- Hey guys, it's Justine, and do you know what time it is?
I do because I've got two brand new watches on my wrist
the Apple Watch series nine and the Apple Watch Ultra two.
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Now you may know, and I've said this so many times
on my channel that other than my iPhone
the Apple Watch is my favorite Apple product of all time.
And I think this is actually true for a lot of people
and that's probably because Apple
has put so much effort into this piece
of tech to make it so much more than just a smartwatch.
They're consistently updating their watch lines
with awesome features and improving the hardware
with each new release, making them truly invaluable tools.
For me personally, the Apple Watch has helped
me stay on top of my fitness goals
and it even inspired me to try new activities
that I probably never would've thought to try otherwise
but we'll talk more about that later.
Both of these watches are powered by the new S9 SiP
which has a four core neural engine enabling
some new features that we haven't seen
in the Apple Watch up until now.
Siri can now handle the most common
tasks directly on the device
rather than having to connect to the internet
which means hopefully it will be faster
and easier to use Siri on the watch.
You can also access health data via Siri now
which is great, although that feature won't be coming
out until later this year, so I'm excited to try that out.
And thanks to the second gen ultra Wideband chip
precision finding has been improved.
So now when you need to find your iPhone
in addition to hearing that wonderful chirp sound
that we're also familiar with,
the Apple Watch will show you the approximate distance
and direction to your phone.
I lose my phone at least 10 times a day
so I'm pretty stoked about that.
Another new feature coming to the Apple Watch is name drop
which Apple announced during WWDC for iOS 17.
I love this feature, so it's pretty cool
that they're bringing this over to the watch OS as well.
You can get the Apple Watch series nine
either aluminum or stainless steel finishes.
For aluminum you can choose between
midnight Starlight silver product, red
and of course my favorites pink.
And for stainless steel it comes in
gold silver and graphite.
Both the Apple Watch series nine
and Ultra two now have brighter screens as well
with a series nine going up to 2000 knits
which is double the brightness of the series eight.
And the Ultra two is going up to 3000 knits
which is 50% brighter than the original.
Even with the new brighter screen
with the Apple Watch Ultra two,
you're still getting 36 hours of battery life
and if you have it in low power mode,
you can get up to 72 hours,
which is a pretty long time if you think about it.
But the big new feature they announced
for the Apple Watch is double tap
and this allows you to control the Apple Watch hands free.
Now I got to try this out during
the product demo and it's super cool.
All you have to do is raise your wrist
and double tap your thumb and index figure
and this action controls the primary button in any app.
So you can do things like pause
and play music, answer a call, open a notification
and there's tons of other operations.
Now when you're at the home screen
a double tap will open up your smart stack so you can scroll
through all of your open notifications and widgets.
I think this is a really cool feature
and it's probably just the first
of many gesture based features
that Apple will bring to the Apple Watch in the future.
Now, I also know that this is a feature
that was in accessibility previously
but that is something that you had to turn on.
It wasn't a full-fledged built out feature.
Now they're taking advantage of all
of the new hardware in the Apple Watch.
They have the ability to make this a wide-based feature
and it's actually something that you
don't have to turn on, it just works.
A big point of pride for Apple this year is that both
of the new Apple watches are their first
a hundred percent carbon neutral product.
This is part of their 2030 plan to make their
entire product line carbon neutral by 2030.
You are able to tell what products are
carbon neutral by looking at this little logo right here.
And this sport Loop one is actually one
of my new favorites and I love how soft it is.
They're using all different types of recycled materials,
like old threads that they didn't use from previous
watch bands and even these Nike ones for example
these are also made from recycled ground
up old Apple watch bands that they either didn't use
or they're just excess materials that didn't make the cut.
While I was at the Apple event, I got a chance to sit down
with Lisa Jackson and John turn from Apple to learn more
about their environmental initiatives.
You can check that video out here if you wanna watch more.
Now, last year Apple released the Apple Watch Ultra
which was such a huge hit and for me it quickly
became my watch of choice for my daily use.
Honestly, when I first got it I thought
it was gonna be way too big for my little wrist
but I got over that pretty quickly.
I love this thing so much, and even
though we didn't get a design change
or a new color option with the Ultra two
there's still some really great new features.
The first thing that I noticed in using this
is how much brighter the new screen is
and it really does make a huge difference
especially when you're outside in the bright sun.
Now, like I said before, it is now brighter
with a peak brightness of 3000 knits
and it also comes with an improved ambient light sensor.
The display will adapt to your surrounding
lighting conditions and it can dim down
to just one knit for night mode.
This is the new modular ultra watch face
which takes advantage of a huge display.
This has the most complications of any watch face.
I mean, look at this, they're everywhere.
The compass has also been reimagined
with new tools and functionality.
You can see important details like Elevation, Incline
and even a three D view of your way points on a trail.
Now, of course the Apple Watch Ultra
was designed specifically for the
most extreme kinds of activities.
It can handle the most harsh environments, extreme hot
and cold, wet and dry, high elevation, you name it.
And it just so happens that I recently took on one
of these extreme activities as my new hobby Scuba diving.
- Alright, friends, we are hearing Catalina
and it's time to go diving with a brand new
Apple Watch Ultra two and the iPhone 15 pros.
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- Oh my god, it's so cold.
So when you're actually underwater
when you're using this as a dive computer
it'll give you your depth water temperature
and it also gives you an alert
when it's time to do your safety stop.
It'll also give you notifications if you're descending
or ascending too quickly, which is really useful
because sometimes you're just focusing
on either taking photos or just trying
to get your buoyancy correct.
So being able to have this little
extra notification is really useful.
Something else that's pretty awesome is
if you don't have an Apple Watch Ultra
but you do have an iPhone, you are able to now turn that
into a dive computer as well with Oceanic Plus Housing.
I did a full video on this as well
if you wanna check that out.
I just now want to encourage everyone to be a diver
and get into Scuba because it is so much fun.
Like I can't stop talking about it.
Obviously, if you can't tell like
I have just that's all I wanna do.
That's all I wanna talk about.
And it's all thanks to the Apple Watch Ultra.
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If it wasn't for the Apple Watch Ultra
there's no way that I would be doing this at all.
I was terrified of water a few months ago
and now it's my new favorite activity ever.
You can also set it up if you wanna just snorkel
and there's a new addition to do free diving
which is something that I haven't tried yet.
So maybe one day soon, I'm not sure.
I'm not gonna hold my breath on that one.
See what I did there?
Yeah, isn't that good?
That's good. (laughs)
So that my friends is the brand new Apple watches
and some of the new features.
Again, I can't stress enough how much I absolutely
love the Apple Watch Ultra two.
So excited to do some more adventures
and I really wanna get back into hiking
but now that I'm diving, I just wanna be under the water.
If you wanna watch any other Apple videos
or anything else on my channel, I'll put some right here
and I look forward to seeing you guys in the next video.
Bye.