Release appearance
watchOS 8.4 Public
Recorded context
About this appearance
watchOS 8.4 reached the public channel on January 26, 2022 with a documented charging-compatibility fix and security repairs across system, cloud, and web-processing components.
- Date
- Jan 26, 2022
- 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 8.4 on January 26, 2022. The available version-specific consumer note is narrow: it names a fix for chargers that might not work as expected and otherwise points users to the security record.[1][2]
Evidence boundary
Source ledger
References
Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.
- About the security content of watchOS 8.4
Apple Support · Apple · 2022-01-26T00:00:00.000Z · Released January 26, 2022
- About the security content of watchOS 8.4
Apple Support · Apple · 2022-01-26T00:00:00.000Z · ColorSync; Crash Reporter; iCloud; Kernel; WebKit; WebKit Storage
Release changes
Changed in this release
Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.
bugFix · fixed
Charging compatibility correction
Apple identifies charger compatibility as the sole named consumer-facing fix in the watchOS 8.4 update notes.
- [1] About watchOS 8 Updates · watchOS 8.4
security · fixed
watchOS 8.4 security repairs
Apple's advisory records fixes across ColorSync, Crash Reporter, iCloud, the kernel, WebKit, and WebKit Storage for supported Apple Watch models.
- [1] About the security content of watchOS 8.4 · ColorSync; Crash Reporter; iCloud; Kernel; WebKit; WebKit Storage