Ukuqhubeka nama-betas, abafana abavela eCupertino sebethule kabusha i-beta entsha, kulokhu i-beta yesithathu yabathuthukisi be-watchOS 3.1.1. Njenge-beta yesithathu ekhishwe yi-Apple ye-iOS 10.2, le nguqulo entsha igxile ekwenzeni ngcono ukusebenza kwemisebenzi yakamuva i-Apple ezoyifaka kunguqulo yokugcina yalolu hlelo olusha lokusebenza lwe-Apple Watch. Njengoba sikwazise ekwethulweni kwe-beta yokuqala yalesi sibuyekezo, u-Ai-pple ingeza ukusekelwa kwama-emoji amasha akhishwe yi-Unicode Consortium enguqulweni yayo yesishiyagalolunye, kanye nokukwazi ukuvumela umbala wesikhumba kwezinye izinhlamvu ezazingatholakali kuze kube manje.
Ngokungafani ne-iOS 10.2, I-watchOS 3.1.1 isibuyekezo esincane esigxile ekwenzeni ngcono ukusebenza nokusebenza kwe-Apple Watch. I-watchOS 3.0 yethulwe ngoSepthemba futhi isici sayo esiyinhloko ukungabi namanzi nokushesha okuvulwa ngayo izinhlelo zokusebenza manje, isivinini esithuthukiswe kakhulu ngokuqhathaniswa nenguqulo 2.0 ye-watchOS. Isibuyekezo sokuqala esikhulu se-watchOS, i-3.1, sethulwe ngo-Okthoba owedlule futhi okuyintsha yabo enkulu ukuthuthuka okumangalisayo kwebhethri, intuthuko evumela ukuthi uthokozele i-Apple Watch cishe izinsuku ezimbili.
I-watchOS 3.1.1 iyahambisana nawo wonke amamodeli we-Apple Watch, kokubili isizukulwane sokuqala namamodeli amasha afika emakethe ngo-Okthoba odlule, i-Series 1 ne-Series 2, imodeli esiletha njengobuciko bayo obukhulu ukufakwa kwe-GPS chip nokumelana namanzi, okusivumela ukuthi sisebenzise i-Apple Watch ukubhukuda nokuqapha ukuzivocavoca umzimba esikwenzayo ngenkathi sibhukuda. Isibuyekezo se-watchOS 3.1.1 sihlelelwe ukungena emakethe ngenyanga kaDisemba enguqulweni yaso yokugcina futhi kungenzeka size ne-iOS 10.2, inguqulo ye-iOS okwamanje eku-beta.
