watchOS

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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.

All labels observed (14)

How this entity was disambiguated

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

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

TestFlight platform watchOS
TestFlight operatingSystem watchOS
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2021 unveiled watchOS
this entity surface form: watchOS 8
Apple FairPlay platform watchOS
NSObject platform watchOS
NSString usedOnPlatform watchOS
NSData availableOn watchOS
NSDate platform watchOS
NSAutoreleasePool runsOn watchOS
NSException availableOn watchOS
Apple Cash platform watchOS
Apple Card platform watchOS
Genius Bar supports watchOS
Core Image operatingSystem watchOS
Apple Calendar includedWith watchOS
Lost Mode platform watchOS
CareKit platform watchOS
HKQuantitySample introducedIn watchOS
this entity surface form: watchOS 2.0
HKQuantitySample platform watchOS
HKWorkout introducedIn watchOS
this entity surface form: watchOS 2.0
HKHealthStore platform watchOS
HM usedOnPlatform watchOS
Find My operatingSystem watchOS
bridgeOS basedOn watchOS
launchd operatingSystem watchOS
dyld operatingSystem watchOS
Continuity Camera platform watchOS
Foundation targetPlatform watchOS
Core Data platform watchOS
Core Text operatingSystem watchOS
Apple September 2023 event softwareFocus watchOS
this entity surface form: watchOS 10