New Apple Watch Series 9 improves Siri processing, iPhone-finding, and more
If you were hoping for a radical new Apple Watch design or a plethora of new features, 2023 won't be your year. That said, the Apple Watch Series 9-which was just announced in Apple's September livestream-brings some welcome if modest tweaks to the popular wearable.
The most notable of these is the inclusion of the new S9 chip, which promises improved performance-but more importantly, better battery life. It promises 60% more transistors in its CPU than the Series 8, and 30% more in its GPU. Perhaps most importantly, its neural engine promises big boosts to on-device processing for Siri requests, including 25% faster voice dictation.
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Using your Apple Watch to find your iPhone gets a bit easier, too, with the Series 9 incorporating Ultra Wide-Band (UWB) to show you the distance and direction to your phone, rather than simply having your phone make a loud ping noise.