And yet, I am still unable to update my Apple Watch with the latest iOS 16. iOS 17 is now required. iOS 17 is also required to rent a movie on my Apple TV. So,

And yet, I am still unable to update my Apple Watch with the latest iOS 16. iOS 17 is now required. iOS 17 is also required to rent a movie on my Apple TV. So, to the author's assertion that "Apple does a good job supporting old hardware", they may give some security patches but interoperability between current and previous versions is seemingly deliberately broken.