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Apr 24, 2026AW-0051Right

Gurman: watchOS 26.5 adds Pride Luminance face

Gurman reported that the unreleased watchOS 26.5 update included a new Pride 'Luminance' watch face.

Mark Gurman reported that the unreleased watchOS 26.5 update included a new Pride watch face named Luminance, continuing Apple's yearly tradition of a Pride face and matching wallpaper. The design had already appeared in beta code weeks earlier.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedGurman reported that the unreleased watchOS 26.5 update included a new Pride 'Luminance' watch face.
  2. Who said it, and whenMark Gurman reported it on Apr 24, 2026 in 9to5Mac.
  3. What happened, and whenwatchOS 26.5 Pride Luminance watch face was announced on May 4, 2026, 10 days after this report. From our product record · source
  4. The verdict, and whyRightIt turned out the way this report said.Why: Apple announced the Pride Luminance watch face as part of the watchOS 26.5 Pride collection.
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Reported by
Mark Gurman
We read it in
9to5Mac
Product
watchOS 26.5 Pride Luminance watch face
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The story of this report

  1. Apr 24, 2026Mark Gurman reported it · 9to5Mac
  2. May 4, 2026watchOS 26.5 Pride Luminance watch face was announced · from our product record
  3. VerdictRightWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Mark Gurman · Journalist

187 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 57 we have checked, 49 held up. The other 130 are not part of that number: 2 moving target, 20 never settled, 9 not comparable, 99 no outcome yet.

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Questions about this report

Did this watchOS 26.5 Pride Luminance watch face report turn out to be true?
Right. It turned out the way this report said. Apple announced the Pride Luminance watch face as part of the watchOS 26.5 Pride collection.
Who reported it first?
Mark Gurman reported it on Apr 24, 2026 in 9to5Mac.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 10 days before watchOS 26.5 Pride Luminance watch face was announced on May 4, 2026.