I Returned to the Apple Watch Ultra After a Year: This Is What I Discovered

It’s been a ‘hot minute’, as they say

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I nipped into the studio last night to drop off a couple of things from home and, while I was there, innocuously opened the drawer containing the smartwatches I’ve accumulated over the last couple of years.

One caught my eye: the Apple Watch Ultra. Originally launched in September 2022, this chunky little number had been one of my favourite Apple releases in recent memory. It was flawed, big time, but still had a whiff of the ‘magic’ that only Apple can inject into its products.

Alas, for most of 2024, it resided in that drawer. Such was the volume of competing devices I tested last year, the Ultra barely got a look in. And since September, I’ve been wearing the Apple Watch Series 10 during the week and the brilliant Huawei Watch Ultimate at weekends.

The sight of the forlorn Apple Watch Ultra in that drawer tempted me to unearth it and once again place it on my wrist. I’m glad I did because I immediately learned five things which I’ve been able to turn into a blog post for you lot.

1: Knight Rider Mode is still really cool

For the uninitiated, ‘Knight Rider Mode’ isn’t official Apple terminology…