watchOS 27 Drops Support for Apple Watch Series 9, Ultra 1, SE 2, and Older

Apple contiguous confirmed that watchOS 27 volition not enactment the Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra (first generation), oregon Apple Watch SE (second generation), efficaciously drafting a enactment astatine devices equipped with the S9 oregon S10 chip.


The lone Apple Watch models compatible with watchOS 27 are the Apple Watch Series 10, Series 11, Ultra 2, Ultra 3, and SE 3. Despite the information that the Apple Watch Ultra 2 contains the S9 chip, the Series 9 which contains the aforesaid spot volition nary longer beryllium supported.

The cuts are the biggest nonaccomplishment of latest procreation bundle enactment for the Apple Watch to date. watchOS 26 supported precisely the aforesaid devices arsenic watchOS 11 earlier it: the Apple Watch Series 6 and later, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) and later, and each Apple Watch Ultra models. With watchOS 27, Apple is efficaciously dropping 4 years' worthy of instrumentality enactment successful a azygous bundle update.

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