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watchOS 8.3 Public

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About this appearance

watchOS 8.3 reached the public channel on December 13, 2021 with Apple Music Voice Plan support, App Privacy Report data collection, a Mindfulness notification fix, and security repairs.

Date
Dec 13, 2021
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 8.3 on December 13, 2021. Its named consumer changes added the Apple Music Voice Plan, contributed app and sensor-access activity to App Privacy Report, and corrected interruptions during Mindfulness sessions.[1][2]

Security record

The security advisory documents further repairs in audio, network proxies, images and fonts, crash reporting, game and message data, the kernel, Sandbox, privacy controls, and WebKit. No undocumented-change list is claimed.[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 8.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z · Released December 13, 2021

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  2. About watchOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 8.3

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 8.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z · Audio; CFNetwork Proxies; ColorSync; CoreAudio; Crash Reporter; Game Center; ImageIO; Kernel; Messages; Sandbox; TCC; WebKit

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 8.3

    Apple Support · Apple · 2021-12-13T00:00:00.000Z · Audio; CFNetwork Proxies; ColorSync; CoreAudio; Crash Reporter; Game Center; ImageIO; Kernel; Messages; Sandbox; SQLite; TCC; WebKit

  5. About watchOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 8.3 — App Privacy Report

  6. About watchOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 8.3 — Apple Music Voice Plan

  7. About watchOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 8.3 — Mindfulness notification fix

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

bugFix · fixed

Mindfulness notification interruption fix

documentedconfirmed

Apple corrected a condition in which incoming notifications could break the intended focus of an active Mindfulness session.

  1. [1] About watchOS 8 Updates · watchOS 8.3 — Mindfulness notification fix

security · fixed

watchOS 8.3 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory documents fixes in Audio, CFNetwork Proxies, ColorSync, CoreAudio, Crash Reporter, Game Center, ImageIO, the kernel, Messages, Sandbox, SQLite, TCC, and WebKit.

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 8.3 · Audio; CFNetwork Proxies; ColorSync; CoreAudio; Crash Reporter; Game Center; ImageIO; Kernel; Messages; Sandbox; SQLite; TCC; WebKit

security · introduced

App Privacy Report activity

documentedconfirmed

The update enabled watchOS app activity involving data and sensors to appear in the user's App Privacy Report.

  1. [1] About watchOS 8 Updates · watchOS 8.3 — App Privacy Report

compatibility · introduced

Apple Music Voice Plan

documentedconfirmed

watchOS 8.3 added support for Apple's voice-directed Apple Music subscription option on Apple Watch.

  1. [1] About watchOS 8 Updates · watchOS 8.3 — Apple Music Voice Plan