Six months with Apple Watch Series 10: Fantastic hardware under-utilized
Published on: 2025-07-15 06:33:42
Time flies, and somehow Apple’s last fall launches happened a whole six months ago. That means I’ve been using an Apple Watch Series 10 for half a year. Here’s how the new Watch has measured up in that time, and why its hardware is being held back by software.
Apple Watch Series 10 hardware impresses in several ways
Apple Watch Series 10 comes with a variety of impressive hardware upgrades.
It starts, of course, with the display.
The display tech itself is better, with a wide-angle OLED that makes it easier to see the time without turning my wrist. The new always-on ability to show seconds is another great addition.
I’ve loved having a larger 46mm Watch, even if the software hasn’t quite taken advantage of that additional screen real estate (more on that soon).
And Apple delivered its biggest Watch screen ever while drastically reducing the casing’s thickness. The Series 10 is very noticeably thinner than before, which makes wearing it 24/7 more comfortable. I started sleep track
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