watchOS 26.2 is almost here, and thanks to Apple’s official release notes, we know exactly what’s changing. Here’s everything new coming to Apple Watch in watchOS 26.2.
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watchOS 26 launched this fall, and two of the biggest Apple Watch additions are brand new health features: hypertension notifications and sleep score. Here are the details.
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watchOS 26 brought a variety of big and small updates to the Apple Watch, but one I’ve been increasingly loving is the new wrist flick gesture. Here’s how it works and what I’ve been using it for.
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The watch face is easily among Apple Watch’s most important features, and watchOS 26 offers big improvements to watch faces in three main ways. Here’s what’s new.
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watchOS 26 adds a variety of improvements to your Apple Watch, like watch face hints, a new Notes app, and more. There’s also a new feature that’s meant to ensure sounds from notifications, Siri, and more aren’t too loud or too quiet at any time.
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watchOS 26 is the latest major software version for Apple Watch, and among its host of new features, the popular Apple Notes app is now available on the wrist.
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Apple Watch offers a wide collection of watch faces to choose from, but Apple says its most popular is the Photos face, which received two new features in watchOS 26.
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One of the flagship new features of Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Series 11 is hypertension notifications. But in a welcome surprise, watchOS 26 brings the new hypertension feature to select older Apple Watch models too. Here’s how to set it up, and which models are compatible.
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While I’m generally a fan of the Liquid Glass user interface, not everybody is. For some, it fails usability tests, while others are just not keen on the aesthetics.
Fortunately Apple allows a huge amount of control over the effects, and Adam Engst over at TidBITs has put together the ultimate guide for this …
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watchOS 26 launched last month as a major Apple Watch update. It brought a new Apple Notes app, Apple Intelligence features, Control Center upgrades, and more. One new feature is especially unique: ‘hints’ have been added to watch faces in watchOS 26 as a companion of the Smart Stack.
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watchOS 26.1 is the next noteworthy software update coming to the Apple Watch, and today Apple released developer beta 2.
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watchOS 26 is the Apple Watch’s latest major software update, and I’ve been using it in beta for a few months now. Here are the new watchOS 26 features I’ve been loving most throughout that time.
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Apple Watch got a major new watchOS 26 software update last week, but now beta testers can try out the next update that’s coming. watchOS 26.1 beta 1 is rolling out now to developers.
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Apple has released watchOS 26, the latest major update for Apple Watch. The new version is available as a free update starting today for compatible devices. Here’s where to get started after updating.
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Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3 debuted today, with one of the tentpole new features being hypertension notifications. But it turns out, certain older Apple Watch models will support these hypertension alerts too.
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At its ‘Awe Dropping’ Apple Event, Apple today announced the release date of its next watchOS version: watchOS 26. The update will begin rolling out next week on Monday, September 15th – bringing a plethora of new features to compatible Apple Watch models.
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watchOS 26 is the next major Apple Watch software update, and today beta 8 was released to developers ahead of the expected public launch next month.
Update 10/26/25: Apple has also released watchOS 26 public beta 5, one day after the equivalent developer release.
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Apple Watch users running the developer beta, there’s a new beta 7 version of watchOS 26 rolling out now.
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Apple has just released a new wave of beta 6 software updates, including watchOS 26 for Apple Watch users on the developer beta.
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Apple has just released watchOS 26 beta 5, the latest update for developers running the Apple Watch beta. Here’s what to expect.
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This fall, watchOS 26 will arrive as the next major Apple Watch software update. After more than a month using the beta on my Apple Watch, here are the new watchOS 26 features that I’ve been using the most.
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Apple is now offering the first public beta of watchOS 26, the next major update for Apple Watch, ahead of its official fall release. While the biggest visual update may appear to be the limited Liquid Glass elements, the substance of watchOS 26 exists in how it integrates with Apple Intelligence for smarter workouts and more context-aware communication. After some hands-on time with the update, here’s what stands out so far.
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Apple has released watchOS 26 beta 4 for developers, debuting new software a little more than two weeks after the last beta and ahead of the public beta’s arrival.
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watchOS 26 is coming this fall, with new features like the Notes app, watch face ‘hints,’ Control Center upgrades, and more. But unlike most watchOS releases, there are several tentpole features that will only be available on very recent Apple Watch models.
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