watchOS 27 Will Add These New Features to Your Apple Watch

Apple volition unveil watchOS 27 during its WWDC 2026 keynote connected Monday, June 8, and a fistful of caller features person been rumored already.


The archetypal developer beta of watchOS 27 should beryllium disposable instantly pursuing the keynote, and a nationalist beta typically follows successful July. The update should beryllium released to each users with a compatible Apple Watch exemplary successful September.

Below, we recap watchOS 27 rumors truthful far.

Improved Heart Rate Tracking

In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said watchOS 27 volition see improvements to bosom complaint tracking, but helium did not elaborate.

New Modular Watch Face

watchOS 27 volition adhd caller ticker faces, including a variant of the "Modular Ultra" ticker face that is presently exclusive to the Apple Watch Ultra, according to Gurman.

New Apple Intelligence Features

On watchOS 26, the pursuing Apple Intelligence features are disposable connected an Apple Watch erstwhile it is paired with an iPhone 15 Pro oregon newer:

• Workout Buddy


• Live Translation successful Messages


• Notification Summaries

When it announced the dates for WWDC 2026, Apple promised to unveil "AI advancements" crossed its platforms, and it tin beryllium reasonably assumed that watchOS 27 volition see immoderate further Apple Intelligence features powered by the iPhone.

New Satellite Features

Apple Watch Ultra 3 has built-in outer connectivity, enabling Emergency SOS, Find My, and Messages via outer without immoderate reliance connected an iPhone.

iOS 27 volition reportedly see up to 5 caller outer features, and the pursuing 2 would apt widen to watchOS 27:

• Apple Maps via satellite


• Photos enactment for Messages via satellite

Amazon past period announced plans to get Globalstar, the outer institution that powers Apple's outer features connected the iPhone 14 and newer and the Apple Watch Ultra 3. In turn, Amazon announced that it has signed an statement with Apple to supply outer connectivity for existent and aboriginal iPhone and Apple Watch features.

Stability Focus

Apple is mostly focused connected "stability, performance, and smaller refinements" for watchOS 27, alternatively than connected large caller features and capabilities, according to Gurman. This suggests that the update could see galore bug fixes.
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