Apple has pitched its upcoming watchOS 26 update as being infused with “even more intelligence” than its predecessors, and it claims you’ll find those smarts everywhere in the system, from small touches to full-on features…
If you watched Apple’s WWDC keynote in June, you probably remember the headline features in watchOS 26, such as the AI-powered Workout Buddy and Liquid Glass redesign. But you might not have realized that there’s…
Every year, when Apple rolls out betas of the new operating systems after WWDC, we advise readers to be cautious about installing them on their primary devices. Betas are, by their nature, unfinished and imperfect…
Apple just unveiled watchOS 26, the latest version of its wrist-sized OS, and it’s bringing big changes this fall, including a new Workout Buddy and Liquid Glass design. You’ll need an Apple Watch Series 6…
At WWDC 2025 earlier this week, Apple announced watchOS 26, the latest operating system for Apple Watch. And it’s a big update, encompassing AI features, a revamped Workout app, live translation in Messages, and a…
At its WWDC 2025 keynote, Apple announced the latest watchOS update for the Apple Watch. The new software sees more AI elements than ever land on the watch, as well as a major aesthetic redesign.…
In summary As with its siblings, watchOS is jumping straight to version 26, and it’s more than just a name switch—the update comes with a new Workout Buddy, visual overhaul, and plenty more. It’s also…
Good news, Apple Watch owners. If you’ve got a Series 6 or later, it looks like you’ll be able to install and run watchOS 26. On June 9, as part of its WWDC keynote presentation,…
The Apple Watch recently had its tenth anniversary, and WWDC is coming up in June. So in this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we’re looking at the state of the Apple Watch–where it’s been, where…
The watchOS 11.3 software update, which Apple rolled out Monday, includes at least one important security patch. But the release also brought an unintended side effect: it caused software updates to break on older Apple…