The Apple Watch is a familiar product and one of the most recognizable in Apple’s portfolio. So when you look at the Apple Watch Series 8, you have a pretty good idea of what to expect.
And if you don’t, here we explain it all!
Apple has had a very clear and focused design approach since the original Apple Watch debuted in 2014, and while new models have improved things over the years, the aesthetic has always remained the same.
Whether you get the Apple Watch Series 8 in the 41 mm or 45 mm model, both are great for all-day wear, and even overnight if you’re interested in sleep tracking. The watch fits comfortably on the wrist, and the WR50 rating provides waterproofing up to 50 meters of submersion.
Apple’s execution of the Apple Watch design is also as excellent as ever. Pressing the side button underneath offers great touch sensitivity for switching apps or opening Apple Wallet. When you’re ready to put on a new strap, Apple’s strap system is one of the easiest to use.
The standout feature of the Apple Watch Series 7 was its larger screen and thinner bezels, which allowed for more content to be viewed on the smaller screen than before. The Apple Watch Series 8 contains the same design, creating a truly impressive display. The watch faces have room to shine, notifications extend to the very edges of the screen, and navigating through apps and menus never feels restrictive, especially on the larger 45 mm model.
And it’s not just the screen size that impresses. Colors pop with vibrancy, the text is easily readable and the 1,000 nits of maximum brightness ensure that you can easily read the watch even in broad daylight.
When you’re not interacting with apps or notifications, the Apple Watch Series 8 has an always-on display to show a dimmed version of the watch face at all times. The Apple Watch has had an always-on display since the Series 5, so while it’s nothing new, it’s still one of Apple Watch’s favorite features.
Being able to subtly look down and see the time, weather, and other information without lifting your wrist is hugely convenient, and one of the main features that are missing from the cheaper Apple Watch SE 2.
The market for health and fitness activity trackers in 2022 is crowded, to say the least. From Fitbit, Garmin, Oura, Amazon Halo, Whoop, Amazfit, and more, the myriad of options for tracking your daily activity often feels overwhelming. Despite this, Apple has done an incredible job of making the Apple Watch’s health and activity suite feel accessible, intuitive, and comprehensive all at the same time.
The core of the activity tracking on the Apple Watch Series 8 revolves around the activity rings, more specifically, the Move, Exercise, and Stand rings. Each of these encourages you to burn calories, perform X amount of minutes of exercise, and get up and stand throughout the day. It’s one of the most recognizable activity metrics out there and has created something of a cultural phenomenon.
To measure your ring progress throughout the day, the Apple Watch Series 8 tracks a wide range of health metrics. It tracks your steps, distance, resting and active power, and heart rate 24/7. There’s also an ECG app for on-demand ECG readings, a SpO2 sensor for manual and automatic blood oxygen app measurements, and sleep tracking to measure the quality of your sleep at night. You can use all of these features if you wish, choose the ones you want, or ignore them all.
While health tracking on the Apple Watch Series 8 is nearly identical to previous models, Apple’s WatchOS 9 software adds some nifty options. Some workouts now display real-time heart rate zones, making it much easier to gauge the intensity of your workouts.
Speaking of workout , WatchOS 9 lets you create custom workout routines that you can adjust with personalized time, distance, calorie and pace targets. And when it’s time to rest, WatchOS 9 adds sleep stages to show you how much time you’ve spent in REM, basic and deep sleep (critical data that was previously missing from WatchOS 8).
Using a sensor on the back and one under the display, Apple Watch Series 8 tracks your wrist temperature and displays those readings in the Health app on your iPhone. You have to enable sleep tracking and wear the Series 8 for about five nights before it establishes a baseline, but once that’s done, you’ll see a new Wrist Temperature section in the Health app.
Like the iPhone 14, the Apple Watch Series 8 offers traffic accident detection. If you are ever in a serious accident, the Series 8 will ask if you are okay and prompt you to call emergency services. If you don’t respond to that prompt within 10 seconds, the call will automatically be made for you.
As mentioned above, watchOS 9 improves the health and fitness experience with new workout app metrics and better sleep tracking. But that’s not all.
As is typical for Apple, watchOS 9 brings a few new watch faces to keep your watch fresh. An analog watch face is one example.
While you won’t find the top-level endurance of the Apple Watch Ultra, there’s plenty of power here for all-day use without battery anxiety.
It easily goes from 0 to over 80% in 45 minutes and reaches full-day battery life in about an hour. That’s fast enough to put the Series 8 on the charger when you wake up after a night of sleep tracking, prepare for the day ahead, and then take it off the charger with the battery full and ready to go.
Available now, the price for the 41 mm aluminum case with GPS cellular is from $399. The price of the 45 mm aluminum case with GPS is from $429. If you want to add LTE cellular connectivity, the price goes up 100 dollars to 499 and 529 US dollars, respectively.
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