Native third-party apps
Apps could run natively on Apple Watch for faster, more capable experiences.
Major OS release · watchOS
watchOS 2
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Third-party complications
Third-party app information could appear directly on supported watch faces as complications.
New watch faces and Time Travel
New watch faces arrived alongside Time Travel for reviewing past and upcoming information.
Expanded communication
Mail replies and richer Digital Touch interactions expanded communication from the wrist.
watchOS
Device support
Archive-product links show the canonical products represented by this project. The full device-name list preserves the broader structured support evidence, including hardware refreshes that do not have their own archive node.
Supported archive products1 mapped products
Full device coverage2 device names
- Apple Watch (1st generation) (38mm)
- Apple Watch (1st generation) (42mm)
Support dropped at this major
No mapped archive product was fully dropped when this major version arrived.
Public releases
Public release history
Every canonical public release assigned to this major version, including the initial release and later point updates.
2015
- 2.0Initial major release
- 2.0.1Point update
- 2.1Point update
2016
- 2.2Point update
- 2.2.1Point update
- 2.2.2Point update