‘Double Tap’: Incredible feature of new Apple Watch

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REVIEW

Apple has now released their new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 to the public. I’ve had both devices since day one of their launch and these are my thoughts, along with a summary of their most notable features.

Apple Watch Series 9

The Apple Watch Series 9 is available in a variety of different colours and metals but this year Apple has decided to release a new colour – Pink Aluminium.
I’ve been wearing this for the past week, and I honestly think it’s an elegant, baby pink that’s fairly subtle while adding some fun to your wrist.

Design

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REVIEW

Apple has now released their new Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 to the public. I’ve had both devices since day one of their launch and these are my thoughts, along with a summary of their most notable features.

Apple Watch Series 9

The Apple Watch Series 9 is available in a variety of different colours and metals but this year Apple has decided to release a new colour – Pink Aluminium.
I’ve been wearing this for the past week, and I honestly think it’s an elegant, baby pink that’s fairly subtle while adding some fun to your wrist.

Design

Aside from the colour change, one of the most notable changes to the Apple Watch would have to be its increase in screen brightness to 2000 nits.

This is a whopping double the brightness of Series 8 and it’s notably different, especially when interacting with the watch outdoors.

Series 9 is available in two watch face sizes – 41mm and 45mm – and this year I’ve switched from the 45mm to the 41mm model.

I thought I’d miss the screen size of the 45mm but so far it’s felt just as natural and easy to interact with.

Improved processing power

Other major improvements in the Apple Watch Series 9 this year are down to Apple’s S9 SiP – a powerful chip which offers faster processing power, which aids in smoother on-screen animations and an interface with no noticeable lag. As well as an impressive all-day 18 hour battery life.

Siri

Additionally, Siri requests are now processed on-device which means you can ask Siri to start a workout without any delays, regardless of the speeds of your Wi-Fi or cellular connection.

I have definitely noticed and appreciated this improvement. Previously, at times, Siri would take ‘a beat’ before fulfilling a request.

Siri can also access health data from your device meaning you can ask Siri questions such as “How many calories have I burnt today?” or you could log your menstrual cycle by saying “Siri, my period started today”.

New Features

Excitingly, Apple is bringing an incredible feature called ‘NameDrop’ to the watch later this year, with the watchOS 10.1 update.

This feature allows users to conveniently tap two watches together to exchange contact details. There’s also precision finding for your iPhone which allows your watch to act sort of like a compass, in helping you locate your iPhone.

And, my favourite, ‘Double Tap’, a feature that will allow you to use your watch when you’re unable to interact with the screen.

By tapping your pointer finger and thumb together twice in quick succession, you can use this feature to answer a phone call or control the primary button in-apps, ie. to play and pause music “hands-free”.