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watchOS 4.1 Public

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About this appearance

watchOS 4.1 reached the public channel on October 31, 2017 with Series 3 streaming and radio, Siri music, GymKit, Wi-Fi control, reliability corrections, and scoped security repairs.

Date
Oct 31, 2017
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 released watchOS 4.1 on October 31, 2017 for all Apple Watch models. Its user-facing feature list contains hardware-specific qualifications that remain attached to the relevant entries.[1][2]

Documented scope

The article separates feature additions from targeted corrections and from the advisory's security work. The KRACK entries retain Apple's model-level affected and not-affected distinctions.[3][2]

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 4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z · Released October 31, 2017

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  2. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z · CoreText through Wi-Fi

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 4.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2017-10-31T00:00:00.000Z · CoreText; Kernel; StreamingZip; Wi-Fi

  5. watchOS 4 brings more intelligence and fitness features to Apple Watch

    Apple Newsroom · Apple · 2017-06-05T00:00:00.000Z · Fitness — GymKit

  6. Apple security updates (2016 to 2017)

    Apple Support · Apple · 2023-11-06T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 4.1 — 31 Oct 2017

  7. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1 — GymKit

  8. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1 — Heart Rate and Stand fixes

  9. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1 — music streaming

  10. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1 — Radio

  11. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1 — silent alarms through Mandarin dictation

  12. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1 — Siri music

  13. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.1 — Wi-Fi

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

Text, kernel, archive, and scoped Wi-Fi repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory distinguishes the affected multicast Wi-Fi models from an unicast KRACK class that it says did not affect any Apple Watch model.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 4.1 · CoreText; Kernel; StreamingZip; Wi-Fi

feature · introduced

Wi-Fi disconnect control

documentedconfirmed

The hardware-specific control let users leave the current Wi-Fi network directly from the watch.

  1. [1] About watchOS 4 Updates · watchOS 4.1 — Wi-Fi

bugFix · fixed

Alarm, charging, complication, and dictation corrections

documentedconfirmed

Four targeted corrections addressed tactile alerts, charging reliability on original Apple Watch hardware, missing solar information, and localization defaults.

  1. [1] About watchOS 4 Updates · watchOS 4.1 — silent alarms through Mandarin dictation

feature · introduced

Radio app on Apple Watch Series 3

documentedconfirmed

The release added live and programmed radio listening on supported Series 3 hardware.

  1. [1] About watchOS 4 Updates · watchOS 4.1 — Radio

feature · introduced

Siri music discovery and playback

documentedconfirmed

Voice requests expanded from controls into music discovery and selection across supported catalogs.

  1. [1] About watchOS 4 Updates · watchOS 4.1 — Siri music

bugFix · fixed

Heart Rate and Stand notification corrections

documentedconfirmed

The update aligned Heart Rate alerts with the user's enabled state and repaired two Activity standing-notification display or delivery problems.

  1. [1] About watchOS 4 Updates · watchOS 4.1 — Heart Rate and Stand fixes

feature · introduced

Apple Music and iCloud Music Library streaming

documentedconfirmed

Supported Series 3 models could access cloud-hosted music without first synchronizing each track for local playback.

  1. [1] About watchOS 4 Updates · watchOS 4.1 — music streaming