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New watchOS 11 ends support for a record number of Apple Watch models

  • June 29, 2024
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The Apple company is preparing to release a new version of the platform for its smartwatch watchOS 11. The operating system is currently being tested, and many were

New watchOS 11 ends support for a record number of Apple Watch models

The Apple company is preparing to release a new version of the platform for its smartwatch watchOS 11. The operating system is currently being tested, and many were unpleasantly surprised by the fact that with watchOS 11, updates for many Apple watch models will stop. As thematic resource AndroidAuthority notes, with the release of watchOS 11, Apple will set a kind of anti-record.


In the past, Apple would end support for one or two models every two years:

  • watchOS 5 ended support for the original Apple Watch.
  • watchOS 7 ended support for Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2.
  • watchOS 9 ends support for Apple Watch Series 3.

However, watchOS 11 immediately ends support for Apple Watch Series 4 (2018), Apple Watch Series 5 (2019) and Apple Watch SE 1 (2020).

Apple Watch Series 5 and Apple Watch SE 1 share the same Apple S5 hardware platform, which explains the collaborative results.

It is also suggested that Apple will eventually end support for the newer Apple Watch Series 6, Series 7, Series 8, Apple Watch Ultra 1, and Apple Watch SE 2, as they use the same base.

Source: Port Altele

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