The biggest new hardware feature is an Always-On display. This means that you don’t need to raise your wrist to see the watch’s face. The LTPO display will refresh dynamically from 1Hz to 60Hz. A new low-power driver, battery management, and an ambient light sensor all work to ensure that the Apple Watch continues to get up to 18 hours of battery life.

On the software front, there isn’t a lot of new stuff. The likes of new watch faces, menstrual tracking, and a wrist-based App Store were already announced for WatchOS 6 during WWDC.

The only really new things announced were a compass app and international emergency calling.

Oh, and there are also ceramic as well as titanium versions of the Apple Watch 5.

Key specs for the Apple Watch 5 include:

WatchOS 6
32GB storage
Always On LTPO OLED display
New S5 chip and 64-bit processor
Fall detection with accelerometer and gyroscope
Digital Crown with haptic feedback
New watch faces
Up to 18 hours of battery life — the same as the Series 4
Heart rate monitor that can detect low heart rate, irregularities
GPS and built-in compass
Water resistance
Apple Watch Series 5 Titanium (44mm, Cellular) – Key Specs
- Display: 1.78″ Retina LTPO OLED, Always-On, 1000 nits, 448 × 368
- Chip: Apple S5 dual-core
- Memory: 32GB storage, 1GB RAM
- Connectivity: 4G LTE (eSIM), Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC
- Water Resistance: 50m
- Build: Titanium frame, Sapphire crystal display
- Health Features: ECG, Heart Rate, Compass, Barometer
- Battery: 296 mAh, wireless charging
- Size & Weight: 44 × 38 × 10.7 mm, 47.8 g
- Colors: Space Black, Titanium
- OS: watchOS 6 (upgradable)