Apple Watch Series 11 End of Life Date
Apple Watch Series 11 end-of-life date, support status, and CVE risk. Data reconciled from official vendor documentation and endoflife.date at every build; the source of each date is on the product page.
Apple Watch series-11 was released on September 19, 2025 and has no published end-of-life date yet.
| Version | Latest | EOL Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st generation | — | Sep 17, 2018 | EOL |
| Series 1 | — | Sep 15, 2020 | EOL |
| Series 2 | — | Sep 15, 2020 | EOL |
| Series 3 | — | Sep 13, 2022 | EOL |
| Series 4 | — | Sep 16, 2024 | EOL |
| Series 5 | — | Sep 16, 2024 | EOL |
| SE (1st generation) | — | Sep 16, 2024 | EOL |
| Series 6 | — | EOL | Active |
What does Apple Watch Series 11 end of life mean?
When Apple Watch Series 11 reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches for this version. CVEs discovered after the EOL date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database with no patch available. Exploit code frequently appears on GitHub within days of disclosure.
The CVE blind spot: A CVE-based scan does not show the ongoing accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software versions. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. Running Apple Watch Series 11 past its EOL date creates a growing attack surface that a clean scan result does not rule out.
Migrate to Apple Watch Series 11 or implement compensating controls — network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, restricted access — while migration is underway.