watchOS 11 is the latest software coming to top Apple Watch models later this year. Unveiled at WWDC 2024, watchOS 11 introduces a couple of distinctive new apps to elevate your wearables’ status as a health-focused device. After months of beta releases of the new update, it is finally available to all Apple Watch users with a Series 6 or later.
There are also a couple of new customization options and the arrival of Live Activity on the Apple Watch for the first time. Despite the lack of Apple Intelligence, the new AI features coming to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, watchOS 11 is a pretty decent update.
To update to watchOS 11, go to Apple Watch app on your iPhone. Gonna General and then Software update. If you don’t see watchOS 11 right away, select the option at the top of the screen where you can choose between watchOS 10 and watchOS 11. Please note that updates may take a while to install while the update is so new, as many users will have difficulty downloading it.
We recommend doing a iCloud backup of all your important content. From watch faces to apps, it’s always a good idea to prepare your Apple Watch before updating its software.
Which Apple Watch models are compatible with watchOS 11?
As always with new software, Apple has stopped supporting some older models of portable devices. These are the Apple watches that have been abandoned since watchOS 10:
- Apple Watch Series 4
- Apple Watch Series 5
- Apple Watch SE (1st generation)
Still not entirely sure you’ll be able to use watchOS 11 when it comes out later this year? Here are all the watches we know will work with the latest version of watchOS:
- Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)
- Apple Watch Series 6
- Apple Watch Series 7
- Apple Watch Series 8
- Apple Watch Series 9
- Apple Watch Ultra
- Apple Watch Ultra 2
Apple says on its website that not all of these watches will support all features, because some do not have certain necessary sensors, such as blood oxygen measurement. If you are not sure, ask Apple’s even bigger collapse.
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