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Apple Watch Series 12

Apple Watch redesign reportedly still years away

Gurman reports Series 12 and Ultra 4 are in late-stage testing with faster chips and no design change, and puts a real rethink another year or two out.

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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is in "late-stage testing" for the Apple Watch Series 12, in Wi-Fi and cellular, alongside the Ultra 4. Both are expected in September with faster performance and improved health tracking, and both are expected to look like the Series 11 and Ultra 3 sitting beside them. No new SE is planned this year, which follows from the SE 3 arriving last year rather than from any change of direction.

Gurman also says work is under way on a bigger rethink of the watch but does not expect it for another year or two, and that blood-sugar detection is still aimed at sometime later this decade, on a project dating to the Jobs era. Four outlets carried this inside two days and each chose a different edge: Engadget said a new look is at least a year away, AppleInsider said not for years. One newsletter, four horizons.

Update, Aug 9, 11:51 AM CT: The Mac Observer now puts round displays, screenless fitness accessories and new price tiers among the Apple Watch shapes under consideration.

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Apple Watch Won't Get Touch ID

A Chinese leaker cited by MacRumors says Apple deprioritized Touch ID for Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4, deciding the space and cost tradeoff wasn't worth it. Battery capacity and unspecified health sensors won the internal argument, and a major redesign with blood glucose monitoring isn't expected until 2028 at the earliest.

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