Your Apple Watch Is More Powerful Than You Think

Your Apple Watch Is More Powerful Than You Think

Your Apple Watch has more computing power than which of these?

A. The computer that guided Apollo 11 to the Moon
B. A desktop computer from 1995
C. The original iPhone
D. All of the above

Answer: D — All of the above!

It may be hard to believe, but the little computer sitting on your wrist has more computing power than all three.

The Apollo Guidance Computer was groundbreaking technology when Apollo 11 went to the Moon in 1969, but today’s consumer electronics operate on an entirely different scale. Even compared with a typical desktop computer from the mid-1990s or the original iPhone, a modern Apple Watch packs an impressive amount of computing capability into a remarkably small package.

And unlike those older computers, your Apple Watch is doing much more than telling time. It can track workouts and health data, run apps, communicate wirelessly, play music, handle messages, process voice commands, and perform many other tasks—all from your wrist.

Technology has come a long way.