Apple Watch Ultra 2 In-Depth Review: Worth the Upgrade?

Here's everything you need to know about the Apple Watch Ultra 2, how it's different, and whether it's worth the upgrade.

•New Apple Silicon S9 chipset, which Apple says has 5.6 billion transistors and is 60% more than before
•New GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), which Apple states is 30% faster, allowing for faster rendering
•New 4-core neural engine, which Apple states is twice as fast in machine learning applications
•New far brighter 3,000 nit display (previously the Apple Watch Ultra was 2,000 nits, and the previous Series 8 is 1,000 nits)
•New display can also go down to just 1 nit, versus the previous 2 nits. Apple says that in turn drives a big savings in battery consumption due to the always-on side of things (of course, that battery savings is then spent on the faster processor bits)
•New UWB 2 (Ultrawideband) chip, which increases finding of things (like your phone), including exact distance and direction, but also increased Homepod integration
•New watch bands
•Updated case made from 95% recycled aluminum (versus 0% prior)

Next, we’ve got the software features that are new to the Apple Watch Ultra 2, and require/leverage the new S9 chipset:
•New Double tap: This allows you to double-tap your index and thumb together, acting as a virtual button. You can answer a call, hang-up a call, snooze an alarm, take a picture from the camera, or any number of other custom actions (more on this down below)
•New Flashlight boost: This leverages the brighter display for a brighter virtual flashlight option
•Siri now newly processes requests entirely offline (without cellular/WiFi) for things it can do locally
•Siri can now log Apple Health metrics (purely via voice), including weight, period information, as well as respond to Health requests (e.g., asking for last night’s sleep stats) – available later this year in English and Mandarin.

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