Overview
- Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported in his Power On newsletter on Monday that Apple is expected to unveil an Apple Watch Ultra 4 and an Apple Watch Series 12 at its fall keynote in September.
- Supply-chain coverage says the Ultra 4 may get a full design refresh and a significant upgrade to sensing, including refined blood-pressure monitoring and a high-blood-pressure notification that uses the optical heart-rate sensor.
- Leaked code and reporting indicate Apple is experimenting with adding Touch ID to the 2026 watch lineup but details on where or how the fingerprint sensor would be placed remain unconfirmed.
- Advanced capabilities like noninvasive blood-glucose sensing are still described as years away because Apple needs further miniaturization, accuracy validation, and regulatory review before shipping such features.
- The Ultra line has varied its release cadence since 2022 so a 2026 Ultra 4 would follow the Ultra 3 from 2025 and could return the model to more frequent updates if Apple proceeds with the reported changes.