Robot model
Apple Watch
Apple Watch (made by Apple Inc., Cupertino; current models the Series 11 and Ultra 3 from September 2025) is a biometric-primary smartwatch with FDA-cleared…
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- Form factor
- biometric
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- apple.com ↗
Overview
Apple Watch (made by Apple Inc., Cupertino; current models the Series 11 and Ultra 3 from September 2025) is a biometric-primary smartwatch with FDA-cleared cardiac and sleep AI augmentation, sitting in the new biometric form factor distinct from the AI-primary wearable cohort because it would exist as a watch and biometric tracker without its AI layer, only degraded. Its FDA clearances are the verification anchor: the ECG app and Irregular Rhythm Notification were cleared via FDA De Novo in November 2018, AFib History via a 510(k) in June 2022 but only for users 22 and older already diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, sleep-apnea notifications via a 510(k) in September 2024 for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults without an existing diagnosis and explicitly not for diagnosis, and hypertension notifications cleared in September 2025 as a 30-day passive screening tool rather than blood-pressure measurement. Marketing that frames AFib History as detecting new atrial fibrillation, or the sleep-apnea and hypertension features as diagnostic or as blood-pressure monitoring, exceeds the cleared indications and is cap-flagged. The blood-oxygen feature is a load-bearing verified-versus-claimed exemplar: it was disabled on US units from January 17, 2024 after the Masimo International Trade Commission import ban, then re-enabled on August 14, 2025 through a redesign in which the watch sensor captures raw data but the oxygen value is computed on the paired iPhone and shown in the Health app, so the sensor capability never changed while the legal and computation pathway did. Apple's clinical-validation posture is substantial, the highest peer-review volume in the cohort, anchored by the Stanford Apple Heart Study and large FDA submission studies, while the final Masimo legal end-state and whether the redesigned blood-oxygen reading matches the original accuracy are not verified.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 9 sources, view all
Key facts
Form factor
FDA clearances
Sensor suite
Blood oxygen status
Subscription model
Price
Pricing model
Availability
Specs
Notes
Specs
Battery
Weight kg
Form Factor
Fda clearance
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
1
Government records
3
Research
1
Web sources
3
9 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Shipping now
- Price
- $399 to $799 (actual sale price)as of 2025-09-09
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Sep 9, 2025
Deployments (1)
- Apple Watch at Globaloperational
Apple Watch aggregate global deployment.
Apple Watch on the deployment map
Where Apple Watch is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Price point recordedJun 17, 2026
Not announced
- Specs.fda clearance verifiedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
cleared
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Apple Watch Crash Detection
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Health with iPhone + Apple Watch
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Deployment-verified media (2)
Apple's official how-to for Crash Detection on iPhone and Apple Watch. Crash Detection is a safety-sensor feature; it is distinct from Apple Watch's FDA-cleared health features (ECG, AFib history) and from its wellness metrics (activity rings, sleep stages), which are not medical-grade.
From deployment: Global
Apple's overview of health tracking with iPhone and Apple Watch. The ECG app and AFib History are FDA-cleared features; sleep and other metrics are wellness-grade.
From deployment: Global
Regulatory filings (5)
- K250507fda 510k · us_fdacleared2025-02-21
Applicant: Apple
- K240929fda 510k · us_fdacleared2024-04-04
Applicant: Apple
- 337-TA-1276itc exclusion order · us_itcactive2021-08-13
Applicant: Apple
- DEN180044fda de novo · us_fdagranted2018-08-14
Applicant: Apple
- DEN180044fda de novo · us_fdaactive2018-01-01
Applicant: Apple
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Incidents affecting Apple Watch (1)
- Apple disabled Blood Oxygen on US Apple Watch to comply with a Masimo ITC exclusion order2024-01-18 · Regulatory action
Includes incidents linked directly to this model or to deployments of it. Retracted incidents are excluded from this view but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (9)
- https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/12/ecg-app-and-irregular-heart-rhythm-notification-available-today-on-apple-watch/
- https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/08/an-update-on-blood-oxygen-for-apple-watch-in-the-us/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/16/fda-clears-apples-sleep-apnea-detection-feature-for-use-heres-how-it-works.html
- https://www.engadget.com/wearables/apple-watch-series-11-receives-fda-clearance-for-hypertension-alerts-120046138.html
- https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/denovo.cfm?ID=DEN180044
- https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K240929
- https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K250507
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1901183
- https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-series-11/specs/
Compare Apple Watch
Common questions
- What is Apple Watch?
- Apple Watch (made by Apple Inc., Cupertino; current models the Series 11 and Ultra 3 from September 2025) is a biometric-primary smartwatch with FDA-cleared cardiac and sleep AI augmentation, sitting in the new biometric form factor distinct from the AI-primary wearable cohort because it would exist as a watch and biometric tracker without its AI layer, only degraded. Its FDA clearances are the verification anchor: the ECG app and Irregular Rhythm Notification were cleared via FDA De Novo in November 2018, AFib History via a 510(k) in June 2022 but only for users 22 and older already diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, sleep-apnea notifications via a 510(k) in September 2024 for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults without an existing diagnosis and explicitly not for diagnosis, and hypertension notifications cleared in September 2025 as a 30-day passive screening tool rather than blood-pressure measurement. Marketing that frames AFib History as detecting new atrial fibrillation, or the sleep-apnea and hypertension features as diagnostic or as blood-pressure monitoring, exceeds the cleared indications and is cap-flagged. The blood-oxygen feature is a load-bearing verified-versus-claimed exemplar: it was disabled on US units from January 17, 2024 after the Masimo International Trade Commission import ban, then re-enabled on August 14, 2025 through a redesign in which the watch sensor captures raw data but the oxygen value is computed on the paired iPhone and shown in the Health app, so the sensor capability never changed while the legal and computation pathway did. Apple's clinical-validation posture is substantial, the highest peer-review volume in the cohort, anchored by the Stanford Apple Heart Study and large FDA submission studies, while the final Masimo legal end-state and whether the redesigned blood-oxygen reading matches the original accuracy are not verified.
- How much does Apple Watch cost?
- Apple Watch is listed at $399 to $799 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
- Is Apple Watch actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. Apple Watch is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Is Apple Watch autonomous or teleoperated?
- Partly. DEPLOY verifies Apple Watch operating autonomously for Tracks heart health, Detects irregular heart rhythm, and Tracks fitness and activity. Other capabilities (Tracks sleep and Tracks blood oxygen (SpO2)) are only demonstrated under teleoperation or remain vendor claims, not independently verified as autonomous.
- What are the specs of Apple Watch?
- Apple Watch's recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Battery: 24 h; Weight: 0.039 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
- Who makes Apple Watch?
- Apple Watch is made by Apple, based in Cupertino, California, USA, founded in 1976.
- Where is Apple Watch deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of Apple Watch is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Global.
- Can you buy Apple Watch?
- Apple Watch is available for purchase - a real sale price is on record (see the pricing section for the figure and its source).
- Is Apple Watch FDA cleared?
- Apple Watch has 5 regulatory records on the DEPLOY registry: FDA 510(k) clearance (K250507), cleared; FDA 510(k) clearance (K240929), cleared; ITC exclusion order (337-TA-1276), active and 2 more. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.
- What are alternatives to Apple Watch?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable biometric robots to Apple Watch include Butterfly iQ+, Butterfly AI Ultrasound, Evie Ring (and EvieMED), Fitbit (Charge / Sense / Versa).
- How does Apple Watch compare to Butterfly iQ+?
- Apple Watch and Butterfly iQ+ (Butterfly Network · 2 deployments) are both biometric robots on the DEPLOY registry. Apple Watch has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is Apple Watch a top biometric?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Apple Watch ranks in roughly the top 17% of biometric models tracked by the registry.
- What is Apple Watch's maturity stage?
- Apple Watch is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Apple Watch safe?
- Apple Watch has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 serious). Most recent: Jan 2024. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.
- Apple Watch vs Oura Ring vs Whoop: which is best for health tracking?
- Pick Oura Ring for the cleanest sleep and HRV data, WHOOP for daily strain-to-recovery coaching, and Apple Watch for the broadest fitness + smartwatch combination. Apple Watch has FDA-cleared ECG (De Novo DEN180044) and sleep apnea detection. WHOOP received an FDA warning letter for uncleared blood pressure insights. Oura tracks 50+ metrics with 9-day battery life.
Methodology: Verified · 9 sources (5 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: biometric
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 3
- primary-fda-database
- FDA database
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- primary-academic-peer-reviewed
- Peer-reviewed clinical / academic
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Apple Watch.Recent coverage
Apple Watch in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Apple Watch from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/apple-watch.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/7af0d52f-fb71-4b04-88e9-413ec552cb52
- Revision history: /models/apple-watch/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/apple-watch
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Reality vs attention
Apple Watch draws attention at the 97th percentile but verifies reality at the 46th percentile among biometric robots. Hype Gap +51, 1st widest among biometric robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026