A smartwatch is designed to make your life easier and get you off your phone. Every time you have to dig your phone out of your pocket to read a notification, a digital fairy dies. However, a smartwatch is also less useful if you have to drop whatever you're doing to squint and poke your finger at a tiny screen. In October, Apple debuted Double Tap in WatchOS 10.1. If you own a Series 9 or a Watch Ultra 2, you can now quickly tap the index and thumb of your watch hand to perform the primary action on your watch.

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The Portrait Lighting effects feature is still in beta but already one of my favorite features. You can get all artsy and shoot a portrait with a completely dark background. I predicted the other day that every one of you who buys the X will quickly fool around with the animated emojis or Animojis you can send to a friend in a message, from a unicorn to a pile of poo. Animojis speak in your voice when you do, and mirror your facial movements. I'm sticking with that prediction, judging by the people I unleashed Animojis on or whom I let create their own. Mostly, though, I've been trying to best navigate the transition from a phone with a home button and the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, to one that relies instead on new gestures and facial recognition. Some things have gotten easier, I'm still struggling with others, and there have been a few quirks as well. While I'm reluctant to declare that any handset that exceeds $1000 is worth the ransom, I can say without much hesitation that the iPhone X, is the finest smartphone you can buy. More: Don't want an iPhone 8 or iPhone X?