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watchOS 7.2 Public

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About this appearance

watchOS 7.2 reached the public channel on December 14, 2020 with Fitness+, cardio-fitness tools, ECG changes, braille and Family Setup expansion, performance work, and security repairs.

Date
Dec 14, 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 7.2 on December 14, 2020. The update's consumer record centers on Fitness+, cardio-fitness notifications and review, ECG behavior and regional support, braille displays, and Family Setup expansion.[1][2]

Documented scope

Apple also identifies performance improvements and publishes a security advisory covering audio, fonts, images, authentication policy, WebRTC, and Wi-Fi. No later or undocumented changes are attributed to this event.[3][4]

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 7.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-12-14T00:00:00.000Z · Released December 14, 2020

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  2. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 7.2

    Apple Support · Apple · 2020-12-14T00:00:00.000Z · Audio; CoreAudio; FontParser; ImageIO; Security; WebRTC; Wi-Fi

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  4. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2 — performance improvements

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  5. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2 — Apple Fitness+

  6. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2 — braille displays

  7. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2 — cardio fitness notifications

  8. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2 — ECG app in Taiwan

  9. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2 — ECG classification

  10. About watchOS 7 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · watchOS 7.2 — Family Setup

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

enhancement · changed

ECG classification above 100 BPM

documentedconfirmed

Apple broadened the heart-rate range in which the ECG app could return an atrial-fibrillation classification.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.2 — ECG classification

compatibility · introduced

Family Setup in four additional countries

documentedconfirmed

Apple broadened Family Setup availability to four additional markets, retaining its cellular model requirements.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.2 — Family Setup

feature · introduced

Low cardio-fitness notifications and review

documentedconfirmed

The update expanded cardio-fitness monitoring beyond high-performance ranges and exposed contextual review in the iPhone Health app.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.2 — cardio fitness notifications

enhancement · changed

Performance improvements

documentedconfirmed

Apple's consumer record identifies a general performance component without publishing a more granular breakdown.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.2 — performance improvements

compatibility · introduced

ECG availability in Taiwan

documentedconfirmed

watchOS 7.2 expanded regulated ECG app availability to Taiwan.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.2 — ECG app in Taiwan

compatibility · introduced

Braille display support with VoiceOver

documentedconfirmed

The release expanded Apple Watch accessibility by enabling supported external braille-display use with VoiceOver.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.2 — braille displays

feature · introduced

Apple Fitness+

documentedconfirmed

watchOS 7.2 launched Fitness+ across ten workout categories in its initial six supported countries.

  1. [1] About watchOS 7 Updates · watchOS 7.2 — Apple Fitness+

security · fixed

watchOS 7.2 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory documents fixes across Audio, CoreAudio, FontParser, ImageIO, Security, WebRTC, and Wi-Fi.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 7.2 · Audio; CoreAudio; FontParser; ImageIO; Security; WebRTC; Wi-Fi