Liquid Glass
A new design delivers a more expressive and seamless experience while maintaining the instant familiarity of watchOS and bringing more focus to your content
Major OS release · watchOS
watchOS 26
Software history
Defining features
Feature summaries are anchored to the cited Apple first-party source.
Hypertension Notifications
Hypertension notifications can alert you if consistent signs of chronic high blood pressure are observed over 30 day periods (Available on Apple Watch Series 9 and later, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later)
Sleep Score
Sleep score provides a nightly score and classification of your sleep, based on sleep duration, bedtime consistency, and sleep interruptions to help you better understand the quality of your sleep and how to make it more restorative
Workout Buddy
Personalized fitness experience with Apple Intelligence incorporates your workout data and fitness history for generative audible motivational insights during your workout session
Smart Stack
Smart Stack has an improved prediction algorithm that deploys a Smart Stack hint when there is a suggestion that is immediately useful - for example, if you are in a remote location, you’ll see a hint to start recording Backtrack
Messages
Live Translation in Messages uses Apple Intelligence and automatically translates incoming texts, including group messages, and sends a response in your preferred language — it’ll be translated when it’s delivered (Available on Apple Watch Series 9 and later and Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later when paired with an Apple Intelligence–enabled iPhone)
Watch Faces
Exactograph is a modern re-imagination of a traditional regulator watch which separates out hours, minutes and seconds for more precise time keeping
Other features
New layout of the Workout app makes it easier to use your favorite features - tap the icons in the four corners for quick access to metrics and views, experiences like Custom Workout and Pacer, media, Workout Buddy, and alerts
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 products11 mapped products
Full device coverage35 device names
- Apple Watch SE (2nd generation, GPS + Cellular, 40mm)
- Apple Watch SE (2nd generation, GPS + Cellular, 44mm)
- Apple Watch SE (2nd generation, GPS, 40mm)
- Apple Watch SE (2nd generation, GPS, 44mm)
- Apple Watch SE 3 (GPS + Cellular, 40mm)
- Apple Watch SE 3 (GPS + Cellular, 44mm)
- Apple Watch SE 3 (GPS, 40mm)
- Apple Watch SE 3 (GPS, 44mm)
- Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS + Cellular, 42mm)
- Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS + Cellular, 46mm)
- Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS, 42mm)
- Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS, 46mm)
- Apple Watch Series 11 (GPS + Cellular, 42mm)
- Apple Watch Series 11 (GPS + Cellular, 46mm)
- Apple Watch Series 11 (GPS, 42mm)
- Apple Watch Series 11 (GPS, 46mm)
- Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular, 40mm)
- Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular, 44mm)
- Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 40mm)
- Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS, 44mm)
- Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS + Cellular, 41mm)
- Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS + Cellular, 45mm)
- Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS, 41mm)
- Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS, 45mm)
- Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS + Cellular, 41mm)
- Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS + Cellular, 45mm)
- Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS, 41mm)
- Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS, 45mm)
- Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS + Cellular, 41mm)
- Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS + Cellular, 45mm)
- Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 41mm)
- Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS, 45mm)
- Apple Watch Ultra
- Apple Watch Ultra 2
- Apple Watch Ultra 3
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.
2025
- 26.0Initial major release
- 26.0.1Point update
- 26.0.2Point update
- 26.1Point update
- 26.2Point update
2026
- 26.2.1Point update
- 26.3Point update
- 26.4Point update
- 26.5Point update
- 26.6Point update