--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: 7. Apple Watch Series 2 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt582821384358d7ff/6988ae700b72e3307e6ebbfb/apple-watch-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 16, 2016 # 7\. Apple Watch Series 2 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Suzanne Darcy for TIME Rhe original Apple Watch may have been the best smartwatch on the market when it launched in April 2015, but the technorati faulted the wearable for some obvious shortcomings. But critics largely agree that a year and two major software releases later, Apple hit the bullseye with the [$369 Apple Watch Series 2](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&subid=0&offerid=460242.1&type=10&tmpid=13127&RD%5FPARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Fapple-apple-watch-series-2-38mm-space-gray-aluminum-case-black-sport-band-space-gray-aluminum%2F5547800.p%3FskuId%3D5547800&u1=TIMETOP102016 "undefined"). Boasting 50 meters of waterproofing, built-in GPS functionality, a brighter display, and a faster processor, the device is no longer trying to be an iPhone on your wrist. Instead, it aims to be a running buddy, swim partner, and all-around fitness must-have. Those improvements aren’t enough to make the Apple Watch “insanely great,” to borrow a term from Steve Jobs. But it is better than ever — and that’s proven to be good enough for most critics. [**_Get it now_**](http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=93xLBvPhAeE&subid=0&offerid=460242.1&type=10&tmpid=13127&RD%5FPARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fsite%2Fapple-apple-watch-series-2-38mm-space-gray-aluminum-case-black-sport-band-space-gray-aluminum%2F5547800.p%3FskuId%3D5547800&u1=TIMETOP102016 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4573568/apple-watch-series-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4573568/apple-watch-series-2/"},"headline":"7. Apple Watch Series 2","datePublished":"2016-11-16T22:05:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:17:05.330Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4573568/apple-watch-series-2/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt582821384358d7ff/6988ae700b72e3307e6ebbfb/apple-watch-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt582821384358d7ff/6988ae700b72e3307e6ebbfb/apple-watch-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/top-10-list-2016/4573568/apple-watch-series-2/","name":"7. Apple Watch Series 2"}}]}] ```