WatchOS 9

watchOS 9 is the ninth major release of watchOS for the Apple Watch series that is in development at Apple Inc.

Product history
watchOS 9 is derived from iOS 16; both are expected to be announced on June 6 at the 2022 Worldwide Developers Conference and released sometime later in 2022.

New features
Some new accessibility features that Apple previewed as part of on May 17, 2022 include:
 * Apple Watch mirroring for users to control their watchOS device remotely from an iPhone.
 * New Quick Actions to expand AssistiveTouch gestures in watchOS.
 * Siri Pause Time to allow more time for users with speech disabilities to issue a voice command.

Supported devices
watchOS 9 is expected to support the new Apple Watch Series 8 along with most existing models, but has been speculated to drop support for Apple Watch Series 3, the oldest remaining model.