Apple Watch News: Series 12, Ultra 3 & Health Sensor Leaks

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Samsung's smartwatch share is shrinking fast

Apple Watch grew 21% in a quarter the overall market grew 4%. Samsung lost nearly a third of its shipments.

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Samsung's smartwatch share is shrinking fast

Apple Watch grew 21% in a quarter the overall market grew 4%. Samsung lost nearly a third of its shipments.

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watchOS 27's Siri AI comes at a cost

Yesterday

Five Apple Watch models lose feature updates in a single cut, the most aggressive pruning the line has ever seen.

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watchOS 27 confirmed with some awkward cuts

Jun 15

Apple's $800 original Ultra gets cut from watchOS 27 while a 2018 HomePod lives on.

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watchOS 27 cuts Apple Watch Series 9 and stalls health ambitions

Jun 12

Ultra 1 and Series 9 share the same chip. Ultra 2 still gets watchOS 27. Apple's cutoff is a price tier, not a spec sheet.

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watchOS 27 leaves six Apple Watch models behind

Jun 9

The Series 9 and Ultra 2 share the same chip. Only one gets watchOS 27.

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Apple Watch battery life boost reportedly coming in 2027

Jun 2

Apple Watch has been stuck at 18 hours since forever. LG moving factory equipment suggests that changes in 2027.

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watchOS 27 blood pressure feature confirmed, FDA pending

Jun 1

Apple is finally adding blood pressure tracking Samsung shipped first. FDA approval not included.

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Apple announced on-device AI as its WWDC centerpiece

May 28

Apple announced at WWDC 2026 that your phone, not a server farm, runs its AI. The cloud was not invited.

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Apple's glucose monitor project gets a new driver

May 27

Apple handed its no-finger-prick glucose project to the engineer who gets things done. Years away, but the right person is now driving.

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Samsung's firmware leak confirms Galaxy Watch 9 coming in July

May 26

Samsung's Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 could get a budget variant this summer, which is a sentence nobody expected to type.

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Apple Watch Won't Get Touch ID

May 11

Apple reportedly dropped Touch ID from this year's Apple Watch in favor of better battery life and health sensors. The fingerprint unlock feature won't arrive until at least 2028.

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The ITC Closed the Masimo Case. Apple Watch Blood Oxygen Is Safe for Now.

Apr 18

Apple won a significant legal victory when the International Trade Commission declined to review an earlier ruling, effectively closing its patent dispute with Masimo over the Apple Watch's blood oxyg