This Year’s Apple Watch Might Play Things Very Safe by Raymond Wong from Gizmodo on 2026-05-11 14:45 (#75HS2) Don't expect a hardware redesign.
Confirmed: watchOS 27 Does in Fact Support Apple Watch Series 9 by Raymond Wong from Gizmodo on 2026-06-08 21:19 (#765ZZ) Gizmodo has confirmed that watchOS 27 works with Apple Watch Series 9 and later, contrary to an error on Apple's own preview website.
