Apple might be prepping a big firepower upgrade for its upcoming smartwatches, after keeping them stagnant in terms of processing power boost for the past three generations. In his PowerOn channel on Discord, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that the upcoming Apple Watch Series 9 models – and likely the next Apple Ultra, too – are “due for the updated SoC.”
The S6, S7, and S8 are all based on the A13 Bionic that Apple introduced with the iPhone 11 series. Based on TSMC’s 7nm process, this smartwatch chip carrying the T8301 identifier was last seen promising a 20% performance boost. Related Videos Why does a new Apple Watch chip matter? We don’t know exactly how powerful the S9 chip for the Apple Watch Series 9 is going to be, but it is definitely a sign that Apple is boosting the raw firepower for a reason. Bloomberg has previously reported that watchOS 10 is going to be a major overhaul for Apple’s smartwatches.