Apple has unveiled a hidden Watchos 26 function! You will probably use the new feature daily. That’s how it works.
Hidden Watchos 26 function
Watchos 26 will be coming to your Apple Watch soon! Apple has already announced the biggest update of the year for the Apple Watch in June. The operating system will receive a custom interface, in which we see elements of Liquid Glass for the first time. That’s not all, because you also get many more health functions. In addition, a new Watchos 26 function, which Apple has kept hidden so far.
At the presentation of the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the Apple Watch SE 2025, Apple has unveiled another new function for Watchos 26. The operating system is expanded with a sleep score, which indicates the quality of your sleep. The sleep score also tries to improve your night’s sleep by giving various tips. You can see the new sleep score in the Health app on the iPhone, which looks like this:
That’s how the new sleep score works
Do you also wear your Apple Watch at night? In that case you get a handy function with Watchos 26, because you will see your sleep score in the Health app every day. This score is based on various factors. The Apple Watch records how long you sleep, how often you wake up and the duration of every sleep phase. The smartwatch also looks at the moment that you go to sleep every day and to what extent that happens at different times.
The Apple Watch keeps track of all this data, which is ultimately converted to a sleep score. You can also see the new function in the sleep app on your Apple Watch from Watchos 26. There you can see every day using your sleep score how good your night’s rest was. Did you sleep badly? In the Health app on your iPhone and the sleep app on the Apple Watch you get tips on how to get a better night’s sleep next time.
Release of Watchos 26
The sleep score is one of the new functions that comes to your Apple Watch with Watchos 26. To use the new feature, your Apple Watch must therefore have support for the next software version. Apple brings Watchos 26 this year to the Apple Watch Series 6 and Nieuwer. Do you have an Apple Watch Series 5? Then unfortunately you have to do it without all the new functions of Watchos 26.
We don’t have to wait long for Watchos 26, because Apple will be releasing the update soon. The new software version appears at the same time as iOS 26, iPados 26 and all other major updates from 2025. Are you curious when your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Mac (book), and Apple TV can update? Then read all about the release of iOS 26 and Watchos 26 here!
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