The Apple Watch was also going to have its place in the WWDC23 presentation. Undoubtedly, all the rumors around widgets and the expected design change in watchOS have come to life and appeared in the new operating system: watch OS 10. On top of that, new faces, redesigned native apps, and new health-focused features have been included right on the watch. He the new watchOS 10 is compatible with all watches that were already compatible with watchOS 9,
From Apple Watch Series 4 compatible with watchOS 10
Apple released the first developer watchOS 10 beta yesterday. Remember that these Apple Watch operating systems are installed and downloaded using an updated iPhone, so to install watchOS 10 it is necessary to have iOS 17 installed on our iPhone.
This is the key point to define the compatibilities of new watchOS 10. Apple indicates that watchOS 10 will be compatible with all watches that were already compatible with watchOS 9, namely:
- Apple Watch Series 4
- Apple Watch Series 5
- Apple Watch SE (all models)
- Apple Watch Series 6
- Apple Watch Series 7
- Apple Watch Series 8
- Apple Watch Ultra
However, The novelty is that the iPhone 8 and iPhone X are no longer compatible with iOS 17, these devices therefore cannot be the intermediaries to install watchOS 10. In addition, Apple warns that although the compatibility is there, Not all watchOS 10 features will be available on all watches Unsurprisingly, given that the processors have changed and aren’t the same, as have the power demands of the various watchOS 10 features.
