Apple Watch Series 6
Possibly out of support
71
days without a security update
Last update on 27 July 2026
This device was skipped in the latest round, but that happens regularly without support having ended. Keep an eye on it and check back in a few months before replacing anything.
- Family
- Apple Watch
- Released
- 18 September 2020
- Security updates
- 54
- First update in our data
- 16 September 2020
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, 1 security updates were published for newer devices in the same line.
Being skipped is not the same as being dropped. Our data contains devices that missed up to 21 rounds and still received another security update afterwards — Apple serves older devices on a separate, slower branch. So we do not claim support has ended here.
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 26.6 | 27 July 2026 | 106 | Accounts Framework, AppleAVD, Apple Neural Engine, App Store and 34 moreAccounts Framework, AppleAVD, Apple Neural Engine, App Store, Audio, AuthKit, AVEVideoEncoder, CloudAttestation, Contacts, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Video Toolbox, curl, Data Detectors UI, Foundation, FrontBoard, Game Center, Heimdal, ImageIO, IOGPUFamily, IOKit, Kernel, libc, Libnotify, libxslt, Managed Configuration, mDNSResponder, MediaRemote, MobileAccessoryUpdater, Sandbox Profiles, SceneKit, Siri, Web Extensions, WebKit, WebKit Canvas, WebKit Storage, WebRTC, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 26.5 | 11 May 2026 | 46 | Accelerate, Accounts, AirDrop, APFS and 18 moreAccelerate, Accounts, AirDrop, APFS, App Intents, AppleJPEG, Audio, CoreSymbolication, ImageIO, IOHIDFamily, IOKit, IOSkywalkFamily, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, mDNSResponder, SceneKit, Spotlight, Storage, WebKit, Wi-Fi, zlib |
| watchOS 26.4 | 24 March 2026 | 25 | 802.1X, Accounts, Audio, CoreMedia and 15 more802.1X, Accounts, Audio, CoreMedia, CoreUtils, Crash Reporter, curl, FaceTime, GeoServices, ImageIO, Kernel, libxpc, ppp, Sandbox Profiles, Security, Siri, UIFoundation, WebKit, WebKit Sandboxing |
| watchOS 26.3 | 11 February 2026 | 17 | AppleKeyStore, Bluetooth, CoreAudio, CoreMedia and 10 moreAppleKeyStore, Bluetooth, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreServices, dyld, Game Center, ImageIO, Kernel, libexpat, libxpc, Sandbox, StoreKit, WebKit |
| watchOS 26.2 | 12 December 2025 | 26 | AppleJPEG, App Store, Calling Framework, curl and 9 moreAppleJPEG, App Store, Calling Framework, curl, Foundation, Icons, Kernel, Messages, Multi-Touch, Screen Time, Security, WebKit, WebKit Web Inspector |
| watchOS 26.1 | 3 November 2025 | 33 | Apple Account, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CloudKit, CoreServices and 14 moreApple Account, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CloudKit, CoreServices, CoreText, Find My, FontParser, Installer, Kernel, libxpc, Mail, Mail Drafts, MallocStackLogging, Phone, Safari, Sandbox Profiles, WebKit, WebKit Canvas |
| watchOS 26 | 15 September 2025 | 23 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, Bluetooth, CloudKit and 11 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Audio, Bluetooth, CloudKit, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, IOHIDFamily, IOKit, Kernel, MobileStorageMounter, Sandbox, Spell Check, SQLite, System, WebKit |
| watchOS 11.6 | 29 July 2025 | 23 | afclip, CFNetwork, CoreAudio, CoreMedia and 9 moreafclip, CFNetwork, CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Playback, ICU, ImageIO, Kernel, libxml2, libxslt, Metal, SQLite, WebKit |
| watchOS 11.5 | 12 May 2025 | 26 | AppleJPEG, CoreAudio, Core Bluetooth, CoreGraphics and 9 moreAppleJPEG, CoreAudio, Core Bluetooth, CoreGraphics, CoreMedia, ImageIO, Kernel, libexpat, mDNSResponder, Security, StoreKit, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 11.4 | 1 April 2025 | 51 | AirDrop, AirPlay, Audio, Authentication Services and 28 moreAirDrop, AirPlay, Audio, Authentication Services, BiometricKit, Calendar, CoreAudio, CoreGraphics, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Playback, CoreServices, CoreText, CoreUtils, curl, Focus, Foundation, ImageIO, IOGPUFamily, Kernel, libarchive, libnetcore, libxml2, libxpc, Maps, NetworkExtension, Power Services, Safari, Security, Share Sheet, Shortcuts, Siri, WebKit |
| watchOS 11.3.1 | 10 February 2025 | 1 | Messages |
| watchOS 11.3 | 27 January 2025 | 20 | CoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Playback, Display and 7 moreCoreAudio, CoreMedia, CoreMedia Playback, Display, ImageIO, Kernel, LaunchServices, libxslt, PackageKit, SceneKit, WebKit |
| watchOS 11.2 | 11 December 2024 | 32 | APFS, Apple Account, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter and 15 moreAPFS, Apple Account, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter, Face Gallery, FontParser, ICU, ImageIO, IOMobileFrameBuffer, Kernel, libexpat, libxpc, MobileBackup, Passkeys, QuartzCore, Safari Private Browsing, SceneKit, Vim, WebKit |
| watchOS 11.1 | 28 October 2024 | 23 | Accessibility, AppleAVD, App Support, Calendar and 11 moreAccessibility, AppleAVD, App Support, Calendar, CoreMedia Playback, CoreText, Foundation, ImageIO, IOSurface, Kernel, Security, Shortcuts, Siri, Weather, WebKit |
| watchOS 11 | 16 September 2024 | 16 | Accessibility, Game Center, ImageIO, IOSurfaceAccelerator and 8 moreAccessibility, Game Center, ImageIO, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, libxml2, mDNSResponder, Safari, SceneKit, Siri, WebKit |
| watchOS 10.6 | 29 July 2024 | 32 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreGraphics, dyld, Family Sharing and 9 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreGraphics, dyld, Family Sharing, ImageIO, Kernel, libxpc, Phone, Sandbox, Shortcuts, Siri, VoiceOver, WebKit |
| watchOS 10.5 | 13 May 2024 | 26 | AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, AVEVideoEncoder, Core Data and 16 moreAppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, AVEVideoEncoder, Core Data, Disk Images, Foundation, IOSurface, Kernel, libiconv, Mail, Maps, Messages, Phone, RemoteViewServices, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Transparency, WebKit, WebKit Canvas, WebKit Web Inspector |
| watchOS 10.4 | 7 March 2024 | 26 | Accessibility, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreBluetooth - LE, file and 11 moreAccessibility, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreBluetooth - LE, file, ImageIO, Kernel, libxpc, MediaRemote, Messages, RTKit, Sandbox, Share Sheet, Siri, UIKit, WebKit |
| watchOS 10.3 | 22 January 2024 | 13 | CoreCrypto, Kernel, libxpc, Mail Search and 6 moreCoreCrypto, Kernel, libxpc, Mail Search, NSSpellChecker, Safari, Shortcuts, TCC, Time Zone, WebKit |
| watchOS 10.2 | 11 December 2023 | 15 | Accessibility, Accounts, ImageIO, Kernel and 5 moreAccessibility, Accounts, ImageIO, Kernel, Libsystem, Sandbox, TCC, Transparency, WebKit |
| watchOS 10.1 | 25 October 2023 | 19 | Core Recents, Find My, Game Center, ImageIO and 9 moreCore Recents, Find My, Game Center, ImageIO, Kernel, libxpc, Mail Drafts, mDNSResponder, Sandbox, Share Sheet, Siri, Weather, WebKit |
| watchOS 9.6.3 | 21 September 2023 | 2 | Kernel, Security |
| watchOS 10.0.1 | 21 September 2023 | 2 | Kernel, Security |
| watchOS 10 | 18 September 2023 | 36 | App Store, AuthKit, Bluetooth, bootp and 21 moreApp Store, AuthKit, Bluetooth, bootp, CFNetwork, CoreAnimation, Core Data, Dev Tools, Game Center, IOUserEthernet, Kernel, libpcap, libxpc, libxslt, Maps, MobileStorageMounter, Photos, Photos Storage, Safari, Sandbox, Share Sheet, Simulator, StorageKit, TCC, WebKit |
| watchOS 9.6.2 | 7 September 2023 | 1 | Wallet |
| watchOS 9.6 | 24 July 2023 | 27 | Apple Neural Engine, Find My, Kernel, libxpc and 2 moreApple Neural Engine, Find My, Kernel, libxpc, WebKit, WebKit Web Inspector |
| watchOS 9.5.2 | 21 June 2023 | 1 | Kernel |
| watchOS 9.5 | 18 May 2023 | 38 | Accessibility, Accounts, Apple Neural Engine, Core Location and 23 moreAccessibility, Accounts, Apple Neural Engine, Core Location, CoreServices, Face Gallery, GeoServices, ImageIO, IOSurfaceAccelerator, Kernel, LaunchServices, MallocStackLogging, Metal, Model I/O, NetworkExtension, NSURLSession, Photos, Sandbox, Share Sheet, Shortcuts, Siri, SQLite, StorageKit, Telephony, TV App, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| watchOS 9.4 | 27 March 2023 | 24 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Calendar, Camera, CoreCapture and 11 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Calendar, Camera, CoreCapture, Find My, FontParser, Foundation, Identity Services, ImageIO, Kernel, Podcasts, Sandbox, Shortcuts, TCC, WebKit |
| watchOS 9.3.1 | 13 February 2023 | 1 | Security |
| watchOS 9.3 | 23 January 2023 | 17 | AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter, FontParser, ImageIO and 6 moreAppleMobileFileIntegrity, Crash Reporter, FontParser, ImageIO, Kernel, Maps, Safari, Screen Time, Weather, WebKit |
| watchOS 9.2 | 13 December 2022 | 32 | Accessibility, Accounts, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity and 13 moreAccessibility, Accounts, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, CoreServices, ImageIO, IOHIDFamily, IOMobileFrameBuffer, iTunes Store, Kernel, libxml2, Maps, Preferences, Safari, Software Update, Weather, WebKit |
| watchOS 9.1 | 24 October 2022 | 21 | Apple Neural Engine, Audio, AVEVideoEncoder, CFNetwork and 7 moreApple Neural Engine, Audio, AVEVideoEncoder, CFNetwork, GPU Drivers, Kernel, Safari, Sandbox, watchOS 9.1, WebKit, zlib |
| watchOS 9 | 12 September 2022 | 31 | Accelerate Framework, AppleAVD, Apple Neural Engine, Contacts and 15 moreAccelerate Framework, AppleAVD, Apple Neural Engine, Contacts, Exchange, GPU Drivers, ImageIO, Image Processing, Kernel, Maps, MediaLibrary, Notifications, Sandbox, Siri, SQLite, Watch app, Weather, WebKit, Wi-Fi |
| 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 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 |