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watchOS 8.7 Public

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About this appearance

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.

Date
Jul 20, 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 8.7 on July 20, 2022. Its consumer note offers only a general improvements-and-bug-fixes description, so the update should not be presented as having a named feature slate.[1][2]

Documented security and source gap

The version-specific advisory is the detailed record, naming APFS, AppleAVD, authorization, neural-engine, audio, kernel, WebKit, and Wi-Fi repairs. This archive explicitly leaves undocumented consumer behavior unclaimed.[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 · 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 · APFS; AppleAVD; AppleMobileFileIntegrity; Apple Neural Engine; Audio; CoreText; Kernel; WebKit; Wi-Fi

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.

  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.

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