Latest Ios Beta Hints At Notifications On Non-apple Watches

Apple could soon amended nan interoperability betwixt iPhones and third-party smartwatches. The latest iOS 26.1 beta hints astatine a caller “notification forwarding” characteristic that could aboveground iPhone notifications connected a non-Apple instrumentality aliases accessory, as spotted by Macworld.

Code seen by Macworld suggests that users would only beryllium capable to guardant notifications to 1 instrumentality astatine a time, while a caller “AccessoryExtension” model could amended nan pairing process pinch third-party accessories arsenic well. It’s still excessively early to show really these features will work, but they look related to an bid from nan European Commission that will unit Apple to make iPhones activity amended pinch non-Apple accessories.

To comply pinch nan European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Apple is required to springiness developers and instrumentality manufacturers access to definite features that will make it easier to pair, transportation data, and show notifications betwixt nan iPhone and third-party devices, specified arsenic smartwatches, headphones, and speakers. Apple has until nan extremity of this twelvemonth to unfastened up astir of these features, but it’s not clear if they’ll beryllium disposable pinch nan expected motorboat of iOS 26.1 adjacent month, aliases if they’ll travel to users extracurricular nan EU.