On their WatchOS page, about halfway down: https://www.apple.com/os/watchos/

Has to be a fuckup. watchOS 26 supported the Series 6 onwards. I don't think Apple has ever cut 3 generations of devices with a single yearly OS upgrade unless there's an underlying architecture reason for it before.

This might be the list for Siri AI supported watches or something.

	▲	thewebguyd 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Seems you are correct, the beta is now showing available on my Series 9 at least.

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deinonychus 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

wow this blows. do they ever like release an OS for older machines at a later date?