The Apple Watch had a mixed year in 2023 - pretty much an inverse of 2022. While last year saw an exciting new Apple Watch Ultra line introduced and relatively minor updates to watchOS, this year was much more heavily weighted on the software side.
The latest version, watchOS 10, transforms much of the foundations of the platform that have remained in place since its inception, but both the Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 feel like relatively minor upgrades that aren’t likely to entice a bunch of users to upgrade.
