What’s going to come in the next Apple Watch?

A new report claims that Apple intends to make few changes to the current Apple Watch Series 11, beyond a new Watch face.

Previous reports have said that the Apple Watch Series 12 may get significant software updates, but that the hardware would remain much as it is with the current model. Now Bloomberg is reporting that there won’t be many changes to hardware or software at all.

Specifically, the report says there will definitely be at least one new Watch face, plus performance improvements, but then probably little more than fixes and presumably also security updates. Beyond that, the report goes no further than alluding to the possibility of small hardware updates.

Previously, it’s been expected that the Apple Watch will not directly include any Apple Intelligence features. Reports vary, but it’s believe that the Apple Watch currently has between 1GB and 1.5GB of RAM, and so presumably that limits just how much Apple Intelligence could do on the small device.

However, the Apple Watch may be able to display results from Apple Intelligence prompts.

There’s no indication in the new report that this will happen with watchOS 27, which is due to be announced at WWDC. Other prior reports have agreed that there will be few or no Apple Watch hardware updates in 2026, but some predict an all-glass redesign in 2028.