Both Apple Watch and watchOS had begun to feel stagnant in recent years. While I remain nonplussed by the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Series 9, the watchOS team knocked it out of the park this year.
While the hardware platform remained more incremental than ever, watchOS was reborn with its tenth incarnation. Revised widgets, refreshed app designs, and improved workout metrics and medication reminders made it an easy recommendation for installation right off the bat — and unlike other updates in 2023, it’s been stable in my use with it, too.
