Release appearance

watchOS 4.2.2 Public

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Public release

Recorded context

About this appearance

watchOS 4.2.2 reached the public channel on January 23, 2018 with documented maintenance work and security repairs across media, wireless, graphics, kernel, certificate, message, and web surfaces.

Date
Jan 23, 2018
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 4.2.2 on January 23, 2018. Its consumer history describes improvements and bug fixes but does not enumerate them.[1][2]

Documented scope

The matching advisory provides the specific evidence for security work. No unnamed maintenance item is converted into a more precise claim.[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 4.2.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z · Released January 23, 2018

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  2. About watchOS 4 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 4.2.2

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 4.2.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z · Audio through WebKit security content

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 4.2.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z · Audio; Core Bluetooth; Graphics Driver; Kernel; LinkPresentation; QuartzCore; Security; WebKit

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

enhancement · changed

General improvements and bug fixes

documentedconfirmed

The consumer record confirms maintenance work but does not name an affected feature or corrected behavior.

  1. [1] About watchOS 4 Updates · watchOS 4.2.2

security · fixed

watchOS 4.2.2 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory documents memory-safety, information-disclosure, certificate-validation, denial-of-service, and code-execution fixes across system components.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 4.2.2 · Audio; Core Bluetooth; Graphics Driver; Kernel; LinkPresentation; QuartzCore; Security; WebKit