Rumor: watchOS 12 to Feature visionOS-Inspired Design; Apple Intelligence Claims Questioned

Rumor Recap: watchOS 12 Design Overhaul and Apple Intelligence

A new rumor suggests that watchOS 12 will feature a design overhaul inspired by visionOS, the operating system for the Apple Vision Pro. The report, from an unreliable source called The Verifier, claims the Apple Watch will adopt elements like semi-transparent menus and revamped icons. This aligns with previous rumors about visionOS-inspired designs coming to iOS 19 and macOS 16.

However, the report also makes a more unlikely claim: Apple Intelligence, a feature suite that includes notification summarization and Genmoji, might be coming to the Apple Watch Ultra, with other models following within a year. This is deemed highly unrealistic due to the hardware requirements of Apple Intelligence, which currently needs at least 8GB of RAM, far exceeding the 1GB available on any Apple Watch.

The more credible part of the rumor—visionOS elements in watchOS 12—is rated as Likely. The unlikely Apple Intelligence claim is rated Unlikely, given the current hardware limitations and the publication's history of unreliable claims.