Apple did it again. Before the announcement of the new Apple Watch features I was fairly certain that I probably would NOT upgrade my Apple Watch this year. But I promptly placed my pre-order for my Apple Watch Ultra 2 after walking into the reality distortion field.
Yeah, I’m the guy who constantly harps at how much the Ultra sucks. And I mean every word. But here’s the thing. It’s the only Apple Watch with a battery capacity that can keep up with my usage patterns. And despite all of my gripes about the Ultra, I am pretty happy with the battery life.
So why am I upgrading to the new Ultra 2? I can answer that question with one word, Siri. I have had a long love affair with Siri and the second I heard that the new Apple Watches were making the shift to on-board Siri, I knew that I had to upgrade. This is a major upgrade for the Apple Watch that seems to be little understood by most Apple Watch users. Siri is about to become much faster and more reliable.
So why do I use Siri so much on my Apple Watch? Mainly because I like to workout and go for walks without my iPhone. When I’m out running I use Siri for everything. She replies to iMessages that I receive. She’ll fast-forward 2 minutes past a podcast commercial spot. She’ll add milk to my grocery list. She’ll setup a reminder for later that night to call a friend. And on and on I could go. She does all of this while I’m running and never have to stop. I love it.
But as much as I appreciate Siri on my Apple Watch, I have always been cognizant of the fact that she’s slower on the my Apple Watch than she is on my iPhone. I never really knew why. I always thought that it was due to the down-clocked processor in the Apple Watch. It never really occurred to me that every time I trigger Siri for a simple command while out on the trails that my Apple Watch had to relay that command via a cell tower to know what to do.
But the new on-board Siri built into the new Apple Watch SiP (system in package) is going to change everything. Now if I tell Siri to rewind 30 seconds so that I can re-listen to a segment of a podcast it can get to work immediately. No need to establish a connection with a server hundreds of miles away.
But that’s not all. On top of the on-board Siri, the Apple Watch is also getting a performance boost with the first processor upgrade in years.
Is this new speed going to be worth another $799? Considering that this is going to be something that I will benefit from every day, multiple times per day. Yes. This is unlike a camera improvement that I might benefit from once a month.
So why am I upgrading to the new Ultra 2? I can answer that question with one word, Siri. I have had a long love affair with Siri and the second I heard that the new Apple Watches were making the shift to on-board Siri, I knew that I had to upgrade. This is a major upgrade for the Apple Watch that seems to be little understood by most Apple Watch users. Siri is about to become much faster and more reliable.
So why do I use Siri so much on my Apple Watch? Mainly because I like to workout and go for walks without my iPhone. When I’m out running I use Siri for everything. She replies to iMessages that I receive. She’ll fast-forward 2 minutes past a podcast commercial spot. She’ll add milk to my grocery list. She’ll setup a reminder for later that night to call a friend. And on and on I could go. She does all of this while I’m running and never have to stop. I love it.
But as much as I appreciate Siri on my Apple Watch, I have always been cognizant of the fact that she’s slower on the my Apple Watch than she is on my iPhone. I never really knew why. I always thought that it was due to the down-clocked processor in the Apple Watch. It never really occurred to me that every time I trigger Siri for a simple command while out on the trails that my Apple Watch had to relay that command via a cell tower to know what to do.
But the new on-board Siri built into the new Apple Watch SiP (system in package) is going to change everything. Now if I tell Siri to rewind 30 seconds so that I can re-listen to a segment of a podcast it can get to work immediately. No need to establish a connection with a server hundreds of miles away.
But that’s not all. On top of the on-board Siri, the Apple Watch is also getting a performance boost with the first processor upgrade in years.
Is this new speed going to be worth another $799? Considering that this is going to be something that I will benefit from every day, multiple times per day. Yes. This is unlike a camera improvement that I might benefit from once a month.
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