Collection 9 and Extremely 2 have brighter shows (2,000 nits and three,000 nits most, respectively) for higher efficiency within the solar, and so they can drop all the way down to 1 nit at night time or once you’re in a movie show. Siri requests are additionally now processed on system, and Siri can reply well being questions like how effectively you slept or what your coronary heart charge is at.
There’s additionally a brand new U2 chip that can be utilized for locating your iPhone with Precision Discovering, and dictation is 25 % extra correct. All the new fashions include an elevated 64GB of space for storing, up from 32GB.
Apple added a brand new pink aluminum coloration for the Apple Watch Collection 9, which is a lovely shade, plus the watch is available in starlight, midnight, and PRODUCT(RED). The stainless-steel fashions can be found in graphite, gold, and silver.
The Collection 9 and Extremely 2 Apple Watch fashions may be preordered beginning right this moment, and can launch on September 22 alongside the brand new iPhone 15 fashions.
