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- Sep 18, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Apple Watch Ultra 4 Release
- Apple announced Apple Watch Ultra 4 on 9 September 2026 with the S11 chip, a redesigned health sensing system and a larger battery[1][4]
- Starts at $799; pre-orders opened 9 September in more than 50 countries, in stores Friday 18 September[1][2][4]
- Ultra 4 follows Ultra 3 (19 September 2025) in the Ultra line first introduced in September 2022[3]
- watchOS 27 releases Monday 14 September for Series 9 and later, SE 3 and Ultra 2 and later[4]
Notable features
- Keeps the 49mm Grade 5 titanium case (49 x 44 x 12mm; 63.0g in Natural, 63.1g in Black) and the 422 x 514-pixel LTPO3 Always-On display of up to 3,000 nits under flat sapphire crystal[2]
- Battery: Apple says two days; up to 18 hours of workout tracking with full GPS and heart rate, up to 45 hours in Max Extended Workout mode[1][2][4]
- Emergency SOS and Find My via satellite, 5G RedCap and LTE on cellular models, dual-frequency GPS, 100m water resistance and recreational diving support[2]
- New Readiness score, Sound Recognition, Live Rewind and Siri Recap (beta later this year, English first)[1][2]
- Black and Natural titanium with new bands, including Trail Loop, Alpine Loop, a translucent Ocean Band and a titanium Hermes Grand H band[1][4]
References 485% CONFIDENCE
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- [1]90%macrumors.com/2026/09/09/apple-watch-ultra-4-announced-battery-lifemacrumors.com· Posted Sep 13, 2026· Starts Sep 18, 2026 ✓· 25% of score
Stated as firm, per macrumors.com: pre-orders opened September 9 ahead of a stated launch date of September 18, 2026.
- [2]78%Apple Watch Series 12 & Ultra 4 Guide: Release date, price, specs and featuresmacworld.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 25% of score
MacWorld corroborates the same announce-then-sale sequence, noting Apple revealed the watches on 9 September 2026 and that they officially "went on sale on Friday, September 18, 2026," matching the pin.
- [3]90%Apple Watch Ultraen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 14, 2026· 25% of score
Wikipedia's Apple Watch Ultra article confirms "Ultra 4: September 18, 2026," an exact match to the pin's stored date.
- [4]80%Apple Watch Ultra 4 price and release date confirmedtheapplepost.com· Published Sep 9, 2026· 25% of score
The Apple Post, published 9 September 2026 (the pre-order day), confirms the watch is "arriving in stores on Friday, September 18," matching the pin's stored date.
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