Everything New With Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4
Apple built a watch with a microphone that's always taking in the world around you — and they said it out loud on stage. The way they engineered it might be the most impressive privacy work I've seen from them in years. It also ships with one feature I genuinely cannot explain, and I don't think Apple can either.
Full breakdown of the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4: the S11 chip and what "derived from the A20 Pro" actually means once you read the spec sheet, the completely rebuilt sensor array on the back, heart rate every five seconds, HRV every five minutes, Readiness, the new Vitals daytime view, and every color and material including ceramic returning for the first time in seven years.
Plus the parts nobody's covering: what Apple didn't say on stage, what isn't shipping until later this year, and the iPhone requirement buried in the footnotes that means some Series 12 buyers won't get Live Rewind or Siri Recap at all.
Series 12 starts at $399 in aluminum, $699 in titanium, $899 in ceramic. Ultra 4 stays at $799. Both available Friday, September 18.
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