Apple Watch Series 8 Vs Watch Ultra: New Features and its Detailed Review

Introduction

This article talks about the pros of these new features in detail and how they are different from the Apple Watch Series 7. Here’s the list of content in this article.

Top 10 Features of the Apple Watch Series 8 and Watch Ultra:

For your convenience, we’ve listed the top 10 new features of the Apple Watch Series 8 and Watch Ultra in the table below.

Numbers	Watch Series 8	Watch Ultra
1	New Apple watch bands and Nike watch face	New Apple watch bands and Wave finder watch face
2	Crash Detection Sensor	Crash Detection Sensor
3	Advanced Dual Temperature Sensor	Advanced Dual Temperature Sensor
4	18 hours Battery life	2X battery life that can upgrade up to 60 hrs
5	Dust, Cracks and Water Resistance (WR50)	Advanced Dust (ip6x dust resistant), Cracks, Scratch  and Water Resistance  (WR100)
6	Up to 1,000 nits brightness	Up to 2,000 nits enhanced Brightness
7	—	Back Tracker
8	—	Action Button (digital crown and side button)
9	—	Dual precision frequency with 86 decimal siren
10	Bluetooth 5.3	Bluetooth 5.3

Materials and Design

Some bullet points to talk about how the materials, sizes, and larger display of both watches are good for you.

Materials benefits of Apple Watch Series 8

1. The rectangular watch case is available in both Aluminum and Stainless steel (SS). The SS is known for good crack or corrosion resistance, and is also provide excelent strength to the watch case.
2. Latest versions of the Apple Watch Series 8 has new watch faces, and Nike watch bands. The watch is available with a bigger size screen of 45 mm.
3. All new versions of the Apple Watch Series have water- and crack-resistant, but the Apple Watch Series 8 is the first to be fully dust-resistant. The watch is certified with WR50, making it fully swimproof and you can dive into the water up to 50 meter deep Ocean without worrying about the water penetration.

Materials & Size
Items	Apple Watch Series 7	Apple Watch Series 8	Apple Watch Ultra
Materials	Available in Al, Stainless Steel & Ti Base	Available in Al & Stainless steel Base	Only available in Ti
Wrist Side	Ceramic back	Ceramic back	Ceramic back
Display	41 & 45 mm	45 mm	49 mm  (Bigger Display )
Weight	32 g (41 mm) & 38.8 g (45 mm)	38.8 g	61.3 g
Display glass	Sapphire Crystal glass	Sapphire Crystal glass	Sapphire Crystal glass
Design, Color & Display
Shape	Rectangular	Rectangular	Rectangular
Corner Finish	Curved shape	Curved shape	Flat corner reinforced with titanium at the edge
Most loved Color	Silver (most loved) Green Blue	Midnight starlight Silver	Silver
Watch Display	Always-On Retina, OLED  Display	Always-On Retina LTPO OLED Display	Always-On & low power mode Retina LTPO OLED Display
Display Resolution	430 x 352 pixels	484 x 396 pixels	Very High (502 x 410 pixels)

Materials benefits of Apple Watch ultra

1. Watch Ultra comes with a 49 mm display size which is the largest display ever made by apple. The rectangular watch case is made of titanium, which is known for good corrosion resistance. The flat screen is made of sapphire crystal glass, and it is reinforced by titanium at the edges.
2. The Apple Watch Ultra has a brightness of up to 2,000 units, so you can see the screen clearly even in bright sunlight.
3. One of the new features is that it comes with good water resistance (WR100 certified). You can now dive maximum of 100 meters deeper from the surface of the water, which is enough for all scuba diving fun. The ultra watch’s depth gauge app can show both how deep the water is and how warm it is.

Healthy and Safety Features 

Health Benefits of Apple watch 8

1. Crash detection is one of the best added features in Apple Watch Series 8. The watch comes with high-tech sensors like gyroscope, accelerometer, and barometer.
2. These sensors are able to detect the car accident with greater accuracy. The crash makes the airbags go off, resulting a sudden change in pressure. The barometer will pick up the pressure change and microphone listen the car crash sound. Once the car crash is detected, thereafter the watch will notify you to get your response.
3. The third new feature is emergency SOS. If you are unresponsive after accident, the watch will automatically call to emergency services or send your location.
4. The dual advanced temperature sensor will tell you about your different sleep tracking cycle.
5. The sensors are on the upside and downside of the watch. They measure the body’s base line temperature and compare it with room temperature.
6. It also keeps track of trend lines based on the difference in temperatures. You can figure out the deep sleep cycle by looking at this trend line. By putting together a cycle-tracking app and a temperature sensor, a woman can find out when she ovulates.

Health Benefits of Apple watch Ultra

1. The Apple Watch Ultra also has advanced crash detection and an automatic emergency call feature. (see point 3.1)
2. The watch ultra comes with a high-tech dual temperature sensor as well (see point 3.1)

Health
Apple	Watch Series 7	Watch Series 8	Watch Ultra
Temperature Sensor	Single temperature sensor	Dual Temperature senor	Dual Temperature senor
Heart Rate feature	Heart Rate Monitor	Respiratory Rate,  VO2max , ECG, Notifications for Irregular Heart Rhythm	Respiratory Rate,  VO2max , ECG, Notifications for Irregular Heart Rhythm
Extra Feature	Calorie Count, Step Count and Sleep Monitor	Monitoring Glucose, O2 Level in Blood, Calorie Count and Step Count	Monitoring Glucose, O2 Level in Blood, Calorie Count and Step Count etc.
Safety
Fall detection	Available	Available	Available
Crash detection	—	Advanced sensor (Gyroscope, Accelerator and Barometer) to Crash detection	Advanced sensor (Gyroscope, Accelerator and Barometer) to Crash detection
Emergency SOS	—	Available after crash	Available after crash
Safety feature for Mountain Trackers	—	Fall Detection, GPS	Fall Detection, GPS Siren (upto 100 m), Back track recorder
Safety for Scuba Drivers	WR50 certification, Scuba Diving to 50 m	WR50 certification, Scuba Diving to 50 m	WR100 certification, measure water pressure and temperature diving to 100 m. Deapth Gauge, Webfinder Face (Dive computer)

Battery Life

Battery performance in apple watches series 8

The watch Series 8 has a battery life of 18 hours battery life, and hasn’t been many changes to improve the battery life. New Bluetooth 5.3 can play multiple audio streams with low energy, which helps to improve the battery last longer.

Battery performance in apple watches ultra

One of the best achievements of the Apple Ultra Watch is that it has a longer battery life of 36 hours in low power mode. The Apple Watch charger also supports fast wireless charging. When the optimization feature comes out later in 2022, you’ll be able to use the Apple Watch ultra for up to 60 hours.

Extra Added Feature in Apple Watch Ultra for Hiking

You can find some extraordinary benefits about the Apple Ultra watches for those who often hike in several place including mountain regions.

1. The Ultra watches series was made especially for hiking, so it has alpine loop or sports band that are 45 mm and 42 mm length.
2. The ultra watch’s dual precision frequency will find your exact location, which makes it a great match for the mountain tracker. The siren can make sounds as loud as 86 decibels, and it can be heard from 100 m away.
3. One of the top-rated features is the action button you can find on the left side of the watch. You can change pretty much everything using this side button, for example, display or background color and also you can scroll all items just by rotating the digital crown of the side button. You can directly start the Wayfinder watch face, workout app, backtrack or turn on the flashlight, etc, with the help of the action button.

Battery
Iteam	Watch Series 7	Watch Series 8	Watch Ultra
Battery Type	Lithium Ion	Lithium Ion	Lithium Ion
Fast Charging	Yes	Yes (wireless Charging)	Yes (very fast wireless Charging)
Display	18 hours (Always on display)	18 hours (Always on display)	Always on display (18 hours) & Low power mode (36 hours), future app update can take up to 60 hours

Conclusion

1. There’s no doubt that both watches are great and attractive, but the watch Ultra has better hiking and safety features than the watch series 8. The watch ultra is unique because it has a lot of advanced features, like important health notifications and an all-fitness app with a better battery backup. Crash detection and deep sleep monitoring are the most useful.
2. Since the ultra watch can find out exactly when a woman ovulates, it can also help her plan her family in the best way.
3. This Ultra watch has a lot of features for people who go mountain hiking and Scuba diving often. Based on what we’ve talked about, we’ve come to the conclusion that upgrading from Series 7 to Ultra Watch is better than upgrading to Series 8.

FAQ

How to silence apple watch ?

Here is the few step to follow for how to silence the Apple Watch

1. Get your Apple Watch, first step to touch and hold the bottom of the watch face for a second
2. Now wait to see the Control Center and then swipe up in order to find silent icon.
3. Once you find the silent icon, tap on it and this turn your watch silent mode but still you can get some hectic notification alert sound
4. To stop that go to the Apple Watch app and launch it
5. Go to my watch tab and then tap on sounds to stop

How to charge apple watch without charger ?

You can charge Apple Watch many ways and few the following process is given below for the charging of Apple Watch without charger. First of all, the Apple Watch series seven and eight comes with magnetic fast charger alone with USB-C cable and for other model, magnetic charging cables are available.

For some reason, if your apple watch’s magnetic charger is not working then you must see following process given below for charging the Apple Watch without charger. Please follow carefully and apply on your Apple Watch step by step

Not only the apple iPhone 12, iphone 13 and iPhone 14, but you can charge your Apple Watch wirelessly and faster with MagSafe Duo charger. It can deliver the maximum power up to 9 Volt or 3 amps with USB PD compatible power adapters (you can sold separately).

1. First lifting the charging connector from iphone
2. Keep your Apple Watch on the flat position with its band open
3. Keep the charging connector on the backside of your apple watch
4. When your Apple Watch start to charge, you can see the charging one your iPhone display.

Most importantly you should remember that when you charge your larger size of the Apple Watch like 44 mm, 45 mm or 49 mm, you need to adjust the charger position with watch case.

The following apple model you can charge with magsafe duo charger are

• Apple watch series 8
• Apple Watch series 7
• Apple Watch series SE
• Apple Watch series 6

How to change calorie goal on Apple Watch ?

There is many way to change the activity goal on the Apple Watch, either you can change manually or watch can do automatically. 

Please follow all the step given below for how do I change calorie goal on the Apple Watch

1. Take the Apple watch and press home button
2. Tap activity app from the watch screen
3. Scroll down bottom and tap on the change goals
4. Again you have to tap on plus to add calories or minus to subtract calories in order to change your calorie goals.
5. Also tap to decrease or increase the number of minutes for your daily exercise goals, then tap ok and finally it will display on the screen watch.

This tips and tricks for finding a calorie goals only works when you using the Apple Watch series 3 or later latest version of the watch OS. You can also adjust your calorie goals automatically with the Apple Watch series, you just need to move the ring and see how you active you are.

How do I change my move goal on activity app ?

You can change your activity goal on the activity app and here is the some step to follow ‘how do I change move goal on the activity app’

1. First Step open fitness app
2. Then you can see the screen under activity ring and Scroll down or swip to the bottom by using your finger or using digital crown.
3. Net tap on the change goal
4. Now you can tap on the plus sign to increase or minus sign to decrease in order to adjust your activity goal
5. Now you can change also time to align with your activity goal and tap ok.

Why can’t I swipe up on my Apple Watch?

Releated Quarry: Can’t swipe up on apple watch ?

Here is the few way to fix the swipe up on the Apple Watch

1.  Restart your Apple watch

 So this type of type of issue can also fixed just buy restarting your Apple Watch and to do that

Simultaneously press and hold the side button along with watch’s digital crown for 10 seconds. Thereafter you release buttons and you can see the apple logo, indicates the Apple Watch restart.

2. Pair up your apple watch with your iPhone

You can easily control your Apple Watch with iPhone. First, you can pair up your Apple Watch with iPhone. Open the apple watch face on the iPhone display and perform various action to find or counter swiping issues.

If you are able to swipe up your apple watch on the iPhone display, that means there is some problem with your apple watch.

3. If the apple gesture is on in your iPhone or in Apple Watch, then you can swap your watch to up and down only from edge of the screen. For curved edged screen, you can give few tries to swipe up and by doing this you can able to find and try to figure out the problem.

Also you can try the different watch face and recheck weather it is swapping up or not. Also, you can update your watch with latest version of the watchOS and check Again whether it is swapping up or not.

4. Last but not the least you can remove any screen protector or case to figure out the problem. since water and dirt can also cause this type of problem so you can wipe up the water with cloth from the screen and check again, if it is not then please visit to the nearest apple store.