On September 8, 2022, Beijing time, Apple announced the launch of the Apple Watch Ultra, which adopts a bold new design and adds a variety of features for endurance sports, field exploration and adventure.

On September 8, 2022, Beijing time, Apple announced the launch of the Apple Watch Ultra, which adopts a bold new design and adds a variety of features for endurance sports, field exploration and adventure. The Apple Watch Ultra uses a 49mm titanium case and a flat sapphire glass mirror, and is equipped with the largest and most bright Apple Watch display to date. Customizable operation buttons are convenient for users to quickly use a variety of practical functions. The Apple Watch Ultra has the best battery life of all Apple Watches, up to 36 hours under normal use. In addition, with the new low-power setting, the battery life can be extended to up to 60 hours, making it suitable for multiple consecutive days of wearing. Designed for Apple Watch Ultra’s large-area display, the “Pathfinder” dial includes a compass that incorporates the time display area and provides space for up to 8 complex features. The Apple Watch Ultra also brings 3 new straps: wild trail loop strap, alpine loop strap and ocean strap, respectively, providing a safe and comfortable wearing experience for every adventure with unique design.

Apple Watch Ultra will be available for ordering from September 9 and will be officially released on Friday, September 23. "We draw inspiration from explorers and athletes around the world to create a new Apple Watch designed for new and extreme environments, and the most durable and powerful Apple Watch to date," said Jeff Williams, Director of Operations at Apple. Ultra is a device with rich features that helps users surpass their limits in adventure, endurance and exploration activities. ”

Larger, brighter, stronger

Apple Watch Ultra is made of aviation-grade titanium, in weight , durability and resistance The corrosion is achieved. The case extends upwards, wrapping around the flat sapphire glass mirror, providing protection for the retinal display. The display can be as bright as 2000 nits, twice as bright as the displays on all previous Apple Watch models. The new operating buttons are presented in high contrast international orange, making it easy to customize settings for quick access to a variety of features including physical training, compass waypoints, backtracking and more.

Apple Watch Ultra is equipped with three built-in microphones, which greatly improves the sound quality of voice calls in various environments. Adaptive beamforming algorithm uses microphones to capture sound while reducing background noise, making the sound quality clear and transparent. In a windy environment that is extremely challenging to radio, the Apple Watch Ultra uses advanced wind noise reduction algorithms, including machine learning, to provide clear and easy-to-recognize audio for calls.

new strap for outdoor activities

wild trail loop strap designed for endurance athletes and runners, it is the thinnest Apple Watch strap to date. The lightweight braided material is soft and flexible, which can easily achieve an ideal sense of composure. The convenient fastener design is easy to quickly adjust the elasticity. The alpine loop strap designed for explorers uses a continuous braiding process without seams to present an integrated double-layer design. The upper layer of the strap is woven in high-strength yarn for easy adjustment of elasticity and securely secured by a titanium G-buckle.

marine strap is specially designed for wading extreme sports and casual diving, and is equipped with a titanium buckle and a matching spring coil buckle. The strap is made of flexible and extendable fluorine-containing elastic material, and uses tubular geometric shape to achieve a stable fit. The ocean strap is also equipped with an optional extended strap for users to wear comfortably while wearing a diving suit.

Endurance Sports and Elite Athlete

For endurance athletes and users who are interested in challenging their physical limits, the Apple Watch Ultra is an excellent device. It comes with precision dual-band GPS for the first time in the Apple Watch, including L1 and the latest L5 frequencies, and uses a new positioning algorithm. The Apple Watch Ultra has the most accurate GPS capabilities of the Apple Watch to date, providing users with highly accurate distance, pace and route data for training and competition.

Apple Watch Ultra runs watchOS 9 and incorporates new running measurements to measure performance, including step size, touchdown time, vertical amplitude and running power.New views on physical training such as segments, single segments and climbing heights make important indicators clear at a glance. Thanks to the larger display, the Apple Watch Ultra is the only Apple Watch that can display 6 metrics simultaneously. Users can also take advantage of heart rate intervals, custom training plans, speed measurement functions and racing routes to be launched later this year to take the exercise effect to a higher level. For triathlon , biathlon and any segmented activities including swimming, bicycle or running, the new multi-item sports have added the automatic recognition function to easily switch training modes. The Apple Watch Ultra has a battery life of enough for most users to complete ultra-long-distance triathlons, including 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and a full marathon of 42.195 km. The

operation button can immediately start physical training, allowing the user to move to the next interval of custom physical training, or the next segment of multiple events. The button can also be used to mark segments, making the new track running experience more complete and automatically provides extremely accurate pace and distance estimates for runners training on the track.

Explorer

Thanks to a larger, brighter display and rugged design, the Apple Watch Ultra will become the ideal device for adventurers and explorers in a variety of environments, and can handle it easily in daily life and extreme conditions. The thoroughly remade compass app in watchOS 9 displays more depth information with 3 unique views. This app displays new hybrid views, while displaying analog compass disks and digital views. Rotate the digital crown to display another view, including latitude, longitude, elevation and slope information, as well as a directional view that displays compass waypoints and backtracking functions.

users can use the "Compass Waypoint" function to quickly and conveniently mark locations or important locations in the app. Press the action button or tap the compass waypoint icon to place the waypoint, and tap the icon that appears to edit the waypoint. The "Compass Waypoint" will be updated dynamically in real time to provide the direction and approximate distance of the waypoint.

backtracking function uses GPS data to create routes that users have taken, which is particularly practical when users get lost or lose their direction, and can help them find their return route. This function will automatically be enabled in the background when the user enters the wild area. Just press the action button once and the user can quickly place the compass waypoint, or turn on or view backtracking. Sirens up to 86 decibels can be used in emergencies such as users get lost or injured, helping to attract outside attention. The iconic unique sirens combines two alternating sound patterns that last up to several hours. The first mode means someone is in distress, while the second simulates the globally common SOS sound mode. For days-long backpacking trips, battery life can be extended to up to 60 hours with low battery mode and additional low power settings including reduced GPS and heart rate readings.

wrist operating temperature range is designed to help users explore in the most extreme and remote locations, from cold snowy mountains at -20°C to blazing deserts at 55°C. The Apple Watch Ultra has been certified by the standard MIL-STD 810H related projects. The standard is used to test military equipment and is widely popular among durable equipment manufacturers. Test items include low pressure (height), high temperature, low temperature, drastic temperature changes, liquid pollution, rainfall, moisture, immersion, sand and dust, freezing and thawing, freezing/ freezing rain , impact, tremor, etc. To optimize the night experience, when using the Pathfinder dial, rotating the digital crown turns the interface red, providing better visibility in the dark.

Ocean and Water Sports enthusiast

Apple Watch Ultra is designed for water sports, including kite surfing and tail wave water skiing , and helps leisure within 40 meters through the new Oceanic+ app scuba diving . To support these underwater adventures, the Apple Watch Ultra is WR100 certified. The Apple Watch Ultra is also EN13319 certified, an internationally versatile standard used to test diving instruments such as depth meters, and is trusted by casual diving enthusiasts around the world.

Using the new depth meter, Apple Watch Ultra has launched a water depth app with an intuitive user interface. The water depth app can display information such as time, current depth, water temperature, underwater duration and maximum depth that has been reached, so that users can see it at a glance. Users can set operation buttons to quickly start the water depth app.

makes Apple Watch Ultra a brand new Oceanic+ app that is comparable to a diving computer was created in collaboration with Huish Outdoors. The brand is known for providing innovative and reliable leisure diving equipment. The app will be released on the App Store later this fall. It uses the Bourmann pressure decompression algorithm and includes diving plans, easy-to-read diving indicators, visual and vibration reminders, pressure-free decompression limits, ascent rate and safe stay guidance. Oceanic+ also provides personalized user settings, current and local diving status reports and diving logs. Logs can be shared with relatives and friends and automatically synced to iPhone.

Huish Outdoors CEO Mike Huish said, “We are excited to partner with Apple to combine our world-renowned expertise in scuba diving and the unique features of the Apple Watch Ultra to turn everyday watches into innovative diving computers. With Oceanic+, Apple Watch Ultra users can enjoy a new and rich experience during scuba diving activities. "

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