Apple Watch Series 10 is smaller, thinner, lighter, and has some Intelligence

The newest Apple Watch is all about a big screen, a thinner case, and lighter metal options, allowing for better typing, and easier viewing.

Apple’s first wide-angle OLED display inside the Series 10 is 40% brighter than the Series 9. It allows for a wider variety of viewing angles. Its refresh rate when idle can update information from apps and complications once a second, instead of the existing once a minute rate.

The 9.7 mm case, the thinnest Watch so far, required miniaturization of various components, including the speaker, logic board, and metal backing. The aluminum version weighs 10 percent less than the previous generation. The titanium version, replacing stainless steel, shaves even more weight off the Watch than the already reduced Series 10.

The S10 chip powering the Series 10 promises to improve speeds at responding to actions, Apple claims, and can improve noise and feedback during calls you take over the Watch’s speaker. A few existing tools, like Translate, can now run natively on the Watch, and fitness features should be similarly boosted.

Leaked CAD drawings and analysts had suggested the Apple Watch Series 10 was due for major changes. That could have meant new sizes (45 mm and 49 mm), a slimmed-down case made possible by resin-coated copper boards, or a new magnetic attachment system for wristbands, which would have saved even more space inside the case. Series 10 uses the same style of slide-in bands as prior Apple Watches, so the new band system may be held off for a future update.

The Apple Watch did not pick up the sleep apnea and hypertension detection that has been ready for the hardware, but blocked by a patent dispute over blood oxygen monitoring.

This is a developing story and will be updated with new information.