Apple Watch Series 3
No longer receiving security updates
1,539
days without a security update
Last update on 20 July 2022 — that is over 4 years
This long without an update means known vulnerabilities in this device stay open. Stop using it for banking, email or anything else sensitive, and consider replacing it.
- Family
- Apple Watch
- Released
- 22 September 2017
- Security updates
- 46
- First update in our data
- 19 September 2017
What you see here, and what you do not
The status is derived from the patch history: did this device get the most recent round that covered its product line, yes or no.
Since this device was last updated, 35 security updates were published for newer devices in the same line.
We only say this beyond two measured thresholds: more than 21 missed rounds, or more than 973 days of silence. Those are the largest values after which any device in our entire history still came back. This one is at 35 missed rounds and 1539 days.
We do not know an end-of-support date for this device. Apple does not publish one. Once the EU product database EPREL provides it, an expected end date will appear here — right now that would be a guess.
Patch history
| Version | Date | Vulnerabilities | Affected components |
|---|---|---|---|
| watchOS 8.7 | 20 July 2022 | 25 | APFS, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio and 13 moreAPFS, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, CoreText, File System Events, GPU Drivers, ICU, ImageIO, JavaScriptCore, Kernel, Liblouis, libxml2, Multi-Touch, Software Update, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 8.6 | 16 May 2022 | 25 | AppleAVD, DriverKit, ImageIO, IOMobileFrameBuffer and 9 moreAppleAVD, DriverKit, ImageIO, IOMobileFrameBuffer, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, libresolv, libxml2, Security, TCC, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 8.5 | 14 March 2022 | 27 | Accelerate Framework, AppleAVD, ImageIO, Kernel and 11 moreAccelerate Framework, AppleAVD, ImageIO, Kernel, LaunchServices, libarchive, LLVM, MediaRemote, Phone, Preferences, Safari, Sandbox, Siri, UIKit, WebKit |
| watchOS 8.4 | 26 January 2022 | 8 | ColorSync, Crash Reporter, iCloud, Kernel and 2 moreColorSync, Crash Reporter, iCloud, Kernel, WebKit, WebKit Storage |
| watchOS 8.3 | 13 December 2021 | 32 | Audio, CFNetwork Proxies, ColorSync, CoreAudio and 11 moreAudio, CFNetwork Proxies, ColorSync, CoreAudio, Crash Reporter, FontParser, Game Center, ImageIO, Kernel, Messages, Preferences, Sandbox, SQLite, TCC, WebKit |
| watchOS 8.1 | 25 October 2021 | 20 | Audio, ColorSync, Continuity Camera, CoreAudio and 8 moreAudio, ColorSync, Continuity Camera, CoreAudio, CoreGraphics, FileProvider, Game Center, iCloud, IOMobileFrameBuffer, Kernel, UIKit, WebKit |
| watchOS 8 | 20 September 2021 | 30 | Accessory Manager, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, bootp, CoreAudio and 11 moreAccessory Manager, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, bootp, CoreAudio, CoreGraphics, FaceTime, FontParser, Foundation, ImageIO, Kernel, libexpat, Preferences, Sandbox, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 7.6.2 | 13 September 2021 | 2 | CoreGraphics, Core Telephony |
| watchOS 7.6.1 | 29 July 2021 | 1 | IOMobileFrameBuffer |
| watchOS 7.6 | 19 July 2021 | 24 | ActionKit, Analytics, App Store, Audio and 13 moreActionKit, Analytics, App Store, Audio, CoreAudio, CoreText, Crash Reporter, CVMS, dyld, FontParser, Identity Service, ImageIO, Kernel, libxml2, Networking, TCC, WebKit |
| watchOS 7.5 | 24 May 2021 | 31 | Audio, CoreAudio, Core Services, CoreText and 9 moreAudio, CoreAudio, Core Services, CoreText, Crash Reporter, CVMS, FontParser, Heimdal, ImageIO, Kernel, LaunchServices, Security, WebKit |
| watchOS 7.4.1 | 3 May 2021 | 1 | WebKit |
| watchOS 7.4 | 26 April 2021 | 44 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, CFNetwork, Compression and 20 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, CFNetwork, Compression, CoreAudio, CoreFoundation, CoreText, FaceTime, FontParser, Foundation, Heimdal, ImageIO, iTunes Store, Kernel, libxpc, libxslt, MobileInstallation, Preferences, Safari, Tailspin, WebKit, WebKit Storage, WebRTC, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 7.3.3 | 26 March 2021 | 1 | WebKit |
| watchOS 7.3.2 | 8 March 2021 | 1 | WebKit |
| watchOS 7.3 | 26 January 2021 | 36 | Analytics, APFS, CoreAnimation, CoreAudio and 12 moreAnalytics, APFS, CoreAnimation, CoreAudio, CoreGraphics, CoreText, Crash Reporter, FairPlay, FontParser, ImageIO, IOSkywalkFamily, iTunes Store, Kernel, Swift, WebKit, WebRTC |
| watchOS 7.2 | 14 December 2020 | 15 | Audio, CoreAudio, FontParser, ImageIO and 3 moreAudio, CoreAudio, FontParser, ImageIO, Security, WebRTC, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 5.3.9 | 5 November 2020 | 3 | FontParser, Kernel |
| watchOS 6.2.9 | 5 November 2020 | 3 | FontParser, Kernel |
| watchOS 7.1 | 5 November 2020 | 25 | Audio, CoreAudio, CoreText, Crash Reporter and 10 moreAudio, CoreAudio, CoreText, Crash Reporter, FontParser, Foundation, ImageIO, IOAcceleratorFamily, Kernel, libxml2, Logging, Symptom Framework, WebKit, XNU |
| watchOS 7.0 | 16 September 2020 | 41 | Audio, CoreAudio, CoreCapture, CoreText and 15 moreAudio, CoreAudio, CoreCapture, CoreText, Disk Images, FontParser, HomeKit, ImageIO, Kernel, Keyboard, libxml2, libxpc, Mail, Messages, Phone, Safari, Sandbox, SQLite, WebKit |
| watchOS 6.2.8 | 15 July 2020 | 59 | Audio, CoreGraphics, Crash Reporter, FontParser and 13 moreAudio, CoreGraphics, Crash Reporter, FontParser, GeoServices, ImageIO, Kernel, libxml2, Mail, Messages, Model I/O, Security, WebKit, WebKit Page Loading, WebKit Web Inspector, WebRTC, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 6.2.6 | 1 June 2020 | 1 | Kernel |
| watchOS 6.2.5 | 18 May 2020 | 34 | Accounts, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, CoreText and 10 moreAccounts, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, CoreText, FontParser, ImageIO, Kernel, libxpc, Mail, rsync, SQLite, System Preferences, WebKit, WebRTC |
| watchOS 5.3.7 | 18 May 2020 | 2 | Mail, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 6.2 | 24 March 2020 | 20 | Accounts, ActionKit, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreFoundation and 8 moreAccounts, ActionKit, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreFoundation, Icons, Image Processing, IOHIDFamily, Kernel, libxml2, Messages, Sandbox, WebKit |
| watchOS 6.1.2 | 28 January 2020 | 20 | AnnotationKit, Audio, files, ImageIO and 6 moreAnnotationKit, Audio, files, ImageIO, IOAcceleratorFamily, IOUSBDeviceFamily, Kernel, libxml2, libxpc, wifivelocityd |
| watchOS 6.1.1 | 10 December 2019 | 15 | CallKit, CFNetwork, CFNetwork Proxies, FaceTime and 5 moreCallKit, CFNetwork, CFNetwork Proxies, FaceTime, Kernel, libexpat, libpcap, Security, WebKit |
| watchOS 5.3.4 | 10 December 2019 | 1 | FaceTime |
| watchOS 6.1 | 29 October 2019 | 22 | Accounts, AirDrop, AppleFirmwareUpdateKext, App Store and 7 moreAccounts, AirDrop, AppleFirmwareUpdateKext, App Store, Audio, Contacts, File System Events, Kernel, libxslt, VoiceOver, WebKit |
| watchOS 6 | 19 September 2019 | 26 | Audio, CFNetwork, CoreAudio, CoreCrypto and 8 moreAudio, CFNetwork, CoreAudio, CoreCrypto, Foundation, IOUSBDeviceFamily, Kernel, libxml2, mDNSResponder, UIFoundation, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 5.3 | 22 July 2019 | 25 | Bluetooth, Core Data, Digital Touch, FaceTime and 10 moreBluetooth, Core Data, Digital Touch, FaceTime, Heimdal, Image Processing, Kernel, libxslt, Messages, Quick Look, Siri, UIFoundation, Wallet, WebKit |
| watchOS 5.2.1 | 13 May 2019 | 25 | AppleFileConduit, CoreAudio, Disk Images, Kernel and 9 moreAppleFileConduit, CoreAudio, Disk Images, Kernel, Mail, Mail Message Framework, Messages, MobileInstallation, MobileLockdown, SQLite, sysdiagnose, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 5.2 | 27 March 2019 | 38 | Accounts, CFString, configd, Contacts and 17 moreAccounts, CFString, configd, Contacts, CoreCrypto, file, Foundation, GeoServices, iAP, IOHIDFamily, Kernel, MediaLibrary, Messages, Passcode, Power Management, Privacy, Sandbox, Security, Siri, TrueTypeScaler, WebKit |
| watchOS 5.1.3 | 22 January 2019 | 17 | AppleKeyStore, CoreAnimation, Core Media, FaceTime and 5 moreAppleKeyStore, CoreAnimation, Core Media, FaceTime, IOKit, Kernel, Natural Language Processing, SQLite, WebKit |
| watchOS 5.1.2 | 6 December 2018 | 16 | Airport, Disk Images, Kernel, LinkPresentation and 2 moreAirport, Disk Images, Kernel, LinkPresentation, Profiles, WebKit |
| watchOS 5.1 | 30 October 2018 | 22 | AppleAVD, CoreCrypto, ICU, IPSec and 7 moreAppleAVD, CoreCrypto, ICU, IPSec, Kernel, Mail, NetworkExtension, Safari Reader, Security, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 5 | 17 September 2018 | 36 | CFNetwork, CoreFoundation, CoreText, dyld and 12 moreCFNetwork, CoreFoundation, CoreText, dyld, Grand Central Dispatch, Heimdal, IOHIDFamily, IOKit, IOUserEthernet, iTunes Store, Kernel, Safari, Security, Symptom Framework, Text, WebKit |
| watchOS 4.3.2 | 9 July 2018 | 15 | CFNetwork, CoreCrypto, Emoji, Kernel and 3 moreCFNetwork, CoreCrypto, Emoji, Kernel, libxpc, LinkPresentation, WebKit |
| watchOS 4.3.1 | 29 May 2018 | 23 | CoreGraphics, Crash Reporter, FontParser, Kernel and 6 moreCoreGraphics, Crash Reporter, FontParser, Kernel, libxpc, LinkPresentation, Messages, Security, UIKit, WebKit |
| watchOS 4.3 | 29 March 2018 | 33 | CoreFoundation, CoreText, File System Events, Kernel and 7 moreCoreFoundation, CoreText, File System Events, Kernel, libxml2, LinkPresentation, NSURLSession, Quick Look, Security, System Preferences, WebKit |
| watchOS 4.2.3 | 19 February 2018 | 1 | CoreText |
| watchOS 4.2.2 | 23 January 2018 | 15 | Audio, Core Bluetooth, Graphics Driver, Kernel and 4 moreAudio, Core Bluetooth, Graphics Driver, Kernel, LinkPresentation, QuartzCore, Security, WebKit |
| watchOS 4.2 | 5 December 2017 | 21 | Auto Unlock, CFNetwork Session, CoreAnimation, CoreFoundation and 5 moreAuto Unlock, CFNetwork Session, CoreAnimation, CoreFoundation, IOKit, IOSurface, Kernel, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 4.1 | 31 October 2017 | 4 | CoreText, Kernel, StreamingZip |
| watchOS 4 | 19 September 2017 | 52 | 802.1X, CFNetwork, CFNetwork Proxies, CFString and 15 more802.1X, CFNetwork, CFNetwork Proxies, CFString, CoreAudio, CoreText, file, Fonts, HFS, ImageIO, Kernel, libarchive, libc, libexpat, libxml2, Security, SQLite, Wi-Fi, zlib |