Apple Watch Series 9 GPS

Apple Watch Series 9 is smarter, it’s brighter, and it’s mightier. It includes a more powerful chip than Series 8, and introduces Double Tap (available late 2023), an amazing way to use your Apple Watch without even touching the screen. The display is twice as bright for even easier use in strong sunlight. And of course it includes trusted health and wellbeing features, and lets you enhance your exercise with the Workout app. Monitoring blood oxygen, heart rate, sleep, and more, it guides you towards the healthiest you.

More powerful
Apple Watch Series 9 is more capable, intuitive and faster. The dual-core CPU has 60 per cent more transistors than the S8 chip. A four-core Neural Engine processes machine learning tasks up to two times faster, enabling a number of innovations …including double tap.

Double Tap
Gestures make Apple Watch even easier to use anytime, especially when your hands are full. Just double tap your index finger and thumb together to answer a call, open a notification, play and pause music, and more. It’s a bit like magic, at your fingertips. (Double Tap feature is available late 2023).

Brilliant, brighter display
The advanced display system in Series 9 boosts the maximum brightness up to 2,000 nits (double that of Series 8) so it’s easier to read in full sun. It’s also better in low‑light situations, like a cinema, because it dims to just 1 nit.

Sleep insights
The Sleep app doesn’t just keep track of your time asleep. It shows you how much time you spent in REM, Core or Deep sleep, as well as when you might have woken up.

Crash detection
We hope you’ll never need this innovation. Apple Watch Series 8 is able to detect if you’re in a severe car crash. When a crash is detected, Crash Detection can automatically connect you with emergency services, provide dispatchers with your location and notify your emergency contacts.*

Blood oxygen
Apple Watch Series 9's blood oxygen sensor incorporates LEDs and photodiodes in the back crystal. You can easily take readings of your blood oxygen, or let the watch capture background readings, day and night, to provide this key indicator of your overall wellness.

Workout
Squat, spin, stride, you name it…Apple Watch has a workout for it in the Workout app. And with Workout Views, you’ll be able to see more advanced metrics at a glance, like Heart Rate Zones and customised intervals to keep you going strong.

Durable
It’s incredibly durable. A thick front crystal, robust geometry, and a flat base make it resistant to cracking, and it’s IP6X dust resistant too.

Dive in
It’s swimproof with WR50 water resistance, down to a depth of 50 metres.

Tap and pay
Just hold the Watch to the checkout reader to make payments via your credit or debit card. No matter how you use it, Apple Pay keeps your financial information completely private and secure.

Great GPS
The handy, built-in GPS measures your workout accurately, so whether you're going for a swim, run or a ride, you can leave your iPhone at home. Distance, speed and pace are all precisely recorded for you, ready for when you get back home to review your route on your iPhone. Additionally, your Apple Watch Series 9 comes with an always-on altimeter, so your wrist-based coach can continuously track your elevation changes in real time.

Get world-class workouts with Apple Fitness+

Choose from a catalogue of workouts and meditations led by expert trainers and see in-session metrics from your Apple Watch, like heart rate and calories burned onscreen. There are over 30 new workouts and meditations added each week, so if it's HIIT, Pilates, Strength, or Yoga - no matter your focus, there's a programme fit for you (subscription required).

Apple Fitness+ requires an Apple Watch Series 3 or later. Available when paired with iPhone 6s or later with iOS 14.3 or later.

*Emergency SOS requires a cellular connection or Wi-Fi Calling with an internet connection from your Apple Watch or nearby iPhone.

What's the difference between Bluetooth and cellular?

Bluetooth connectivity

Some smart watches with Bluetooth can let you send and receive text messages, answer telephone calls and receive notifications when it's connected to your (compatible) phone via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Bluetooth + cellular

Smart watches with built-in cellular offer the freedom to send and receive text messages, answer phone calls and even receive notifications when you don't have your phone with you.

Cellular carrier support

Connecting your cellular enabled smart watch to a cellular network requires the same carrier as your (compatible) phone.

Please be aware: Blood Oxygen app measurements are not intended for medical use, including self-diagnosis or consultation with a doctor, and are only designed for general fitness and wellness purposes.

Additional information: manufacturers often update their Operating System (OS) software over the course of a device's lifespan - this means that your product might ship with a more advanced OS than specified.

We can help you get set up
Our specialist in-store Partners can help you to get set up on your new device right away. We can help with anything from transferring personal data from your old device to setting up any essential features.

Visit your local shop with your new device, or simply Click & Collect from a John Lewis & Partners when purchasing and an available Technical Support Partner can set it up for you.

Find out more details and pricing for our tech support services.

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