Apple has released the Apple Watch Ultra 2 as well as the Apple Watch Series 9 at their annual iPhone event in September 2023. The new Apple smartwatches come with several improvements over their predecessors, including the new S9 chip and run watchOS 10 to be available to everyone on September 18. Here are all the details to know.

The Apple Watch Series 9 brings a newer, dramatically faster S9 chip, resulting in a 30% faster GPU department compared to its predecessor, the Watch Series 8. The animations (transitions) are much smoother because of this.

Apple suggests that the S9 chip allows them to do all sorts of new things that are pretty new to how you can use the Apple Watch Series 9. NameDrop is supported on the Apple Watch Series 9, and you can read about how it works on iPhones. The most exciting new feature is the Double Tap gesture. The Apple Watch Series 9 uses its gyroscope and accelerometer to read your finger movements. With the thumb-finger-together gesture, you can initiate actions on the Apple Watch without even touching it.

We saw the Apple Watch Series 9 in the demo being used to answer an incoming call, end an ongoing call, initiate and control timers, stop alarms, scroll through windows, resume the current movie on Apple TV, and more. This new feature is quite amazing and quite convenient to use in everyday life.