Shock: watchOS 27 drops support for recent Apple Watch models

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    "url": "https://iphoneislam.com/language/en/2026/06/shock-watchos-27-drops-support-for-recent-apple-watch-models/168042",
    "title": "Shock: watchOS 27 drops support for recent Apple Watch models - آي-فون إسلام",
    "excerpt": "During the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote, Apple focused heavily on massive features like iOS 27 and the Siri AI assistant, to the point that it didn’t talk much about the Apple Watch and its new system. However, the watchOS 27 update is inevitably coming, but with news that may be shocking and disappointing to many users who own slightly older models. It seems the company has decided this year to draw a harsh and unusual line at the end of the lifecycle for some of its wearable devices that are still considered relatively modern. Initially, the watchOS 27 preview page on Apple’s official website surprisingly indicated that the new system would require an Apple Watch Series 10 or later. This would have been absolutely shocking, especially since the Series 9 and Series 10 watches share almost the same core hardware architecture. Fortunately, Apple caught the error later and updated the page to confirm support for the Apple Watch Series 9. However, this means that support has officially stopped for watches released just three years ago! To put things in perspective, the previous watchOS 26 supported older watches dating back to the Apple Watch Series 6 released in 2020, providing five full years of software updates. With watchOS 27, Apple has decided to stop at a very short lifecycle of just three years. This decision leaves the Apple Watch Series 8, released in...",
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