Apple Sunset

Apple Watch Series 9

Discontinued 9 Sept 2024

Released

22 Sept 2023

Announced

12 Sept 2023

Pre-orders opened

12 Sept 2023

Launch price from

$399

Discontinued

9 Sept 2024

Lifespan

1 year

Category
Apple Watch
Status
Discontinued
Apple support status
Discontinued, not yet Vintage
Release type
Refresh of an existing model
Previous model
Apple Watch Series 8
Replaced by
Apple Watch Series 10
Official Apple page
No longer available on Apple’s website
Tech specs
Apple specs ↗
Press release
Apple Newsroom ↗
More information
Apple Watch on Wikipedia ↗

Notes

The Apple Watch Series 9 cost $399 and looked exactly like the Series 8 before it, in the same 41mm and 45mm sizes. The aluminium range gained pink alongside starlight, midnight, silver and red, and stainless steel came in gold, silver and graphite, which would be the last year Apple used that material before switching to titanium.

What changed was the chip and what it let the watch do. The S9 was the fastest Apple had put in a watch, and it brought a new gesture called Double Tap, where tapping the index finger and thumb of the watch hand together twice answers a call, stops a timer or plays music without touching the screen. Siri requests that did not need the internet, such as starting a workout, were handled on the watch itself rather than being sent away, and Siri could read and log health data for the first time.

The display went to 2000 nits, double the Series 8. A second-generation ultra wideband chip brought Precision Finding, which gives the distance and direction to a mislaid iPhone, though only an iPhone 15.

Apple made a point of the environmental side. Any aluminium Apple Watch Series 9 bought with a new Sport Loop band was carbon neutral by Apple’s own account, while the stainless steel models and the other bands were not.

Something unusual happened afterwards. A patent ruling over pulse oximetry meant that from 18 January 2024 the blood oxygen feature was switched off on watches sold in the United States, hardware intact but unusable, until Apple restored it in August 2025 by moving the processing to the paired iPhone.

It was announced on 12 September 2023 at the ‘Wonderlust’ event at Apple Park, went up for pre-order the same day and reached shops on 22 September, priced from $399.

Check out the Apple Watch Series 10 that replaced it.

Apple Watch release history

  1. 2026

  2. 18 Sept 2026

    Apple Watch Series 12 LaunchCurrent

  3. 9 Sept 2026

    Apple Watch Series 11 Discontinued

  4. ↑ about 1 year later
  5. 2025

  6. 19 Sept 2025

    Apple Watch Series 11 Released

  7. 9 Sept 2025

    Apple Watch Series 10 Discontinued

  8. ↑ about 1 year later
  9. 2024

  10. 20 Sept 2024

    Apple Watch Series 10 Launch

  11. 9 Sept 2024

    Apple Watch Series 9 Discontinued

  12. ↑ about 1 year later
  13. 2023

  14. 22 Sept 2023

    Apple Watch Series 9 Released

  15. 12 Sept 2023

    Apple Watch Series 8 Discontinued

  16. ↑ about 1 year later
  17. 2022

  18. 16 Sept 2022

    Apple Watch Series 8 Released

  19. 7 Sept 2022

    Apple Watch Series 3 Discontinued

    Apple Watch Series 7 Discontinued

  20. ↑ about 1 year later
  21. 2021

  22. 15 Oct 2021

    Apple Watch Series 7 Released

  23. 14 Sept 2021

    Apple Watch Series 6 Discontinued

  24. ↑ about 1 year later
  25. 2020

  26. 18 Sept 2020

    Apple Watch Series 6 Released

  27. 15 Sept 2020

    Apple Watch Series 5 Discontinued

  28. ↑ about 1 year later
  29. 2019

  30. 20 Sept 2019

    Apple Watch Series 5 Released

  31. 10 Sept 2019

    Apple Watch Series 4 Discontinued

  32. ↑ about 1 year later
  33. 2018

  34. 21 Sept 2018

    Apple Watch Series 4 Released

  35. 12 Sept 2018

    Apple Watch Series 1 Discontinued

  36. ↑ about 1 year later
  37. 2017

  38. 22 Sept 2017

    Apple Watch Series 3 Released

  39. 12 Sept 2017

    Apple Watch Series 2 Discontinued

  40. ↑ about 1 year later
  41. 2016

  42. 16 Sept 2016

    Apple Watch Series 1 Released

    Apple Watch Series 2 Released

  43. 7 Sept 2016

    Apple Watch (1st generation) Discontinued

  44. ↑ 1 year, 4 months later
  45. 2015

  46. 24 Apr 2015

    Apple Watch (1st generation) Released

More in Apple Watch

All Apple Watch →

Something not right on this page? Tell us