watchOS 12: Three new Apple Watch features being announced next month

WWDC is less than two weeks away, and with it the full unveilings of iOS 19, macOS 16, iPadOS 19, and more. For Apple Watch users, watchOS 12 is set to introduce a variety of upgrades too. Here are three expected features on the way. #1: New features ‘powered by Apple Intelligence’ Apple Watch is not yet an officially supported AI platform. However, you can use a couple Apple Intelligence features in watchOS when you have a compatible paired iPhone. And it sounds like Apple plans to continue that trend in watchOS 12. Mark Gurman wrote last month that Apple: is branding a new set [of] features as “powered by Apple Intelligence” (even though the device isn’t actually running the AI models directly). In other words, as far as users can tell, watchOS 12 will be gaining new AI features. In reality, those features will depend on the more powerful hardware of the iPhone. Which features might arrive? Per The Verifier, there are at least three in the works: new Siri design and capabiliti ... Read full article.