Apple Watch Series 11

The Apple Watch Series 11, introduced in September 2025, is the newest iteration of the Apple Watch that initially launched in April 2015. The Series 11 replaces the prior-generation Series 10

With last year's Apple Watch Series 10, Apple updated the Apple Watch with a thin, light design. There have been no additional design changes in the Series 11, so it looks identical to the Series 10 with a square-shaped casing that has rounded edges, a slim-bordered display, sapphire crystal backing and Digital Crown with haptic feedback.

The back of the Apple Watch is made from metal, with a sapphire crystal that protects the included sensors. The metal integrates the Apple Watch antenna into the housing, saving component space, and the matching metal for the front and back is meant to make the Apple Watch look like it's made from a single piece of metal.

The Apple Watch Series 11 is available in 42mm and 46mm size options, and it comes in either aluminum or titanium. The aluminum Apple Watch Series 11 is available in rose gold, silver, space gray, and jet black. Like last year's Series 10, the jet black shade has a glossy, reflective shine rather than a brushed aluminum finish like the other colors. The titanium Series 11 is available in slate, gold, and natural with a shiny, reflective finish.

Display quality is the same, and the Series 11 features an LTPO3 wide-angle OLED display with a maximum brightness of up to 2,000 nits. Always-On display technology lets users see their watch face and complications at all times, and there's still a ticking seconds hand that's visible without raising the wrist.

The aluminum Series 11 uses ion-X glass that's 2x more scratch-resistant than the Series 11 glass. The titanium version features a more durable sapphire crystal display. The Series 11 features IP6X dust resistance, and a WR50 water resistance rating so it is swimproof. There is a water temperature sensor that displays the water temperature when you're swimming or in the ocean, and a depth gauge that works up to 6 meters deep for activities like snorkeling and shallow diving. A Tides app also provides seven rolling days of forecasted tidal information for coastlines and surf spots worldwide.

Like the Series 10, the Series 11 has an S10 chip with a 4-core Neural Engine for processing machine learning tasks. Apple did not introduce any chip upgrades this year, and the S10 didn't offer improvements over the S9. There is still 64GB of storage.

The Apple Watch Series 11 supports new health features that include Sleep Score and Hypertension Notifications. The Sleep Score feature provides a numerical interpretation of your sleep quality, taking into account bed time, time asleep, and the number of times you woke up in the night. Apple uses existing heart rate data to look for signs of hypertension or high blood pressure for the Hypertension Notifications. Neither feature is exclusive to the Series 11, and can also be used on the Series 9, Series 10, Ultra 2, and Ultra 3.

Heart rate monitoring, blood oxygen detection, ECG readings, sleep tracking, fall detection, loud noise monitoring, blood oxygen detection, built-in temperature sensing, and sleep apnea detection,continue to be available. All of the above features are ones that Apple introduced with prior-generation models.

A Crash Detection feature takes advantage of the watch's gyroscope and accelerometer along with an advanced sensor-fusion algorithm to detect severe car crashes and alert emergency services. When a crash occurs, the Apple Watch checks in with the user and if no response is received within a 10-second countdown, emergency responders are contacted. The Apple Watch Series 10 also supports Fall Detection.

Battery life has improved and the Series 11 now lasts for up to 24 hours, six hours longer than the Series 10. Battery can be extended to 38 hours with Low Power Mode. Low Power Mode disables the Always-On display, turns off background heart rate measurements, limits Wi-Fi and cellular connections, and more.

The Series 11 can fast charge from 0 to 80 percent in approximately 30 minutes when using an appropriate fast charger. A 15-minute charge provides up to eight hours of normal use, and a 5-minute charge provides up to eight hours of sleep tracking.

Apple is using the same second-generation Ultra Wideband chip in the Series 11 as in the Series 10. The UWB chip enables Precision Finding for locating a misplaced iPhone with visual, haptic, and audio guidance. The speaker has been updated to allow for media to play out loud, with no Bluetooth headphones required, and there is a new voice isolation neural network that suppresses background noise during phone calls.

Both GPS and GPS + Cellular models are available, and the cellular Apple Watches work with a separate cellular plan. Apple added support for 5G connectivity this year, an upgrade over LTE.

Apple Pay purchases are available with credit and debit cards stored in the Wallet app, and can be activated at a tap to pay location by pressing on the side button.

The Series 11 is being sold alongside the larger, more expensive, and more rugged Apple Watch Ultra 2, plus the lower-cost third-generation Apple Watch SE.

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The Apple Watch Series 11 can be pre-ordered from the Apple Online Store. It will launch on Friday, September 19.

A non-invasive blood glucose monitoring feature is still years away from launching despite 15 years of work, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said in March 2025. There is no word on when it might be introduced.

A future version of the Apple Watch could include support for Touch ID, though it is unclear how this might be implemented. Touch ID could go under the display, or be integrated into the side button. Touch ID on the Apple Watch could reduce reliance on numerical passcodes for unlocking, though it is worth noting that the Apple Watch already has a wrist authentication feature for making purchases.

• September 16 - Overhauled for Series 11.