# Apple Watch: Price, Availability & Status (2026)

Apple Watch (from $399) has the broadest FDA-cleared portfolio in the cohort: ECG/AFib, sleep apnea, and hypertension notifications. The verified status.

## Price

- **$399 to $799** (actual-sale-price, one-time; as of 2025-09-09) · [Apple (Apple Watch)](https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-series-11/) · 2025-09-09

The range above is verified: about $399 for the Series base (aluminum, GPS), around $799 for the Ultra, and about $249 for the SE (which lacks ECG). It is a hardware purchase; there is no subscription for the FDA-cleared medical features.

## Availability

_Status: shipping-now_

The Apple Watch is shipping and consumer-available; the current hardware is the Series 11 and Ultra 3 (September 2025), with the Series 9/10 and Ultra 2 supported. It has the largest installed base in the biometric cohort.

## Status

The Apple Watch is the canonical reference of the biometric cohort and carries the broadest FDA-cleared portfolio: ECG and AFib/irregular-rhythm notifications (De Novo 2018), sleep-apnea notifications (2024), and hypertension notifications (2025), plus fall and crash detection and the Vitals app. Its sensors (optical PPG, electrical ECG, temperature, blood-oxygen) need no subscription for the cleared medical features. DEPLOY holds the claims to the specific cleared indications: these are cleared features with defined scope, not a general cardiac or sleep diagnostic.

## Compare

| Model | Pricing | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Samsung Galaxy Watch](/price/samsung-galaxy-watch) | From ~$300 | verified (Cleared cardiac/sleep AI (smartwatch)) |
| [Google Pixel Watch](/price/pixel-watch) | $349-$399 | verified (Loss-of-pulse De Novo (smartwatch)) |
| [Fitbit Charge 6](/price/fitbit-tracker) | ~$160 | verified (Budget-tier cleared (Google)) |
| [Oura Ring 4](/price/oura-ring-4) | From $349 | verified (Study-first ring) |
| [Dexcom Stelo](/price/stelo) | ~$89/2wk | verified (OTC glucose (generative AI)) |

## Common questions

### How much is the Apple Watch?

About $399 for the Series base, $799 for the Ultra, and $249 for the SE (no ECG). A hardware purchase with no subscription for the FDA-cleared features.

### Does the Apple Watch measure blood oxygen?

Yes, again. Blood-oxygen was disabled in the US in January 2024 over the Masimo ITC ruling and re-enabled in August 2025 via a paired-iPhone calculation redesign.

## How DEPLOY verified this

- [How DEPLOY tracks pricing](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-track-pricing)
- [How DEPLOY verifies deployment status](https://news.deploy.report/methodology/how-we-verify-deployment-status)

## Related reading

- [Deploy News: Biometric wearables](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/biometric)
- [Deploy News: Best AI wearables 2026](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/best-ai-wearables-2026)
- [Deploy News: What is an AI wearable?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-an-ai-wearable)
- [Deploy News: What is the Apple Watch?](https://news.deploy.report/explainers/what-is-apple-watch)

## On the registry

- [Model record](https://registry.deploy.report/models/apple-watch.md)
- [Manufacturer](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/apple.md)

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