Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Watchos versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3.2.3 | Sep 13, 2016 | Sep 19, 2017 | 3154 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4.3.2 | Sep 19, 2017 | Sep 17, 2018 | 2791 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | 5.3.10 | Sep 17, 2018 | Sep 19, 2019 | 2424 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.3.1 | Sep 19, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | 2061 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7.6.2 | Sep 16, 2020 | Sep 20, 2021 | 1692 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8.8.2 | Sep 20, 2021 | Sep 12, 2022 | 1335 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | 9.6.4 | Sep 12, 2022 | Sep 18, 2023 | 964 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | 10.6.2 | Sep 18, 2023 | Sep 16, 2024 | 600 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 | 11.6.2 | Sep 16, 2024 | Sep 15, 2025 | 236 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26 | 26.4 | Sep 15, 2025 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Watchos version reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Watchos should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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