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watchOS 3.1.3

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
3
Beta cycle
33d
Average interval
17d
Public release
Jan 23, 2017

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

watchOS 3.1.3 was released on January 23, 2017. Apple's consumer history characterizes it only as an improvements-and-bug-fixes update, while the dedicated advisory supplies concrete security scope.[1][2][3]

Evidence boundary

Apple does not identify individual ordinary fixes for this version, so the maintenance entry remains deliberately broad. More specific statements are limited to issues named in the security advisory.[4][3]

Source ledger

References

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

  1. About the security content of watchOS 3.1.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-01-23T00:00:00.000Z · Released January 23, 2017

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  2. Apple security updates (2016 to 2017)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 3.1.3 — 23 Jan 2017

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  3. About watchOS 3 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 3.1.3

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 3.1.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-01-23T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 3.1.3 security content

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Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

Kernel, platform, certificate, and WebKit repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory records fixes for code execution, memory disclosure, denial of service, certificate trust, 3DES defaults, root privilege, and cross-origin web behavior.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 3.1.3 · Disk Images; IOHIDFamily; IOKit; Kernel; Security; syslog; WebKit

enhancement · changed

General improvements and bug fixes

documentedconfirmed

The retained consumer record confirms a maintenance update but does not support a more specific ordinary-change claim.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About watchOS 3 Updates · watchOS 3.1.3

security · fixed

Authorization, connection privacy, and unlock repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple documents three distinct state or privacy repairs involving permissions after app removal, certificate transmission over a network, and the wrist-detection condition for Unlock with iPhone.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 3.1.3 · Accounts; APNs Server; Unlock with iPhone

security · fixed

Media, font, image, archive, and certificate parsing repairs

documentedconfirmed

The advisory groups multiple crafted-content risks across media and data parsers, including code execution, information disclosure, and file-overwrite outcomes.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 3.1.3 · Audio; CoreFoundation; CoreGraphics; CoreMedia Playback; CoreText; FontParser; ImageIO; libarchive; Profiles

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +19 days
  3. +14 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    watchOS 3.1.3 reached the public channel on January 23, 2017 with broadly described maintenance and documented authorization, privacy, unlock, parser, kernel, certificate, and web security repairs.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    7 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Historical avg for .1.3 releases

43 days, 4.0 milestones

Based on 1 previous watchOS .1.3 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

33d (avg: 58d)

25 days shorter than the watchOS average

Duration ranking

#46 of 49

Middle of the pack watchOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

19 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .1.3 releases (watchOS)

Previous comparable watchOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
watchOS 5.1.3201943d414d

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Official release notes