Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 Keep Designs Largely Unchanged as SE 4 Skips 2026
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Updated · MacRumors · Jul 26
Apple Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 Keep Designs Largely Unchanged as SE 4 Skips 2026
3 articles · Updated · MacRumors · Jul 26
Summary
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman expects Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 to bring few visible changes this year, with no major redesign versus the current Series 11 and Ultra 3.
Performance is still due to improve: both current models use the S10 chip, so a likely S11 or newer processor would deliver the first meaningful Apple Watch speed gains in years.
Health upgrades appear incremental rather than radical, with Gurman citing unspecified fitness and tracking improvements while casting doubt on rumored Touch ID and a band-embedded health sensor.
2026 will also lack an Apple Watch SE 4, while Gurman says bigger watch changes are more likely in the next 1 to 2 years.
Further out, Apple is still developing blood sugar detection for the Apple Watch, targeting a release by 2030.