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Apple Watch Series 12 improves many of the core components that power watchOS and the device’s health and fitness features, plus unlocks new AI capabilities. Here’s everything new in Apple Watch Series 12 vs Series 11.

The Apple Watch Series 12 (left) versus the Apple Watch Ultra 4 (right). CNET

Apple has announced the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, bringing upgraded health sensors, continuous heart-rate sampling and new AI-powered features. CNET’s Vanessa Hand Orellana gives a first look at the new S11 chip, readiness tracking, ceramic models and battery life updates.

The Apple Watch Series 12, in gold titanium (left) and bronze aluminum, launched Wednesday. Vanessa Hand Orellana/CNET

Longer battery life and a more capable chipset (that enables a host of new features) are the main reasons to upgrade.

The Television Academy is ready to continue awarding achievements from television shows aired between June 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026. So far, 102 awards have been announced already ahead of the official 78th live ceremony later this month.

Amazon is accepting preorders for a variety of Apple Watch Series 12 models, with a double-digit preorder discount available on multiple styles.

Apple unveiled its new Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Apple Watch Series 12 lineup yesterday, plus the all-new AirPods 5. They hit shelves next Friday, September 18.

I wasn’t expecting Apple to have a ton of interesting updates to the Apple Watch this year, but somehow it managed to surprise me. Some of the new features coming to the Apple Watch Series 12 are things the competition has already offered, like Readiness scores and increased sampling rates. But others, like the Audio…

Apple’s 2026 iPhone event is now done, and it was an unusual one. We finally got to see Apple’s inaugural folding iPhone, and it’s intriguing, to say the least. It looks to be yet another product category that Apple was late to, but at which it arrived with its typical refinement and specialness. We’ll see.