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watchOS 7.1 Public

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Recorded context

About this appearance

watchOS 7.1 reached the public channel on November 5, 2020 with hearing notifications, regional heart-feature support, Mac-unlock and display corrections, and security repairs.

Date
Nov 5, 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 7.1 on November 5, 2020. Its consumer notes identify five discrete changes involving hearing exposure, ECG and irregular-rhythm regions, Auto Unlock, and the Series 6 display.[1][2]

Documented scope

The companion advisory supplies the broader security record and notes exploit reports for some repaired vulnerabilities. The archive keeps those documented security facts separate from the consumer feature and fix list.[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 7.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z · Released November 5, 2020

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  2. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.1

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 7.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z · FontParser; Kernel; security content

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 7.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-11-05T00:00:00.000Z · Audio; CoreAudio; FontParser; Foundation; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; Kernel; libxml2; Logging; WebKit; XNU

  5. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.1 — ECG app availability

  6. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.1 — headphone audio level

  7. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.1 — irregular heart rhythm notifications

  8. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.1 — unlock Mac fix

  9. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.1 — wrist raise fix

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

security · fixed

watchOS 7.1 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory records a broad repair set and says exploit reports existed for selected FontParser and kernel vulnerabilities.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 7.1 · Audio; CoreAudio; FontParser; Foundation; ImageIO; IOAcceleratorFamily; Kernel; libxml2; Logging; WebKit; XNU

bugFix · fixed

Mac Auto Unlock correction

documentedconfirmed

Apple repaired an interoperability failure in the watch-assisted Mac unlock workflow.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.1 — unlock Mac fix

compatibility · introduced

ECG availability in South Korea and Russia

documentedconfirmed

Apple expanded regulated ECG support to compatible watches in South Korea and Russia.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.1 — ECG app availability

compatibility · introduced

Irregular-rhythm notifications in South Korea and Russia

documentedconfirmed

The release extended irregular-rhythm notification support to the same two countries.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.1 — irregular heart rhythm notifications

bugFix · fixed

Series 6 wrist-raise display correction

documentedconfirmed

Apple addressed a display-wake failure affecting a subset of Series 6 watches.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.1 — wrist raise fix

feature · introduced

Headphone audio-level notifications

documentedconfirmed

watchOS 7.1 added a hearing-health warning based on potentially harmful headphone audio exposure.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.1 — headphone audio level