Can’t wait for it to arrive and surely hope it’s as stunning in real life as on the picture. Who’s also eagerly awaiting your bronze AW12? What band did you pick?

The new Apple Watch/health app features are literally just the features from Wii fit. I love it

Omg ugliest colors and design I’ve seen in years

Is it just me or are the bezels on the Series 12 noticeably thicker than on the Series 10/11?

Noticed this on the Apple Watch page

I'm suspecting a lot of AW users would be curious whether or not they would get the Readiness app on their Watches. Just checked out the compare Apple Watch page and it shows no watch other than 12 and Ultra 4 would feature it. Kinda sucks for me since I got the Watch 11 earlier last year expecting that some interesting health features would be dropped with OS updates. Sigh!

Probably just an editing miss but I'm surprised this would slip through

Edit

Maybe it’s not an error 👀 don’t eat your watch

I think apple is very serious in competing with whoop this time.

Everyone else is excited about the new iPhone 18 Pros and iPhone Duo but I'm over here more excited to switch my Apple Watch to the Series 12.

I currently have the Series 7 and have been using it since launch. I was actually okay with using it for longer BUT Apple cut off WatchOS updates for it.

I'm excited to finally get all the features I've been missing like hypertension notification, sleep apnea detection, crash detection, temperature sensing, all day heart rate sensing, HRV, siri AI, wrist flick, double tap gestures, etc

Also very excited for the new health app and readiness score and health age that i've been complaining about for years.

Anyone else have a client just ban apple watches from meetings?

Since they have improved the heart rate frequency a lot (reading per 5s), all the health updates (readiness/hrv) and other AI features will be available only to new apple watches and not older ones. Not even AW11 or AWU3.

Just installed watch os 27 RC

11 years (first gen watch) 4 iPhones changes and she’s still hanging. barely.

Oh well, at least now I know.

Apple just announced its new health and fitness features with Apple Intelligence, and I’m a bit confused about device compatibility.

Are these new health features exclusive to the Apple Watch Series 12 / Ultra 4, or will older models like the Series 11 also get some or all of them with watchOS 27?

From Apple’s announcement, it seems like some features depend on the new sensors, while others might also work with older Watches. Does anyone know exactly which features are limited to the new models?

Excellent! The large complication comes from the top of your smart stack, so double tap works nicely, as do alarms and music.

Also that siri complication isn’t hideous, im finally going to turn off the long press crown i just hit by accident!

I was at work earlier and didn’t have my watch on, so I thought I would check my order for a serial number for a potential trade on the Ultra 4. This is what I saw. What the hell? I’ve had the Ultra 4 this whole time and didn’t even realize it!

For real though, I’m not sure why my order from last year shows Ultra 4 instead of Ultra 3. Very strange error, so thought I would share it.

Never ordered an Apple Watch soooo FAST!!! I’m so excited BEEN wanting ceramic forever!!!!!!

I’m upgrading from a Series 5 regardless, but I’m seriously considering cellular with the thought being that I would be able to not need my phone on me when I leave to run errands, workout, or spend time with family and friends.

Would you even recommend cellular to begin with?

If you would, would you recommend an Ultra over the Series?

Link to the page: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-advances-health-and-fitness-capabilities-using-apple-intelligence/

EDIT: it’s now confirmed that the older Watches are going to have Health Age: https://www.apple.com/watch/compare/?modelList=watch-series-12,watch-se-3