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Will the Apple Ultra Watch 2 have a new chip finally?

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The Apple Watch Ultra has the same chip as my super old Apple Watch Series 6. The good news is that my old Apple Watch Series 6 will have the same software support as the latest and greatest Apple Watch Ultra.

Any chance that Apple will finally come with a new chip for the Apple Watch Ultra 2? If there is no new chip, I'm keeping my Apple Watch Series 6 for an other year for sure.
 
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Zest28 said:
The Apple Watch Ultra has the same chip as my super old Apple Watch Series 6. The good news is that my old Apple Watch Series 6 will have the same software support as the latest and greatest Apple Watch Ultra.

Any chance that Apple will finally come with a new chip for the Apple Watch Ultra 2? If there is no new chip, I'm keeping my Apple Watch Series 6 for an other year for sure.
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Haven't heard any rumors one way other other. Technically the Series 7 and 8 have newer chips, but it has been a while since there's been a major processing power update.

It'd be great if there was a mild refresh to the Ultra that added an S9 chip. Even if nothing else happens, that'd probably translate to better battery life.
 
Perhaps, when they get caught up on 3nm production, they will introduce a new chip using that process. That might finally give us a Watch with more battery life. Until then, I suspect we will get minor variants of the same 7nm SOC that we have had since the Series 4 came out.
 
Zest28 said:
The Apple Watch Ultra has the same chip as my super old Apple Watch Series 6. The good news is that my old Apple Watch Series 6 will have the same software support as the latest and greatest Apple Watch Ultra.

Any chance that Apple will finally come with a new chip for the Apple Watch Ultra 2? If there is no new chip, I'm keeping my Apple Watch Series 6 for an other year for sure.
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my Ultra has a different "chip" than your S6, remember that AW has a SOC, my Ultra's "chip" for example has BT5 which the S6 does not have.
What do you expect from a new chip? battery life might increase by 10ish percent. Is there some limitation you see today? I still have a S4 and it certainly boots slower but that's mainly it ...
 
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Out of the issues the ultra has (all software) I don’t think the hardware has had any issue and I have never even thought it should be faster

I’m running navigation programs of adventuring my bike, a few GPS based weather and aviation things, email, ask AI how to make a few mixed drinks, seems speedy enough 🤷‍♂️

Only issue I have is it’s software cripples it from being more of a stand alone device, by design I’d guess
 
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With the economy and sales the way they are, Apple might put off updating the CPU another year. There will be no new “wis-bang” features so the same CPU should be fine. We will mostly see software changes for the next few years. If they gave Siri some brains would be huge!
 
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Why you asking how for? We have had the same chip for several years now it needs an updated chip. It’s showing it’s age certainly the delay in opening apps
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What apps?

I have some pretty beefy navigation maps that are loading mass amounts of custom MBtiles maps and it’s very quick

Biggest issue I see if crippled software (can’t connect to car Bluetooth hands free, can’t use a VPN, etc) and it’s software dependence on having a iphone near it for many apps to work properly
 
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Until we have another leap in technology, the Apple will see mostly software upgrades this next version. Would be nice if Apple put some money in Siri. Sometime Siri can not do the most simple things.
 
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dannyyankou said:
I've been contemplating getting one, but I'm debating between waiting or just pulling the trigger now.
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I am in the same boat. Got an itch I need to scratch lol. My Hermes S7 is on 85% battery now and lasts about 16 hours with a 2 mile walk and 40 mins of apple fitness now - I used to get a solid 24 hours.

Amazon UK have them on pay in 5 too….
 
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What apps?

I have some pretty beefy navigation maps that are loading mass amounts of custom MBtiles maps and it’s very quick

Biggest issue I see if crippled software (can’t connect to car Bluetooth hands free, can’t use a VPN, etc) and it’s software dependence on having a iphone near it for many apps to work properly
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All apps really, find my is quite slow for example and so are the podcasts apps. sport apps aren't quite a fluid as they should be. I think all apps would highly benefit on a brand new chip.
 
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