Apple Event September 2020: Apple Watch Series 6, Apple iPad, Fitness+, etc. | GQ

Over the past few years, Apple’s annual fall event has become fairly predictable. New iPhone, new Apple Watch, new iPad, new streaming service you have to pay for, environmental initiative! The Apple Event September 2020 threw a wrench in all this, not for tacking on an exciting “one more thing,” but for having one less: the iPhone. (Rumor has it that will come next month.) So what did we get? Actually, some solid updates to the Apple Watch and iPad product lines. 

Here’s everything you need to know about the products and services announced during the Apple Event September 2020.

New Apple Watches, Plural: Watch Series 6 and Watch SE

Apple Watch Series 6

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The Apple Watch Series 6 maintains the same design as the Apple Watch Series 5, but tacks on two new sensors. (The current state of consumer technology and its obvious maturation can be summed up by the fact that sensors are now event-worthy.) The big draw is a blood oxygen monitoring sensor, which uses red and infrared light and needs about 15 seconds to do its job. Less relevant to your health and survival: an always-on altimeter, so that you can get accurate readings on your distance above sea-level. 

Other upgrades include a 20-percent-faster processor and a 2.5-times-brighter display, along with the same 18 hours of battery life as the Series 5. The GPS-only (no cellular) version of the watch will start at $400.