{"id":96211,"date":"2025-05-12T20:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96211\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:25:11","slug":"watchos-11-5-now-available-with-two-new-features-for-apple-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96211\/","title":{"rendered":"watchOS 11.5 now available with two new features for Apple Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/watchOS-11.5-hero.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"watchOS 11.5\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple has just released watchOS 11.5, the latest software update for Apple Watch users, and it comes with two new features plus a key bug fix. Here\u2019s what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n<p>New watch face arrives in watchOS 11.5<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not often that the Apple Watch gains additional watch faces. Often those debuts are timed around major new OS versions or Apple Watch hardware releases.<\/p>\n<p>But in watchOS 11.5, users will find a new Pride Harmony watch face.<\/p>\n<p>The new face offers a colorful, abstract portrayal of the Pride flag and makes a nice complement to iOS and iPadOS 18.5\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/05\/05\/apple-announces-new-2025-apple-watch-pride-band-watch-face-and-wallpaper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Pride wallpapers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/watchos-11-5-pride-face.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000871\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>If you own an Apple Watch Series 10, Pride Harmony also is one of the only watch faces that can show the seconds hands while the display\u2019s dimmed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4lBkrBj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Watch Series 10<\/a> introduced an upgraded always-on display that could update more frequently. Unfortunately, most faces don\u2019t support the feature. But watchOS 11.5\u2019s addition becomes the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/05\/06\/five-apple-watch-faces-now-take-full-advantage-of-series-10s-upgraded-display\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifth supported face<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the new face, watchOS 11.5 also includes one other new feature and fixes a problematic bug. Per Apple\u2019s release notes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buy with Apple Watch is available when purchasing content within the Apple TV app on a 3rd party device<\/li>\n<li>Resolves an issue that may prevent your iPhone from showing a notification when the watch battery is fully charged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s not an especially big update for Apple Watch users, but that\u2019s not surprising since watchOS 12 will be <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/05\/05\/wwdc-will-have-three-major-themes-next-month-heres-whats-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveiled next month<\/a> at WWDC. <\/p>\n<p>watchOS 12 rumors indicate <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/04\/15\/watchos-12-will-offer-apple-intelligence-with-a-unique-twist-per-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Apple Intelligence features<\/a> will extend to the Apple Watch alongside some design changes and more.<\/p>\n<p>Best Apple Watch deals and accessories<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple has just released watchOS 11.5, the latest software update for Apple Watch users, and it comes with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3160],"tags":[1685,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-96211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-gadgets","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114496741470989270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}