There’s something very satisfying about waiting to buy a newly released product and then seeing it go on sale. Take the Apple Watch Series 9, which debuted in September for $399 and dropped to $329 on Black Friday. (Product) The Apple Watch Series 9 in Red and Storm Blue is now cheaper, hitting an all-time low of $310.
The Apple Watch Series 9 is a great addition to the range and will (probably) fit your wrist. We gave it a 92 in our review thanks to new and improved features like double-tap and lift-to-speak. Double Tap, which launched on devices in October, can be operated by tapping your index finger and thumb simultaneously on the same hand as the watch. This action can complete operations such as answering or ending calls and replying to messages through dictation.
Raising to speak requires raising your wrist to activate Siri, but in our experience this only works about half of the time. Speaking of Siri, requests to the digital assistant now go directly through the watch rather than another device. This update means you can still ask Siri something while offline or disconnected from your iPhone.
Another nice feature comes from the Apple Watch Series 9’s second-generation UWB chip. Now you can find out how many feet you are from your paired device and which direction it is. The lost device will beep once the distance exceeds five feet. Series 9 is also one of Apple’s first two carbon-neutral products (the other being the Ultra 2).
