Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Rumored to Double Storage to 128GB
The beta code points to a health and fitness refresh with doubled storage, and the announcement is expected within days, so the rumors are about to be tested against the real hardware.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Rumors ahead of Apple's September event point to a health-focused refresh for the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4. Code in the watchOS 27 and iOS 27 betas, examined by a MacRumors forum user, hints at a new Readiness app, per-set strength training logs, a reworked heart rate sensor, and a doubling of storage to 128GB. Apple is expected to announce the watches on September 10 Japan time.
The findings come from a MacRumors forum user who combed the developer betas of watchOS 27 and iOS 27. The Readiness app sits next to Workout in the home screen default layout, though the app itself is not yet in the beta. The storage finding is the most concrete: a 128GB component setting exists for the T8320 chip expected in both watches, up from 64GB in current models. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman also reported in August that the new watches would strengthen health and fitness features.
- Readiness app: a new health app placed next to Workout in the watchOS 27 home screen, expected to report daily recovery and exercise readiness
- Strength training logging: per-set records of reps, weight, equipment, body part, and time within a single workout
- Heart rate sensor refresh: a lower noise value in the beta and measurement that switches with wrist and crown orientation
- 128GB storage: a storage component setting for the T8320 chip, double the 64GB in current models
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.