{"id":542489,"date":"2026-06-18T23:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/542489\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T23:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:20:11","slug":"hands-on-with-watchos-27-every-new-apple-watch-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/542489\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-On With watchOS 27: Every New Apple Watch Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

watchOS 27<\/a> is the new version of watchOS that’s coming to the Apple Watch this fall. It’s a little light on features, but there are some useful new additions, including access to Siri<\/a> AI.<\/p>\n

\u200cwatchOS 27\u200c will have \u200cSiri\u200c AI, so you’ll be able to use many of the same \u200cSiri\u200c features that you have on the iPhone on your wrist. Right now, the \u200cSiri\u200c features aren’t in the \u200cwatchOS 27\u200c beta, but the integration will be coming later this year. Apple is planning for a \u200cSiri\u200c app on the watch so you can access all of your \u200cSiri\u200c conversations.<\/p>\n

\u200cSiri\u200c AI for the watch will rely on a connected iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence<\/a>, so you’ll need an iPhone 15 Pro or later to use it on your watch. \u200cSiri\u200c will be able to access your personal data, search the web for info to answer questions, and take actions in apps.<\/p>\n

There’s a new dynamic app grid that’s available when you press the Digital Crown. It will put the \u200cSiri\u200c app front and center, while also showing \u200cSiri\u200c Suggested apps that include your most used and recently used apps. The view shows multiple apps in addition to \u200cSiri\u200c and a shortcut to get to the full app list. Apple also improved Liquid Glass with better contrast and more uniform refraction, which boosts readability.<\/p>\n

Workout Buddy is now available even without your iPhone nearby, and there are new metrics to keep you motivated, with the watch tracking progressive increases in the distance, pace, and duration of runs. Cycle Tracking now supports menopause\/perimenopause recognition and notifications, and treadmill readings will be more accurate.<\/p>\n

Apple added a new tap gesture, so you can single-tap your index finger and thumb together to select a widget in the Smart Stack. There are new Smart Stack suggested widgets for finding a parked car, accessing \u200cSiri\u200c, getting to pinned messages, accessing transit cards, seeing noise notifications, getting reminders for birthdays, and more.<\/p>\n

When you’re getting a phone call, your watch can show information relevant to the call, like a flight confirmation number if you’re on the phone with an airline. Custom passes made with the Wallet app on iPhone work on the Apple Watch, and there’s a new unified Find My<\/a> app for locating devices, items, and people. The \u200cFind My\u200c app supports Precision Finding for locating an iPhone, AirPods Pro 3<\/a>, or an AirTag<\/a> 2.<\/p>\n

Under-the-hood improvements bring longer battery life, with Apple disabling little-used features like gestures, Start Workout reminders, and Raise to Speak to preserve battery.<\/p>\n

\u200cwatchOS 27\u200c works on the Apple Watch Series 9 and later, the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and later, and the Apple Watch SE 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"watchOS 27 is the new version of watchOS that’s coming to the Apple Watch this fall. It’s a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[258],"tags":[930,18,1176,282,19,17,82,43136],"class_list":["post-542489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-apple-watch","tag-eire","tag-featured","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology","tag-watchos"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116773678480174229","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}