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watchOS 8.7

Full article
Public release
Recorded milestones
7
Beta cycle
63d
Average interval
11d
Public release
Jul 20, 2022

Release notes

Overview

Editorial synthesis with inline references and a source ledger when citations are available.

Release overview

watchOS 8.7 was released on July 20, 2022. Apple characterized it as an improvements, bug-fixes, and security update rather than publishing named consumer features for the version.[1][2]

Documented security and source gap

The substantive first-party detail is the security advisory, which names repairs in APFS, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, the Apple Neural Engine, audio, the kernel, WebKit, and Wi-Fi. Because Apple provides no more specific consumer change list, the archive does not invent one.[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 8.7

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z · watchOS 8.7 — Released July 20, 2022

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  2. About watchOS 8 Updates

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · watchOS 8.7

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  3. About the security content of watchOS 8.7

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z · APFS; AppleAVD; AppleMobileFileIntegrity; Apple Neural Engine; Audio; Kernel; WebKit; Wi-Fi

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  4. About the security content of watchOS 8.7

    Apple Support · Apple · 2022-07-20T00:00:00.000Z · Released July 20, 2022

Documented & observed

Changes in this version

Source-linked features, fixes, known issues, removals, and community-observed behavior recorded across this version’s appearances and verified builds.

Release changes

Changed in this release

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

enhancement · changed

General improvements and bug fixes

documentedconfirmed

The consumer release note records a general maintenance update but does not provide enough detail to split it into more specific occurrences.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About watchOS 8 Updates · watchOS 8.7

security · fixed

watchOS 8.7 security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Apple's advisory documents fixes across APFS, AppleAVD, AppleMobileFileIntegrity, the Apple Neural Engine, audio, CoreText, the kernel, WebKit, and Wi-Fi.

Recorded at Public

  1. [1] About the security content of watchOS 8.7 · APFS; AppleAVD; AppleMobileFileIntegrity; Apple Neural Engine; Audio; CoreText; Kernel; WebKit; Wi-Fi

Milestones

Release history

Every recorded channel appearance in chronological order. Open an appearance for any available build, scope, notes, and sources.

  2. +13 days
  3. +14 days
  4. +14 days
  5. +7 days
  6. +7 days
  7. +8 days

    Public release

    Public

    Full articleEditorially verified

    watchOS 8.7 reached the public channel on July 20, 2022 as a maintenance release with general improvements, bug fixes, and detailed security repairs rather than named new features.

    Availability
    available
    Sources
    4 linked
    Open this appearance

Historical context

Cycle comparison

Pace, intervals, and duration compared with earlier releases on the same platform.

Cycle vs. platform average

63d (avg: 58d)

5 days longer than the watchOS average

Duration ranking

#15 of 49

Middle of the pack watchOS beta cycles

Longest gap in this cycle

14 days

Between Beta 2 and Beta 3

Official release notes