{"id":12245,"date":"2025-09-09T18:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/12245\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:30:08","slug":"apple-will-launch-watchos-26-on-september-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/12245\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple will launch watchOS 26 on September 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">If you\u2019ve been hoping for a faster way to dismiss calls and alarms on your Apple Watch, you\u2019ll soon be able to upgrade to watchOS 26 and take advantage of a new wrist flick gesture. First<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/679225\/apple-watchos-26-wwdc-features\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> announced at WWDC 2025<\/a>, watchOS 26 has already been available to developers and those willing to try the public betas, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/os\/watchos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">starting on September 15th<\/a> it will be available to everyone \u2014 or at least those with an Apple Watch Series 6 or onward, the second-generation Apple Watch SE, or any of the premium Apple Watch Ultra models.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">One of the simplest but potentially most useful upgrades arriving with watchOS 26 is the new wrist flick gesture. It will be limited to the Apple Watch Series 9 or later, but by flicking your Apple Watch away and back again, you can quickly dismiss incoming calls and notifications, silence timers and alarms, or jump back to your watchface. If you\u2019re feeling overwhelmed by audible notifications, watchOS 26 can track ambient noise levels and automatically adjust their volume so they\u2019re not as loud in quiet situations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">A new Apple Intelligence-powered Workout Buddy leverages your health data and recent physical activity to provide personalized insights, including letting you know how close you are to a specific goal or if you\u2019ve set a personal record. Other watchOS 26 upgrades powered by Apple Intelligence include automatic two-way translations in Messages and contextual app suggestions in the Smart Stack \u2014 like starting a workout \u2014 based on the time or your location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Apple is also finally bringing its Notes app to the Apple Watch through watchOS app, letting you create new notes, pin existing ones, or check off entries on a list. The Apple Watch will also look a bit different after the update thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/682636\/apple-liquid-glass-design-theme-wwdc-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple\u2019s new Liquid Glass design language<\/a>, which will bring a transparent aesthetic to many UI elements like widgets, notifications, Control Center, and even watchfaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve been hoping for a faster way to dismiss calls and alarms on your Apple Watch, you\u2019ll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[351,4718,356,111,43,139,69,1802,370,145,1801],"class_list":{"0":"post-12245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-event","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-smartwatch","16":"tag-tech","17":"tag-technology","18":"tag-wearable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}