Version RecordIndependent release archive
Menu

Release record

watchOS 6.1.2

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
4
Beta cycle
42d
Average interval
14d
Public release
Jan 28, 2020

Release notes

Overview

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

Release overview

watchOS 6.1.2 was released on January 28, 2020 as an important security update. Apple's consumer notes name no feature or ordinary bug fix for this version.[1][2]

Evidence boundary

The version-specific advisory is the substantive first-party record, covering document, audio, file, image, graphics, USB, kernel, XML, interprocess communication, and Wi-Fi components. No undocumented change is inferred.[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 6.1.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z · Released January 28, 2020

    Back to text ↑
  2. About watchOS 6 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 6.1.2

    Back to text ↑
  3. About the security content of watchOS 6.1.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z · AnnotationKit; Audio; files; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; IOUSBDeviceFamily; Kernel; libxml2; libxpc; wifivelocityd

    Back to text ↑

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 6.1.2 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory records fixes across AnnotationKit, Audio, files, ImageIO, IOAcceleratorFamily, IOUSBDeviceFamily, the kernel, libxml2, libxpc, and wifivelocityd.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 6.1.2 · AnnotationKit; Audio; files; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; IOUSBDeviceFamily; Kernel; libxml2; libxpc; wifivelocityd

Milestones

Release history

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

  2. +28 days
  3. +8 days
  4. +6 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    watchOS 6.1.2 reached the public channel on January 28, 2020 as a security-only consumer update with repairs spanning parsers, file access, graphics, USB, the kernel, and system services.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    3 linked
    Open this appearance

Historical context

Cycle comparison

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

Historical avg for .1.2 releases

29 days, 3.0 milestones

Based on 1 previous watchOS .1.2 releases

Cycle vs. platform average

42d (avg: 58d)

16 days shorter than the watchOS average

Duration ranking

#29 of 49

Middle of the pack watchOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

28 days

Between Beta 1 and Beta 2

Previous .1.2 releases (watchOS)

Previous comparable watchOS releases
VersionYearCycleMilestonesAvg. Interval
watchOS 5.1.2201829d315d

Scroll horizontally to compare every historical field.

Official release notes