Apple Keynote

Watch

Series 8

Temperature sensing.
Very clever to start with Watch’s ovulation features in the wake of the Wade vs Roe reversal.
(Road) Crash Detection: good feature.
Low Power Mode: up to 36h (vs 18h)
Roaming support.
Sleep stages.

Watch SE

Watch Ultra

$799 / 999 EUR (!)

Action Button
Titanium case
Siren
Precision GPS
Night Mode
60h on low power mode

Airpods Pro v2

$249

Spatial Audio
Sound Tuning
Better noise cancellation
Adaptive Transparency
Volume control on earpiece
6h listening time
30h with charging case
-Charging case improvements (location finding, charging, etc..)

iPhone 14 & iPhone 14 Plus

Dynamic Island: Good progress in UX
Screen refresh rate can go down to 1Hz for low power mode
Always-On Display

Satellite comms

Sat antenna included in phone!
Needs pointing at moving satellite: app shows you where to point the phone.
New communication protocol with 3x less bandwidth required vs standard text message.
Sending takes 15s to a few mns, so app provides an “emergency wizard” to capture key infos to send.
Emergency relay, staffed by Apple?
Impressive feature & implementation.