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watchOS 2.2 Public

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About this appearance

watchOS 2.2 reached the public channel on March 21, 2016 with pairing, maps, localization, Siri, health-sampling, maintenance, and security changes.

Date
Mar 21, 2016
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple's security-update index dates watchOS 2.2 to March 21, 2016. Its consumer history documents the release's user-facing additions and general maintenance.[1][2]

Documented scope

The structured entries follow Apple's six named consumer bullets, retain the generic maintenance label without inventing symptoms, and summarize the matching advisory separately.[3][2]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. Apple security updates (2016 to 2017)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — 21 Mar 2016

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  2. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 2.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 2.2 security content

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 2.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · Disk Images through Wi-Fi security content

  5. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — background heart rate

  6. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — dictation

  7. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — introductory description

  8. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — multiple Apple Watches

  9. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — Nearby in Maps

  10. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — Siri

  11. Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information

    Apple Support · Apple · 2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 2.2 — system language

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

enhancement · changed

Malay, Finnish, and Hebrew Siri support

documentedconfirmed

The voice assistant's language coverage expanded to three additional languages.

  1. [1] Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information · watchOS 2.2 — Siri

feature · introduced

Nearby categories in Maps

documentedconfirmed

The update gave users a category-based way to discover places around their current location from the watch.

  1. [1] Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information · watchOS 2.2 — Nearby in Maps

enhancement · changed

More frequent stationary heart-rate measurements

documentedconfirmed

The update adjusted background sampling frequency for periods when the wearer was not moving.

  1. [1] Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information · watchOS 2.2 — background heart rate

enhancement · changed

Expanded dictation languages

documentedconfirmed

watchOS broadened speech input to the newly supported system languages plus English for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia.

  1. [1] Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information · watchOS 2.2 — dictation

feature · introduced

Multiple watches paired to one iPhone

documentedconfirmed

watchOS 2.2 expanded the companion relationship so a user could manage more than one watch from the same supported iPhone.

  1. [1] Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information · watchOS 2.2 — multiple Apple Watches

bugFix · fixed

Additional improvements and bug fixes

documentedconfirmed

The retained consumer record confirms ordinary maintenance but does not support a more specific subsystem or symptom claim.

  1. [1] Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information · watchOS 2.2 — introductory description

enhancement · changed

Additional system languages

documentedconfirmed

The release expanded the localized watch interface to five additional languages.

  1. [1] Download watchOS 2.0 - 2.2.2 Information · watchOS 2.2 — system language

security · fixed

watchOS 2.2 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory documents memory-safety, code-signing, certificate, message-attachment, privilege, denial-of-service, and network attack-surface fixes.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 2.2 · Disk Images through Wi-Fi security content