{"id":291,"date":"2026-06-08T23:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:12:49","slug":"confirmed-watchos-27-does-in-fact-support-apple-watch-series-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: watchOS 27 Does in Fact Support Apple Watch Series 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>We have some bad news from WWDC 2026: Apple is leaving a whole bunch of older Apple Watches behind. watchOS 27, launching this fall (developer beta today and public beta in July), will not be compatible with five models.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=289\">\u2018We Expect It to Leak, So We\u2019re Just Announcing It\u2019: OpenAI Files Confidentially for IPO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The specific models that will not receive the software update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple Watch SE 2<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Series 6<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Series 7<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Series 8<\/li>\n<li>Apple Watch Ultra (1st gen)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That means they won\u2019t get the new Siri AI and its conversational and contextual awareness features, leaving the Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, Series 11, SE 3, and Ultra 2 and 3 as the only six smartwatches that will support iOS 27. That\u2019s still a bummer for owners of the older models; the SE 2, Series 8, and first-gen Ultra came out only three years ago in 2022.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It also means those five smartwatches that have effectively reached end of life will not get the new \u201cdynamic app grid\u201d (below) that gives you shortcuts to six apps, perimenopause and menopause support, a new index and thumb tap gesture that lets you select a widget in a Smart Stack, Spanish language support for Workout Buddy, and improved accuracy for indoor runs and walks.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=287\">Apple Intelligence Can Change Your Passwords for You When You Get Hacked<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s watchOS 27 preview site didn\u2019t list the Apple Watch Series 9 and later as supported. Apple confirmed to Gizmodo that it was a mistake and the website was being updated. The website still listed the Series 9 as not supported when this story was published.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=285\">Dems Threaten to Block Surveillance Law Unless New Spy Chief Drops Out<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gizmodo has confirmed that watchOS 27 works with Apple Watch Series 9 and later, contrary to an error on Apple&#8217;s own preview website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Confirmed: watchOS 27 Does in Fact Support Apple Watch Series 9 - Long Haul Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/longhaulmovingpros.com\/?p=291\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Confirmed: watchOS 27 Does in Fact Support Apple Watch Series 9 - 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