Apple Watch Ultra 4 Expected Later This Year

Apple volition unveil the Apple Watch Ultra 4 alongside an Apple Watch Series 12 aboriginal this year, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Writing successful his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman plotted retired Apple's merchandise roadmap for the remainder of the year, including the Phone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and the company's archetypal foldable iPhone. "That flurry of devices should besides see an Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4," said Gurman.

Apple hasn't released a caller Apple Watch Ultra exemplary each year. The Ultra launched successful 2022, followed by an Ultra 2 successful 2023. In 2024, the lone update was a achromatic colour option, but the underlying hardware remained unchanged. The Ultra 3 arrived successful 2025, truthful it sounds similar Apple isn't skipping a twelvemonth this clip around.

The Apple Watch Ultra 4 could see a "full redesign," according to a May 2026 DigiTimes report, but it's not wide what that would include. The instrumentality is besides rumored to beryllium getting a "significant upgrade to sensing functions." But again, we don't cognize what that mightiness notation to.

In presumption of caller ticker features, Apple is processing noninvasive humor glucose monitoring technology, but it is inactive believed to beryllium a fewer years distant portion Apple works connected further miniaturization.

Leaked Apple codification has suggested the institution is experimenting with biometric authentication successful the signifier of Touch ID for 2026's Apple Watch lineup, but it's not wide however this could beryllium implemented. Touch ID could spell nether the display, oregon it could beryllium integrated into the broadside button. The diagnostic would trim reliance connected numerical passcodes for unlocking, but the Apple Watch already has a wrist authentication diagnostic for making purchases.

Looking further ahead, Apple is considering utilizing LG Display's high-mobility oxide (HMO) thin-film transistor exertion for the adjacent Apple Watch OLED show successful 2027. Compared to the existent LTPO show technology, HMO increases electron mobility for little powerfulness consumption.

The Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch Series 12 are expected to get successful September alongside the caller iPhone models. watchOS 27 volition adhd caller ticker faces to the caller devices, including a variant of the Modular Ultra face.
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