Apple Watch Series 9 to Feature Updated Processor Based on A15 Chip

[McWetty]

I don’t need my AW to be faster, I just want more efficiency.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

I'm an s5 with similar interests. 😉 Going to wait and see what happens this Sept., then go from there.

I just hope we get new colors for Apple Watch Ultra. The new CPU updated processor will be just the icing

 

[kyjaotkb]

Apple Watch Ultra has the best battery life when it comes to battery life being in prime. You can easily get 48-752 Hours of solid battery life with a single charge of 0-100%. That's not even including the low-power mode.

hopefully that's still the case in three years on the watch you buy today...

 

[soulreaver99]

Looking forward to using portrait mode on my watch

 

[deebinem]

Well, I just want it to be faster. Don't get me wrong... It's already fast enough but I want it faster. More fluid. With a better-performing chip, I'm also expecting bettering the battery life. 5 days of heavy usage on a single charge would be awesome. It is doable!

My days of living out in the woods for days on end are pretty much behind me so having something lasting a week at a time isn't as important as it once was but I am always welcoming of better performance in both speed and battery. If a new chipset can do both, then yay! But as others have pointed out, it seems like the performance gains would have to be out of this world in order to translate into something I'd notice OR even care about.

Unless the S9 can deliver a feature that fundamentally changes the way I use my watch, I think I'd be better served sitting this one out.

 

[macduke]

Okay, this has convinced me to finally upgrade my Stainless Steel Series 4 44mm to the Apple Watch Ultra Series 1. Battery life is starting to become an issue, especially because I have been exercising a lot more this year.

I assume they're going to pull the same crap and name the second one the Series 1?

 

[munpip214]

Give me a usbc port so I can use an external monitor!

 

[SAIRUS]

Look forward to telling time faster...wait a second.

 

[sorgo †]

How is this important? And I mean that question 100% seriously. I have a series 8 watch. If it were 500% faster, how would that be noticeable to me? When I check a notification or a run distance or something else, would I see a difference between 5ms and 1ms?

Lol. The chipset is always important, especially with potential efficiency improvements in the Watch’s case.

 

[lazyrighteye]

I just hope we get new colors for Apple Watch Ultra. The new CPU updated processor will be just the icing

I have a feeling we will get a new color option in Ultra. Maybe a darker option to contrast the current starlight(ish) version? While it won't happen, I would be A-OK with a price reduction.😜

 

[IIGS User]

if a new chip is required to make use of these new widgets - I'll stay on watchos9, my Ultra will serve me for a long time "as is".
IF this rumor (new chip required) turns out to be true, then watchOS become the bloatware that I don't want.

I'm gonna be a little salty if the Ultra I bought just a few months ago won't run the latest version of WatchOS with all the features.

I dropped close to $800 on this thing. And don't get me wrong, it's a great piece of tech, but if it can't run all the features of the latest version of the OS 6 months after I got it, I think I would have a right to be a little miffed.

 

[aParkerMusic]

For comparison sake:

A13 E-cores run at 1600mhz

A15 E-cores run at 2000mhz

Plus the jump from 7nm to 5nm.

Thank you for posting this. But, to the point about improvements in the watch itself…did I miss it, or did the article not mention what A-series architecture the S6-S8 were based on? If it didn’t...isn‘t that a kind-of useful bit of information, for comparison’s sake?

 

[StyxMaker]

Thank God.

Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to thank Tim Cook and his team of designers and engineers

 

[Gator5000e]

The overall chip means little. I want to see some sensor upgrades.

 

[lucansmiles]

Yall remember the squared off iPhone 4 like renders from two years ago or so? I would die for that. The current design is getting kinda dated.

 

[vegetassj4]

Finally! We are getting a new chip. It is time. I want the new Apple Watch Ultra to perform like an M2 chip. Blazing fast! Supercharged!

Jesus, why? Please, pray tell, what heavy computational work you are doing from your watch that demands the raw power of an M2?

If an M2 variant somehow got the Ultra running for 5 days of heavy use (like GPS tracking every walk to everywhere type use) then I'd be really interested but until then, what the hell do I need that much power for? Walkie-talkieing with my partner? Oh I know, spinning my latest Activity challenge at a high rotational rate. NO, double tapping to bring up my card stack to change my mind and dig out a physical card. EVEN BETTER, having MTA scanner recognize my swipe 0.0002 seconds faster than my S7 does right now.

Why?

Unlimited Powaaaahhh!!!!

 

[sorgo †]

Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to thank Tim Cook and his team of designers and engineers

Who were created by God in His image, yeah.

Cute edgy trolling, though. Really groundbreaking.

 

[xmach]

How is this important? And I mean that question 100% seriously. I have a series 8 watch. If it were 500% faster, how would that be noticeable to me? When I check a notification or a run distance or something else, would I see a difference between 5ms and 1ms?

I'm not certain but I believe right now the Apple Watch (S8, ultra) doesn't have enough computing power to do on-device Siri recognition/processing, unlike recent-model iPhones. So while a speedier chip might be pretty irrelevant for many simple applications (e.g. notifications, fitness tracking) it could be very useful for Siri (potentially more responsive). That could be meaningful for those who use Siri on their AW any more often than rarely.

 

[_Spinn_]

Thank goodness a proper chip upgrade.

 

[greenbreadmmm]

Thank you for posting this. But, to the point about improvements in the watch itself…did I miss it, or did the article not mention what A-series architecture the S6-S8 were based on? If it didn’t...isn‘t that a kind-of useful bit of information, for comparison’s sake?

The s6-s8 were based on the a13

So apple could split the difference between mhz improvement and node gains to get a speed increase and battery life increase if they wanted

 

[jz0309]

I'm gonna be a little salty if the Ultra I bought just a few months ago won't run the latest version of WatchOS with all the features.

I dropped close to $800 on this thing. And don't get me wrong, it's a great piece of tech, but if it can't run all the features of the latest version of the OS 6 months after I got it, I think I would have a right to be a little miffed.

I can't/won't argue that, but Apple has done so before ... let's just hope it's a rumor and nothing else

 

[erikkfi]

Unless this leads to a significant battery life gain (I'm dreading the inevitable "great all-day battery life"), I'd encourage everyone to get battery service on your existing watches and keep them for another year or longer.

 

[xraydoc]

I hope the Ultra gets this new SoC this fall as well.

I'm kind of warming up to it after trying on an Ultra with a black ocean band a few weeks ago. Didn't look as big as it did at first. But since we're so close to the fall releases, I won't buy until the new models are out (my S7 is doing fine, so I'm good for a long while).

 

[msackey]

My main hope is that for the next release, they don't limit any new software features only for Series 9 chip and that the original Ultra continues to have all the software features that Series 9 would have

 

[jonnysods]

I'm an s5 with similar interests. 😉 Going to wait and see what happens this Sept., then go from there.

I'm kind of hoping they pull a little weight out of the Ultra, and put a newer processor in there. Thought it was a bit weird that they didn't have a compelling processor in the Ultra.