Apple Watch Ultra 4 vs Garmin fēnix 9

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Watch Ultra 4 compared with fēnix 9

	AppleWatch Ultra 4	Garminfēnix 9
Overview
Released
Released	September 2026	August 2026
Display
Case sizes
Case sizes	49 mm	43 mm, 47 mm or 51 mm
Panel
Panel	LTPO OLED	OLED
Peak brightness
Peak brightness	3,000 nits	–
Always-on display
Always-on display	Yes	Yes
Display detail
Display detail	Always-On Retina display with wide-angle OLEDs and LTPO3; 1Hz refresh; 422 x 514 pixels at 326 ppi; 1,245 sq mm display area; 1 nit minimum brightness; Night Mode for Ultra watch faces	AMOLED colour touchscreen; 43 mm is 1.3″ (33 mm) at 416 x 416 pixels; 47 mm and 51 mm are 1.4″ (35.6 mm) at 454 x 454 pixels; Garmin says it's more than twice as bright as the fēnix 8's
Screen protection
Screen protection	Flat sapphire crystal front	Sapphire crystal lens
Health and fitness
ECG
ECG	Yes	Yes
Blood oxygen
Blood oxygen	Yes	Yes
Skin temperature
Skin temperature	Yes	Yes
Sleep apnoea alerts
Sleep apnoea alerts	Yes	No
High blood pressure alerts
High blood pressure alerts	Yes	No
Body composition
Body composition	No	No
Fall detection
Fall detection	Yes	No
Crash detection
Crash detection	Yes	No
GPS
GPS	Dual-band (L1 and L5)	Dual-band (L1 and L5)
Water resistance
Water resistance	100 m	100 m
Sensors
Sensors	Health Sensing System with third-generation electrical heart sensor, always-on optical heart sensor, blood oxygen sensor and temperature sensor; depth gauge to 40 m; water temperature sensor; compass; always-on altimeter (–500 m to 9,000 m); high-g accelerometer; high dynamic range gyroscope; ambient light sensor	Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor; Pulse Ox blood oxygen monitor; barometric altimeter; compass; gyroscope; accelerometer; thermometer; ambient light sensor; depth sensor to 40 m
Health features
Health features	Readiness app; Vitals app (heart rate, respiratory rate, wrist temperature, blood oxygen, sleep duration and HRV); Recovery HRV; high-frequency background heart rate tracking; ECG app; Blood Oxygen app; irregular rhythm notifications; high and low heart rate notifications; hypertension notifications; sleep apnoea notifications; sleep stages and sleep score; Cycle Tracking with fertile window and retrospective ovulation estimates, perimenopause and menopause support; Medications; Mindfulness; Noise	Garmin ECG App (atrial fibrillation); Pulse Ox; skin temperature; high and low heart rate alerts; HRV status; health status; sleep score, sleep coach, sleep alignment and nap detection; breathing variations; Body Battery; all-day stress; Health Snapshot; lifestyle logging; women's health tracking with past ovulation estimates; jet lag adviser
Fitness features
Fitness features	Customisable Action button with Precision Start; custom workouts; Training Load and Workout Effort; customisable heart rate zones; VO2 max; Race Route; Pacer; cadence, stride length, ground contact time, vertical oscillation and running power; multisport workouts; offline maps with custom route creation; elevation alerts; Backtrack; swimming with water temperature; recreational diving to 40 m with Depth app and third-party dive computer apps; cycling with power meters; GymKit	More than 100 activity profiles; stamina zones and stamina curve; Garmin Epic activity stories in Garmin Connect; training readiness and training status; running tolerance; running economy and step speed loss (with HRM 600); VO2 max, endurance score and hill score; PacePro; ClimbPro; Garmin Coach and Garmin Triathlon Coach plans; indoor rowing VO2 max and power curve (with a power-meter rower); rucking with pack weight up to 100 kg; preloaded TopoActive maps with perspective view, dynamic round-trip routing, NextFork and Up Ahead; ski resort and 43,000+ golf course maps; scuba (single gas, air and nitrox to 40% oxygen) and apnoea diving to 40 m
Safety features
Safety features	Emergency SOS and Find My via satellite; Emergency SOS; international emergency calling; Siren; Fall Detection; Crash Detection; Check In; Backtrack; Last Emergency Call Availability Waypoint; torch; noise monitoring	Incident detection during select activities; assistance; LiveTrack; live event sharing (Android only); LED flashlight
Battery and connections
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 50 hours	Up to 29 days
In low-power mode
In low-power mode	Up to 84 hours	Up to 42 days
Mobile data option
Mobile data option	Yes	No
Works with
Works with	iPhone	iPhone and Android
Chip
Chip	S11	–
Storage
Storage	64 GB	64 GB
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	Up to 50 hours of normal use; up to 84 hours in Low Power Mode; up to 18 hours of outdoor workout, 25 hours in Extended Workout and 45 hours in Max Extended Workout	43, 47 and 51 mm respectively, up to 10, 16 and 29 days in smartwatch mode; 15, 24 and 42 days in low power watch mode; 18, 30 and 54 hours of GPS activity in Normal mode; 15, 25 and 45 hours in Max Accuracy (multi-band); 49, 81 and 145 hours in Max Battery; 7, 12 and 21 hours with music; 10, 18 and 31 days in Expedition mode
Charging
Charging	Fast charging to 80% in about 45 minutes; 15 minutes for up to 18 hours of normal use; 5 minutes for up to 10 hours of sleep tracking	Garmin charging/data cable with proprietary plug
Connectivity
Connectivity	GPS + Cellular only (model A3579) with 5G RedCap and LTE; satellite communications; Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) at 2.4GHz and 5GHz; Bluetooth 5.3; second-generation Ultra Wideband chip; NFC for Apple Pay; precision dual-frequency GPS (GPS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou)	Bluetooth, ANT+ and Wi-Fi; multi-band GPS with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS and BeiDou and SatIQ; Garmin Pay; speaker and microphone for calls and the phone's voice assistant with a paired phone; voice commands
Storage
Storage	–	Up to 7,000 songs; twice the map storage and 50% more RAM than the fēnix 8
Design
Weight (lightest version)
Weight (lightest version)	63 g	44 g (better)
Software
Software	watchOS	Garmin
Case materials
Case materials	Grade 5 titanium case (100% recycled titanium) with ceramic and zirconia back; water resistant to 100 m (ISO 22810:2010); EN13319 recreational diving to 40 m; IP6X dust resistant; tested to MIL-STD 810H	Fibre-reinforced polymer case with titanium rear cover; titanium bezel; leakproof inductive buttons; 10 ATM water rating; dive rated to 40 m (EN 13319); tested to US military standards for thermal, shock and water resistance; operating temperature –20 °C to 45 °C
Size
Size	49 x 44 x 12 mm; 63.0 g (natural) or 63.1 g (black)	43 mm is 43 x 43 x 13.8 mm and 44 g case only (61 g with band); 47 mm is 47 x 47 x 13.8 mm and 53 g (75 g); 51 mm is 51 x 51 x 14.7 mm and 65 g (91 g)
Bands
Bands	Fits 130–210 mm wrists	QuickFit silicone bands, 20 mm (43 mm), 22 mm (47 mm) or 26 mm (51 mm); silicone band fits 108–182 mm, 125–208 mm or 127–210 mm wrists
Colours
Colours	Natural or Black titanium	43 mm in Titanium with Fog Grey or Pebble Grey band; 47 mm and 51 mm in Titanium with Pebble Grey band or Carbon Grey DLC Titanium with Black band
In the box
In the box	Apple Watch Ultra 4, strap, Apple Watch Magnetic Fast Charger to USB-C Cable (1 m)	fēnix 9, charging/data cable, documentation