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watchOS 6.1.1

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
5
Beta cycle
35d
Average interval
9d
Public release
Dec 10, 2019

Release notes

Overview

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

Release overview

watchOS 6.1.1 was released on December 10, 2019 as an explicitly security-focused point release. Apple's advisory supplies the concrete affected components and impact classes.[1][2]

Evidence boundary

Apple did not publish a separate consumer feature list for 6.1.1. This page therefore records the security work without inventing unrelated performance or feature claims.[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 6.1.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z · Released December 10, 2019

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  2. About watchOS 6 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 6.1.1

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 6.1.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2019-12-10T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 6.1.1 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

watchOS 6.1.1 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

The release repaired issues involving Siri call routing, network policy, proxy privileges, FaceTime media, the kernel, XML and packet-capture libraries, and WebKit.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 6.1.1 · CallKit; CFNetwork; CFNetwork Proxies; FaceTime; Kernel; libexpat; libpcap; Security; WebKit

Milestones

Release history

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

  2. +7 days
  3. +8 days
  4. +15 days
  5. +5 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    watchOS 6.1.1 reached the public channel on 2019-12-10. This article records Apple's version-labeled feature or maintenance notes and the accompanying first-party security record.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    4 linked
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Historical context

Cycle comparison

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

Historical avg for .1.1 releases

42 days, 6.0 milestones

Based on 1 previous watchOS .1.1 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

35d (avg: 58d)

23 days shorter than the watchOS average

Longest gap in this cycle

15 days

Between Beta 3 and Beta 4

Previous .1.1 releases (watchOS)

Previous comparable watchOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
watchOS 3.1.1201642d68d

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Official release notes