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2026 Apple Watch upgrade will be dull, but a big redesign is in progress

The Apple Watch will see a revamp in the coming years, as Apple is reportedly in the middle of a shake up its wearables formula to meet an ever-changing market.

Close-up of a smartwatch on a person's wrist displaying a glowing red heart icon and a heart rate reading of 87 beats per minute on a dark background
Apple Watch Ultra 3

The Apple Watch has retained the same core design of a square display on a watch band, but it has evolved over time. While it has become thinner, larger, and more rugged in the Apple Watch Ultra, it can potentially do more.

In Sunday’s “Power On” newsletter for Bloomberg, Mark Gurman writes that the Apple Watch is ready to get overhauled into something new. The company’s industrial design team has been rethinking smartwatches in general over the last year, and it’s considering new directions to go in.

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