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The Apple Watch Series 6. Ben Sin Last year’s Apple Watch Series 5 was one of the most minor iterative updates I could remember for a high profiled tech product. It was basically an Apple Watch 4 but with a screen that could stay on consistently. Everything else from build to chip was the same. It was particularly jarring considering the Series 4 had made huge improvements over the Series 3. But still, despite the minimal upgrade, the Series 4 was still the best smartwatch on the market. The improvements made this year from the Series 5 to brand new Series 6, while still not huge, is more relevant than last year’s. We get a new chip inside this time, and one new health feature (well, new for Apple anyway) that can be considered crucial for health. But even if the annual Watch improvements have become incremental—perhaps a testament to how far ahead of the industry the Apple Watch had reached by Series 4—it’s not a big issue. This is a problem only for reviewers and hardcore...

The Apple Watch Series 6. Ben Sin Last year’s Apple Watch Series 5 was one of the most minor iterative updates I could remember for a high profiled tech product. It was basically an Apple Watch 4 but with a screen that could stay on consistently. Everything else from build to chip was the same. It was particularly jarring considering the Series 4 had made huge improvements over the Series 3. But still, despite the minimal upgrade, the Series 4 was still the best smartwatch on the market. The improvements made this year from the Series 5 to brand new Series 6, while still not huge, is more relevant than last year’s. We get a new chip inside this time, and one new health feature (well, new for Apple anyway) that can be considered crucial for health. But even if the annual Watch improvements have become incremental—perhaps a testament to how far ahead of the industry the Apple Watch had reached by Series 4—it’s not a big issue. This is a problem only for reviewers and hardcor...