After another disappointing update to the Apple Watch with the Series 9 last month , we ’ve been looking ahead to 2024 , when rumors say Apple will launch the first major redevelopment of its popular wrist watch with theApple Watch Series X. Now a new report claims that wo n’t be the eccentric .

fit in to Ming - Chi Kuo , the 2024 Apple Watch is “ unlikely ” to have “ significant groundbreaking experience . ” That includes , Kuo reports , no micro lead display or blood - glucose monitoring , two of the main lineament once rumour to be part of the Apple Watch Series X. ( Though by all accounts , Apple is still years away from blood glucose monitoring in Apple Watch . )

Kuo say a micro - LED show is still in the works for a future Apple Watch show , but he   “ would n’t be surprised if it ’s postponed to 2026 . ” The same go for blood - glucose monitoring , which “ wo n’t chance in 2024 and possibly not in 2025 , ” accord to Kuo . Prior account about Apple ’s efforts in this domain say the society is cook breakthroughs but has a foresighted manner to go before the technology can fit inside an Apple Watch .

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The Apple Watch Series X , as it has been dubbed , was first rumor in August by well - known tipster Mark Gurman of Bloomberg . In the report card he claimed the lookout man , which would denounce the wearable ’s 10 - class anniversary , would have an array of upgrade , let in a new case in which Apple was exploring a magnetic band affixation mechanism .

While Kuo does n’t specifically say those things are n’t come , his composition on a want of “ significant innovative experiences ” indicates that a redesign — peculiarly one that ’s incompatible with previous set — may not chance . If reliable , that would make the Apple Watch Series 10 just another minor update in a string of them , leaving the 2024 Apple Watch without much of an identity . As such , Kuo expects cargo to decline next yr unless Apple “ warehousing ” the ticker alongside the Vision Pro .

We ’re expect to seeApple Watch Series 10 , Apple Watch Ultra 3 and Apple Watch SE 3rd generation , runningwatchOS 11 , set in motion in September 2024 at the company’sGlowtime event(seehow to watch the September case ) . If you ’re in the market for a novel Apple Watch , see ourApple Watch buying guide , round - up of thebest Apple Watch plenty , and advice on whether you shouldbuy Apple Watch now or waitress . You might also be concerned in what othernew Apple productsare coming this class , and when is thenext Apple effect .