Apple Watch SE Technical Specifications

Material and Finish

Aluminum case

Midnight, Starlight, Silver

Size and Weight
  • Height: 44mm
  • Width: 38mm
  • Depth: 10.7mm
  • 368 by 448 pixels
  • 977 sq mm display area
  • Weight (GPS):

    32.9 grams
  • Fits 140–245mm wrists
  • Height: 40mm
  • Width: 34mm
  • Depth: 10.7mm
  • 324 by 394 pixels
  • 759 sq mm display area
  • Weight (GPS):

    26.4 grams
  • Fits 130–200mm wrists
Hardware and Buttons

Digital Crown

Microphone

Side button

Speaker/air vent

Optical heart sensor

Controls
  • Digital Crown with haptic feedback
  • Side button
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 notifications
  • 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 use1
  • Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion?battery
  • Up to 80% charge in about 1.5 hours2
  • Learn more
Operating System
  • watchOS 11
  • watchOS is complete with powerful 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

Hiking
  • Compass with bearing, incline, elevation, and coordinates
  • Custom waypoints
  • 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

Cycling
  • Average speed, elevation gained, and distance
  • Connection to cycling accessories via Bluetooth
  • Functional Threshold Power
  • Power Zones
  • Cadence
  • Live Activity on iPhone

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

More Workouts
Safety
  • Emergency SOS3
  • Crash Detection3
  • Fall Detection
  • Noise monitoring
  • Backtrack
Durability

Water resistance 50m (swimproof)4

Connectivity
  • L1 GPS, GNSS, Galileo, and QZSS
  • Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
  • Bluetooth 5.3
  • Apple Pay
  • GymKit
Environmental Requirements
Operating temperature:

0° to 35° C

Nonoperating storage temperature:

–20° to 45° C

Relative humidity:

5% to 90% noncondensing

Operating altitude:

0m to 3000m

Apple?Watch?SE and the Environment

Apple Watch SE is designed to reduce environmental impact:5, 6

Progress toward Apple 2030

Apple Watch SE paired with Sport Loop is one of Apple’s first carbon neutral products:

  • 30% recycled or renewable content7
  • 100% of manufacturing electricity sourced from clean electricity8
  • 50% or more shipped without airplanes9
  • 75% emissions reduction against baseline10
  • 7.2 kg CO2e total remaining emissions covered by high-quality carbon credits11

Materials

  • 100% recycled aluminum in the case
  • 100% recycled gold in the plating of multiple printed circuit boards
  • 100% recycled tin in the solder of multiple printed circuit boards
  • 100% recycled tungsten in the Taptic Engine
  • 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets
  • 100% fiber-based packaging12
  • 44% recycled content in fiber packaging

Energy

  • 100% of manufacturing electricity for Apple Watch SE and Sport Loop is sourced from clean electricity
  • 100% of expected customer energy use matched with clean electricity13
  • Meets California Energy Commission’s energy efficiency standards for battery charger systems14

Waste

  • No established final assembly sites generate waste sent to landfill as part of Apple’s Zero Waste Program

Smarter chemistry15

  • Arsenic-free display glass
  • Mercury-, BFR-, and PVC-free
  • Meets European REACH regulation on nickel
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)
Lined up in a row: front view of Apple Watch SE hardware, a Periwinkle (purple/blue) sport band, and Magnetic Charger to USB-C Cable.