Apple Watch Series 9 And Apple Watch Ultra 2 Officially Announced: Features A Faster S9 Chip, Brighter Display, More

In terms of design, the Apple Watch Series 9 features the same chassis as the Series 8. The edge-to-edge display is now double the brightness of the Apple Watch Series 8, reaching all the way up to 2000 nits. Additionally, the display can also go as 1 nit if you want to save battery life. Externally, the wearable is pretty similar to the Series 8 but carries a plethora of upgrades on the inside.

The Apple Watch Series 9 comes with a brand-new S9 chip, a major upgrade from the S8 chip on the Series 8. The S-series of chips for the Apple Watch has remained more or less unchanged since the S6 chip on the Apple Watch Series 6. The S9 chip features enhanced computational and graphical performance thanks to the 5.6 billion transistors. According to Apple, the chip is 60 percent faster than the S6 chip with a 2 times faster neural engine.