watchOS 7 compatibility.
watchOS 7 requires an iPhone 6s or later with iOS 14 or later, and one of the following Apple Watch models:
- Apple Watch Series 3
- Apple Watch Series 4
- Apple Watch Series 5
Not all features are available on all devices.
watchOS 7
Take on the day.
Bring on the night.
Make the most of every waking moment with innovations for watch faces. Put your watch to work on the night shift with the all-new Sleep app. And that’s just the start of what you can do with watchOS 7.
Coming later this year
Watch Faces
Everything you do on Apple Watch starts with your watch face. With watchOS 7, watch faces are more customisable, powerful and discoverable than ever.
New faces to make your own
Chronograph Pro has a tachymeter with room for customisation. X‑Large gets rich complications. Photos gives you colour filters to add to any picture. And there are more ways to show your pride.
More from every app
One app can now offer many complications, so you can create the ultimate face for anything. If you’re a surfer, you can get the swell size, water temperature and wind speed from a single app.
Powerful new complications
One tap to Shortcuts, Sleep, Camera Remote, Moon Phase and World Clock
Face Sharing
Share faces you’ve created by texting, emailing or posting a link online.
Find faces in the App Store
Whatever you’re into, the App Store editorial team has expertly curated faces in store for you.
Get faces online
Discover faces that reflect your interests on websites and social media. Add them to your watch.
Sleep App
Sleep is one of the most important aspects of your health, but also one of the least understood. Tracking is a good start, but the new Sleep app goes further. It helps you create a schedule and a bedtime routine so you can meet your sleep goals.
Sleep Mode
When you go to bed, your watch automatically turns on Do Not Disturb and keeps your screen from waking.
At bedtime
Put your
watch to
work before
you nod off.
Sleep chart
See a sleep analysis chart every morning showing how much you’ve slept in the past week.
Sleep tracking
Apple Watch uses its accelerometer to notice the subtle movements associated with breathing, and differentiate between sleeping and waking states.
Alerts
Get bedtime reminders and more wake‑up sounds.
Wind Down
Wound up? Wind Down assists you in establishing a bedtime routine with shortcuts that help you relax, like opening a meditation app and dimming your lights.
Wake Up
Start your morning with a weather report and your battery level. If you get up before your alarm, you’ll be asked if you want to turn it off.
Charge and recharge
If your battery is below 30 per cent near bedtime, you’ll get a reminder to charge. If you charge after waking up, you’ll get an iPhone notification when you’re at 100 per cent.
Sleep in the Health app
On iPhone, you can manage your sleep schedule, view sleep trends over time and see how consistently you’re meeting your sleep goals.
Fitness
Four new workouts give you an exercise partner with even more flexibility. And the Activity app on iPhone has been redesigned and renamed Fitness.
New featured workouts
Now you can accurately track your fitness metrics for Dance, Functional Strength Training, Core Training and even your post-workout Cooldown.
The joy of Dance
It’s a full-body workout that’s good for your heart, makes you stronger and improves coordination. So dance like nobody’s watching and get credit for it on your watch.
Fitness app
More in tune with the ways you move.
See all your data
View your Activity, Workouts, Awards and Activity Trends data on a single page.
Compete and share
Looking for some healthy rivalry? See your Activity competitions and Activity Sharing information in one place.
Cycling in Maps
Your watch already taps you on the wrist when it’s time to turn, making it great for bike rides. Now Maps has directions just for cyclists.
Bike-friendly routes
Get rolling with maps that show elevation changes, bike lanes and busy roads.
Search along your route
If you need a pick-me-up or a pit stop, you can search for nearby places like cafés or bike shops and add them to your route.
Know what’s ahead
If your route requires getting off your bike, you’ll see instructions like “dismount and walk” or “take the stairs”.
Handwashing
Keeping your hands clean has never been more important. With watchOS 7, Apple Watch automatically detects when you begin washing and helps you keep going for the amount of time recommended by global health organisations.
Automatic detection
Using its motion sensors and microphone, Apple Watch automatically detects handwashing and starts a 20‑second timer.
20‑second recommendation
If your watch detects that you’ve stopped washing your hands early, it will encourage you to continue for the full 20 seconds.
Home reminder
Apple Watch can remind you to wash your hands when you get home.
Siri Updates
Siri is fundamental to the Apple Watch experience. You can do almost anything on your watch hands-free, just by asking. Now Siri can do even more, faster.
Siri translation
Now you can get spoken translations from Siri. It’s as simple as raising your wrist and asking “How do you say hello in Japanese?”
Translation languages
Siri on Apple Watch can translate into 10
languages.
Fantastique!, 棒极了!, Fantastisch!, !رائع, ¡Fantástico!, фантасти-ческий!, Fantastico!, 素晴らしい, Fantástico!
On-device dictation
Dictation is now processed on Apple Watch, making requests faster and more reliable.
Siri Shortcuts
Now you have a quicker way to run shortcuts you’ve created on your iPhone. You can even add them as complications on your watch face.
Hearing Health
To help protect your hearing, watchOS 6 introduced the Noise app. Now we’re giving you more ways to keep your hearing safe as well as more control over how you listen.
Safe weekly listening notification
Get notified and have your headphone volume reduced to a safe level when you reach the World Health Organization’s recommended safe weekly listening dose.
Weekly listening summary
See how long you’ve listened to high-decibel sounds each week in the Health app on iPhone.
Reduce Loud Sounds
Keep your hearing safe and sound by setting a max headphone volume.
Join the Apple Beta Software Program.
Developers will love watchOS too.
iOS 14
Looks brand new.
Feels like home.
iPadOS
New possibilities. Only possible on iPad.
macOS Big Sur
Doing it all, in all-new ways.