Gurman: Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 to Feature New Heart Rate Monitor, More Accurate Sensors, U2 Chip, and MoreThe
Apple Watch Series 9 and second-generation
Apple Watch Ultra will offer several previously undisclosed features,
Bloomberg's
Mark Gurman claims.
In a detailed
report outlining his full expectations for Apple's "Wonderlust" event, Gurman said that the ‌Apple Watch Series 9‌ and second-generation ‌Apple Watch Ultra‌ will offer various sensor and component upgrades, with a general "focus on speed, efficiency, and accuracy." These changes will include a new version of Apple's optical heart rate sensor. The Apple Watch Series 7 and Series 8 feature Apple's third-generation optical heart rate sensor.
The new Apple Watches will also feature an all-new "U2" ultra wideband chip, the first generational iteration of the component since the U1 chip's 2019 introduction in the
iPhone 11 Pro. The new chip will improve the Apple Watch's location capabilities, allowing people and devices to be tracked more precisely in the
Find My App. It is apparently set to come to all of the next versions of Apple's major products, including the
iPhone 15 and
iPhone 15 Pro.
The second-generation ‌Apple Watch Ultra‌ will be manufactured with more recycled materials, as well as come in a black color option for the first time. As
previously reported, the stainless steel ‌Apple Watch Series 9‌ will feature a 3D-printed casing. Apple plans to start manufacturing the ‌Apple Watch Ultra‌ with the technology starting next year.
This year's main Apple Watch upgrade will be a new processor, which has to date effectively not been changed throughout three successive generations of the device. Apple apparently plans to "heavily tout major gains in processing speed" during its "Wonderlust" event.
The new Apple Watch models will otherwise be largely unchanged compared to their predecessors. The company also plans to shift away from some of its leather watch bands, and there are signs that Apple may finally update or discontinue the Link Bracelet introduced alongside the original Apple Watch.<div class="linkback">Related Roundups:
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