watchOS

E20923

mobile operating system smartwatch operating system

watchOS is Apple’s smartwatch operating system that powers the Apple Watch, providing fitness tracking, notifications, and app functionality tightly integrated with iOS and the Apple ecosystem.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
watchOS canonical	127
watchOS 10	3
watchOS 1.0	2
watchOS 2.0	2
watchOS 3	2
watchOS 6	2
watchOS 7	2
watchOS SDK	2
watchOS (via WatchKit integration)	1
watchOS 2	1
watchOS 4	1
watchOS 4 new Siri watch face	1
watchOS 8	1
watchOS 9	1

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mobile operating system ⓘ smartwatch operating system ⓘ
announcedAt	Apple Special Event September 2014 ⓘ
announcedBy	Tim Cook ⓘ
appDistribution	App Store ⓘ surface form: watchOS App Store
basedOn	iOS ⓘ
developer	Apple Inc. ⓘ
family	Apple operating systems ⓘ
firstReleaseDate	2015-04-24 ⓘ
firstVersion	watchOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: watchOS 1.0
integratesWith	Apple Fitness+ ⓘ Health app ⓘ surface form: Apple Health Apple ecosystem ⓘ iOS ⓘ iPhone ⓘ
kernel	XNU ⓘ
kernelType	hybrid kernel ⓘ
latestReleaseBranch	watchOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: watchOS 10
license	proprietary software license ⓘ
operatingSystemFor	Apple Watch ⓘ
packageManager	App Store ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Objective-C ⓘ Swift ⓘ
requiresCompanionAppOn	iPhone ⓘ
sourceModel	closed source ⓘ with open-source components ⓘ
supportsConnectivity	Bluetooth ⓘ LTE ⓘ NFC ⓘ Wi‑Fi ⓘ
supportsDevice	Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch SE Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 1 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 2 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 3 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 4 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 5 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 6 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 7 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 8 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Series 9 Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Ultra Apple Watch ⓘ surface form: Apple Watch Ultra 2
supportsFeature	Apple Pay ⓘ ECG recording ⓘ Siri ⓘ blood oxygen monitoring ⓘ cellular connectivity ⓘ complications ⓘ emergency SOS ⓘ fall detection ⓘ fitness tracking ⓘ heart rate monitoring ⓘ music playback ⓘ notifications ⓘ sleep tracking ⓘ watch faces ⓘ
supportsFramework	CoreBluetooth ⓘ CoreMotion ⓘ HealthKit framework ⓘ surface form: HealthKit SwiftUI ⓘ WatchKit ⓘ
supportsHealthStandard	blood oxygen saturation measurement ⓘ electrocardiogram recording ⓘ
supportsInputMethod	Digital Crown ⓘ microphone ⓘ side button ⓘ touchscreen ⓘ voice (Siri) ⓘ
supportsMode	family setup ⓘ low power mode ⓘ theater mode ⓘ water lock mode ⓘ
supportsPlatform	arm64 ⓘ
supportsProgrammingLanguage	Objective-C ⓘ Swift ⓘ
supportsSecurityFeature	data encryption ⓘ passcode lock ⓘ wrist detection ⓘ
updateDistribution	over-the-air update ⓘ
userInterface	graphical user interface ⓘ

Referenced by (148)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apple Inc. → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

NeXT Inc. → operatingSystemBasisFor → watchOS ⓘ

Apple Pay → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Swift → platform → watchOS ⓘ

subject surface form: Swift (programming language)

Apple Watch → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

App Store → platform → watchOS ⓘ

watchOS → firstVersion → watchOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: watchOS 1.0

watchOS → latestReleaseBranch → watchOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: watchOS 10

Apple Safari → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

JavaScriptCore → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Xamarin → supportsPlatform → watchOS ⓘ

Apple Neural Engine → targetPlatform → watchOS ⓘ

Handoff → platform → watchOS ⓘ

XNU → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

APFS → operatingSystemFamily → watchOS ⓘ

FaceTime → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

Universal Clipboard → platform → watchOS ⓘ

AirDrop → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Siri → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

SwiftUI → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Objective-C → runsOn → watchOS ⓘ

VoiceOver → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

VoiceOver → includedWith → watchOS ⓘ

Mail → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

Retina display → usedInOperatingSystemFamily → watchOS ⓘ

Xcode → supportsPlatform → watchOS ⓘ

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 → announced → watchOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: watchOS 7

FairPlay → usedOnPlatform → watchOS ⓘ

Apple Wallet → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

Apple Maps → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

Find My iPhone → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

Find My iPhone → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Activation Lock → platform → watchOS ⓘ

HealthKit framework → platform → watchOS ⓘ

subject surface form: HealthKit

Metal graphics API → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

subject surface form: Metal

Darwin → usedAsFoundationFor → watchOS ⓘ

NEXT → successorSoftware → watchOS ⓘ

subject surface form: NeXT Inc.

Apple WWDC 2022 → featuresPlatform → watchOS ⓘ

Apple WWDC 2022 → unveiled → watchOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: watchOS 9

WebKit → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

Apple hardware → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

UIKit → platform → watchOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: watchOS (via WatchKit integration)

Combine → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Combine → introducedWith → watchOS ⓘ

this entity surface form: watchOS 6

Swift Standard Library → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Swift Package Manager → supports → watchOS ⓘ

Safari → operatingSystem → watchOS ⓘ

Digital Crown → designedFor → watchOS ⓘ

Digital Crown → platform → watchOS ⓘ

Family Sharing → supportsPlatform → watchOS ⓘ