While the Apple Watches Series 1 to 10 have been launched regularly every September, the same cannot be said for the Apple Watch Ultra: the first-generation Apple Watch Ultra was released in September 2022, the second generation came a year later, in September 2023, and just under six months ago Apple only added a new colour, titanium black.
There are now increasing signs that the Apple Watch Ultra 3 will be released in autumn 2025 and it will compete with the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 as well as other smartwatches.
This has seemingly been confirmed by supplier analyst Jeff Pu from GF Securities in Hong Kong.
Pu claims in one of his notes to investors that three more Apple products will be launched in 2025: Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the long-rumoured HomePad 6″ (the term ‘6″‘ probably refers to the 6-inch diagonal screen size like Amazon Echo Show devices).
The roadmap also shows release date timing for the AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 12, a new Vision Pro, Vision, Air, Smart Glasses and an Apple Watch with blood monitoring.
If his calculations are correct, Apple will release the Ultra 3 alongside the Series 11, likely in September with the iPhone 17 range. The new generation is expected to switch to third-generation mobile communications instead of LTE, as well as a direct satellite connection.
In recent years, there have been rumours about the new display with micro-LED technology, but this may not come to fruition.
In addition to new features, Apple still has to solve its legal problems and reactivate a feature that is banned, at least in the USA – oxygen measurement.
The general tenor of the comments shows a willingness to stick with the old models as long as they retain the oxygen saturation measurement and the battery is reasonably healthy.
At the beginning of 2024, Apple had to disable oxygen saturation measurement on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the USA via a software update until the legal dispute over patents with a US company Masimo, is resolved.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and adapted from German.
