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watchOS 27.0 Beta 2

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Developer beta

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About this appearance

Apple published watchOS 27 Beta 2 as build 24R5305g on 2026-06-23; the page preserves 2 source-supported milestone deltas while keeping build and channel administration in prose.

Date
Jun 23, 2026
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

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

Release identity

watchOS 27 Beta 2 appeared on 2026-06-23. Apple associates build 24R5305g with the seed; the identifier is scoped to watchOS even where another platform used the same alphanumeric build.[1]

What changed at this milestone

The structured inventory contains 2 milestone-specific deltas. Apple-documented items are confirmed; interface observations absent from first-party notes remain corroborated or reported according to their independent source count.[2][3]

Channel and device scope

This is a developer beta, not a public release. Apple recommends backing up before installation, reading the exact release notes, and reporting issues through Feedback Assistant.[4]

Evidence boundary

The watchOS developer-notes page is a living document. It is used only where a note explicitly identifies this beta or an exact cross-beta relationship; later cumulative content is not assigned backward.[5]

Source ledger

References

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

  1. Apple Developer Releases — June 24, 2026 capture

    Apple Developer via Internet Archive · Apple · 2026-06-24T17:35:59.000Z · watchOS 27.0 Beta 2; build 24R5305g

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  2. watchOS 27 Release Notes (living beta document)

    Apple Developer Documentation · Apple · 2026-07-29 · Cellular — Beta 2 Verizon calling and Text-to-911 issue

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  3. watchOS 27 Release Notes (living beta document)

    Apple Developer Documentation · Apple · 2026-07-29 · Foundation Models — Xcode 27 Beta 2 import failure

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  4. Installing and using Apple beta software

    Apple Developer · Apple · 2026-07-30 · Back up; release notes; Feedback Assistant

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  5. watchOS 27 Release Notes (living beta document)

    Apple Developer Documentation · Apple · 2026-07-29 · Beta 2 evidence boundary

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  6. watchOS 27 Release Notes (living beta document)

    Apple Developer Documentation · Apple · 2026-07-29 · Beta 2 evidence audit

  7. Releases — Apple Developer

    Apple Developer · Apple · 2026-07-29

    Legacy chronology source: Apple Developer

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

regression · regression

Verizon calling and Text-to-911 regression

documentedconfirmed

Upgrading to or clean-installing watchOS 27 Beta 2 could break incoming and outgoing Verizon calls and Text-to-911.

  1. [1] watchOS 27 Release Notes (living beta document) · Cellular — Beta 2 Verizon calling and Text-to-911 issue

regression · regression

Foundation Models import regression

documentedconfirmed

The Foundation Models framework could not be imported when building a watchOS target with Xcode 27 Beta 2.

  1. [1] watchOS 27 Release Notes (living beta document) · Foundation Models — Xcode 27 Beta 2 import failure