Apple’s new watches can replay the last 15 seconds of a conversation you just had.

Press the Digital Crown twice and the words appear as text on your wrist. The feature is called Live Rewind. It arrives with the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Apple Watch Ultra 4. It will not work in the EU at launch.

Apple announced both watches and a new pair of AirPods on Wednesday. The Series 12 starts at $399, the Ultra 4 at $799, and AirPods 5 at $129. All three go on sale on Friday 18 September.

A watch with ears

Live Rewind is one of four features Apple groups as Audio Intelligence. It is the reason the S11 chip exists.