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Apple Rolls Out watchOS 27, AI Coach Delayed.

5/25/2026

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Apple Launches watchOS27

Apple will launch watchOS 27, focusing on stability and performance instead of major new features.
Project Mulberry AI health coach will miss the iOS 27 launch and may appear in iOS 27.1 in October or iOS 27.4 next spring.
watchOS 27 will improve heart-rate tracking, remove three small complications from the Modular face, and follows Kaiann Drance succeeding Stan Ng as VP of Apple Watch and Health Product Marketing in April 2026.

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Apple Health Overhaul

Following Tim Cook's September resignation as Apple CEO, John Ternus will take charge of the health hardware strategy.
Apple moved its glucose-monitoring effort from Tim Millet to engineering leader Zongjian Chen while placing Apple Watch and health suite marketing under iPhone veteran Kaiann Drance.
Oura hired Apple’s former head of home hardware, underscoring a talent drain as rivals like Whoop exploit the Health app’s cluttered, insight-poor design.

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Apple Launches watchOS27

Apple will launch watchOS 27, focusing on stability and performance instead of major new features.
Project Mulberry AI health coach will miss the iOS 27 launch and may appear in iOS 27.1 in October or iOS 27.4 next spring.
watchOS 27 will improve heart-rate tracking, remove three small complications from the Modular face, and follows Kaiann Drance succeeding Stan Ng as VP of Apple Watch and Health Product Marketing in April 2026.

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