Apple Watch SE (2023)

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Color

Starlight

Price

Controls

Digital Crown with haptic feedback

Side button

Siri

Chip

S8 SiP with 64-bit dual-core processor

2-core Neural Engine

32GB capacity

Sensors

Second-generation optical heart sensor

Compass

Always-on altimeter

High-g accelerometer

High dynamic range gyroscope

Ambient light sensor

Health and Wellness

Heart Rate app

High and low heart rate notifications1

Irregular rhythm notifications1

Medications app

Mindfulness app

Noise app

Sleep app including sleep stages

Display

Retina LTPO OLED display

Ion-X front glass

Up to 1000 nits maximum brightness

326 pixels per inch

Power and Battery Life

All-day battery life, up to 18 hours of normal use

Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery

Up to 80% charge in about 1.5 hours

Operating System

watchOS 11

watchOS is the world’s most advanced wearable operating system, with apps and features designed to keep you active, healthy, safe, and connected.

Workouts and Activity

Running

Custom workouts

Customizable Workout Views

Training load

Heart Rate Zones

Race Route

Pacer

Stride length, ground contact time, and vertical oscillation

Automatic track detection

Multisport workout

Cycling

Average speed, elevation gained, and distance

Connection to cycling accessories via Bluetooth

Functional Threshold Power

Power Zones

Cadence

Live Activity on iPhone

Hiking

Compass with bearing, incline, elevation, and coordinates

Custom waypoints

Automatically generated waypoints to cellular connectivity

Backtrack GPS data

Offline maps with custom route creation

Topographic maps for thousands of national and regional parks (U.S. only)

Hundreds of curated hikes across all 63 U.S. national parks

Swimming

Pool swim or open water swim

Custom workouts for pool swims

Splits and auto sets

SWOLF score

Automatic stroke detection

Kickboard detection

Average pace, total distance, and laps

Safety

Emergency SOS

International emergency calling

Crash Detection

Fall Detection

Noise monitoring

Backtrack

Durability

Water resistance 50m (swimproof)

Connectivity

L1 GPS, GNSS, Galileo, and QZSS

LTE and UMTS

Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)

Bluetooth 5.3

Apple Pay

GymKit

Support for Apple Watch For Your Kids

International roaming

Accessibility

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities.

 

Features include:

VoiceOver

Zoom

On/Off Labels

Reduce Transparency

Increase Contrast

Color Filters

Text Size

Bold Text

Reduce Motion

Hourly Chimes

AssistiveTouch

Button Click Speed

Touch Accommodations

Auto-Answer Calls

Type to Siri

RTT Support

Audio Volume Balance

Auto Transcription

Live Speech

Accessibility Shortcut

Mono Audio

Taptic Time

Personal Voice

Environmental Requirements

Operating temperature:

32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

Nonoperating storage temperature:

–4° to 113° F (–20° to 45° C)

Relative humidity:

5% to 90% noncondensing

Operating altitude:

0 feet to 10,000 feet (0m to 3000m)

Compatibility

iPhone Xs or later, including iPhone SE (2nd generation or later), with iOS 18 or later

In the Box

Apple Watch SE

Band

Apple Watch Magnetic Charger to USB-C Cable (1m)