{"id":44842,"date":"2018-06-04T15:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=44842"},"modified":"2018-06-04T15:01:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T20:01:19","slug":"a-brief-list-of-watchos-5-compatible-apple-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/44842-a-brief-list-of-watchos-5-compatible-apple-watches\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief List of watchOS 5-Compatible Apple Watches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42440 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MQWG2_AV2.jpeg\" alt=\"Apple Watch Series 3 with Cellular\" width=\"150\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MQWG2_AV2.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MQWG2_AV2-91x120.jpeg 91w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MQWG2_AV2-245x323.jpeg 245w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MQWG2_AV2-144x190.jpeg 144w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MQWG2_AV2-91x120@2x.jpeg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apple announced watchOS 5 today at WWDC 2018. The latest Apple Watch software brings many new capabilities that can be found at our <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/44813-live-blog-see-what-apple-has-in-store-at-wwdc-2018\">live blog<\/a>. But which versions of the Apple Watch can run the latest iteration of watchOS?<\/p>\n<p>Here is a complete list of compatible devices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apple&nbsp;Watch Series&nbsp;1<\/li>\n<li>Apple&nbsp;Watch Series&nbsp;2<\/li>\n<li>Apple&nbsp;Watch Series&nbsp;3<\/li>\n<li>watchOS&nbsp;5 is <strong>not<\/strong> compatible with the first-generation Apple&nbsp;Watch.<\/li>\n<li>Note:&nbsp;watchOS&nbsp;5 requires iPhone&nbsp;5s or later with iOS&nbsp;12 or later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a title=\"Here is a List of All iOS 12-Compatible Devices\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/44840-here-is-a-list-of-all-ios-12-compatible-devices\" rel=\"bookmark\">Here is a List of All iOS 12-Compatible Devices<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple announced watchOS 5 today at WWDC 2018. The latest Apple Watch software brings many new capabilities that can be found at our live blog. 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Here is a complete list of compatible devices: Apple&nbsp;Watch Series&nbsp;1 Apple&nbsp;Watch Series&nbsp;2 Apple&nbsp;Watch Series&nbsp;3 watchOS&nbsp;5 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":42440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2366,90],"class_list":["post-44842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-news","category-fresh-from-apple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Brief List of watchOS 5-Compatible Apple Watches<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apple announced watchOS 5 today at WWDC 2018. 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