Version RecordIndependent release archive
Menu

Release appearance

watchOS 6.1.2 Public

Full article
Public release

Recorded context

About this appearance

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.

Date
Jan 28, 2020
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 6.1.2 on January 28, 2020. The consumer update page characterizes it as an important security update recommended for all users and does not enumerate a user-facing feature.[1][2]

Documented scope

The advisory documents the release's concrete changes across multiple privileged and parsing surfaces. Because Apple publishes no broader consumer list, this entry contains one structured security occurrence and no speculative maintenance detail.[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 ↑

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.

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