Apple Drops Support for Five Apple Watch Models in watchOS 27, Citing Performance Requirements
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Hartley Charlton
Summary
Apple has announced that five Apple Watch models — Series 6, 7, 8, SE 2, and original Ultra — will not receive watchOS 27, marking an unprecedented three-year drop in device support for the product line. The company cited performance requirements as the reason, with Apple Watch and Health product marketing manager Cait Dooley explaining that the new Siri AI features and other updates require hardware capabilities these older models lack. Affected devices will only receive basic security updates going forward.
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· 3 pulledWith every software update, we evaluate which devices can deliver the best experience, and for watchOS 27, we've made the difficult decision to focus on newer hardware that can support the advanced AI capabilities of Siri.
These older models will continue to receive critical security updates, but they won't have access to the new features that make watchOS 27 such a significant update.
We understand this may be disappointing for some users, but performance and reliability are our top priorities.
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