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Apple Watch Series 12 introduces the new Health Sensing System with a faster heart-rate monitor, enabling the Heart Rate complication to show live readings instead of just an app launcher. The five-second heart-rate polling makes the small complication more useful, and pre-orders start at $399 for the Series 12 and $799 for the Ultra 4, with launches on September 18.
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 and Series 12 (pre-orders) reportedly ship with 4GB RAM—double the 2GB of prior models—based on Xcode 27 findings. Powered by the new S11 chip, they support watchOS 27 AI features, though Apple has not publicly announced the RAM increase.
Rumors say Apple will debut the rugged Apple Watch Ultra 4 alongside the Series 12 at the Sept. 9 event, boosting processing power with an S11/S12 chip and adding health features, which could lift the Ultra 4’s price above its $799 starting point; expect no major design changes, but WatchOS 27 promises expanded Siri AI and features like Workout Buddy and potential blood pressure support, with battery life possibly improving modestly thanks to a more efficient processor.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 will bring faster performance and health/fitness tracking improvements but no major design changes from the Series 11/Ultra 3. Touch ID is unlikely this generation, there will be no Apple Watch SE 4 this year, and Apple is exploring blood-sugar detection with a goal of a 2030 release.