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Apple has introduced the Watch Ultra 4, built around its new S11 chip and adding upgraded Siri AI capabilities alongside a feature called Audio Intelligence. Siri AI is initially available in English, while several Audio Intelligence functions are slated to arrive as a beta later in 2026.
Apple unveiled a revamped Health app alongside its new Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, using Apple Intelligence to analyze user data more deeply. New features include an Insights tab, a readiness score, a computed 'Health Age' based on metrics like VO2 max and sleep, and a longevity tab that can incorporate lab results. Apple also partnered with Quest Diagnostics to offer a 50-biomarker blood panel for $119.
Apple introduced the Watch Series 12 and Watch Ultra 4 at its Cupertino event, keeping hardware largely unchanged but adding new 'Audio Intelligence' software features. These include Live Rewind, which replays the last 15 seconds of conversation as text, and Siri Recap, which uses ambient listening to summarize meetings or conversations into notes in a new Siri app. A Sound Recognition tool for detecting sirens, alarms and crying babies also debuts, alongside an upgraded health-sensing system with more frequent heart-rate tracking.
Apple unveiled the Apple Watch Ultra 4 at its fall event, keeping the same titanium design and $799 price as its predecessor but adding an S11 chip with a quad-core Neural Engine that enables on-device Siri AI features. Preorders start September 9, with shipping and retail availability beginning September 18.
Apple unveiled the Watch Series 12 with a new 'Audio Intelligence' feature that listens to conversations, letting users rewind the last 15 seconds via Digital Crown tap or ask Siri for a summary afterward. The watch also gets a redesigned sensor platform with larger ECG electrodes and PPG photodiodes, plus a returning ceramic case option after several years' absence.
Apple announced the Watch Series 12, featuring a new Health Sensing System paired with its S11 chip that enables higher-frequency heart rate and HRV monitoring, along with a new readiness score. The device also introduces Audio Intelligence features and Siri AI powered by Apple Intelligence, while a redesigned Health app with a Longevity tab and Health Age metric is set to arrive later this year.
Apple used its Surprise and Shine event to introduce a redesigned Health app powered by Apple Intelligence, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro, AirPods 5 and Apple Watch Ultra 4/Series 12. The app adds a Longevity tab showing a calculated 'health age,' an Insights tab, AI-based movement tests for strength and balance, and paid blood tests through Quest Diagnostics starting at $119. The Apple Watch Series 12 also gains a Readiness score using sleep, activity and vitals data to recommend how hard users should push themselves each day.
Apple unveiled the Watch Ultra 4 and Watch Series 12 with two new agentic audio features, Live Rewind and Siri Recap, which let the watch continuously process ambient sound to summarize conversations or replay recent audio. This shifts the Apple Watch from a primarily health-focused device toward one that functions as an ambient AI assistant on the wrist.
Apple confirmed at its 'Surprise and Shine' event that iOS 27 will roll out as a free update on September 14, coinciding with the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. The update introduces Siri AI, a revamped assistant built with help from Google's Gemini models, plus refinements to the Liquid Glass interface and various performance upgrades. iOS 27 will support devices going back to the iPhone 11 and iPhone SE (2nd gen).
Apple unveiled the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, both built around a redesigned health-tracking system that checks heart rate every five seconds and HRV every five minutes, which Apple calls its most accurate wearable heart sensor yet. The watches also debut Audio Intelligence, featuring sound recognition, a 15-second 'live rewind' transcription tool, and Siri-generated meeting recaps, all powered by Apple's new S11 chip.
Apple introduced the Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 at its September event, keeping familiar designs but adding faster processors, upgraded health sensors, and the new watchOS 27 software. The sensor update allows continuous heart rate readings every five seconds, and both devices ship alongside watchOS 27's redesigned interface and smarter Siri.
Apple confirmed during its 'Surprise and shine' hardware event that visionOS 27, the next major software update for Vision Pro, will launch on Monday, September 14. The release coincides with other major OS updates including iOS 27 and macOS Golden Gate.