--- description: Bad news for Apple Watch owners: Apple's big software update for the device has been delayed, the company said Wednesday. title: Apple's Big Update Today Has Been Delayed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb246518d808e8d84/698863d7e20a874bc3a8d405/gettyimages-455044596.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Apple's Big Update Today Has Been Delayed  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 16, 2015 3:25 PM CUT  Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the Apple Watch during an Apple special event in Cupertino, Calif. on Sept. 9, 2014. Apple CEO Tim Cook announces the Apple Watch during an Apple special event in Cupertino, Calif. on Sept. 9, 2014.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 16, 2015 3:25 PM CUT Bad news for Apple Watch owners: Apple’s big software update for the device has been delayed, the company said Wednesday. WatchOS 2 was supposed to bring several new features to Apple’s wearable device Wednesday, including faster third-party apps and new watch faces. But the company says it found some kind of bug at the last minute, and it decided to delay the update until that gets fixed up. Apple’s _other_ big update, the release of iOS 9, appears to be on track for a 1 p.m. ET launch as scheduled. [Here’s what you can expect from the new iPhone and iPad software.](http://time.com/4035153/apple-iphone-software-ios9/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4036401/apple-update-delayed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4036401/apple-update-delayed/"},"headline":"Apple's Big Update Today Has Been Delayed","datePublished":"2015-09-16T15:25:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:37.483Z","description":"Because of a bug","url":"https://time.com/4036401/apple-update-delayed/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Apple watch","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb246518d808e8d84/698863d7e20a874bc3a8d405/gettyimages-455044596.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb246518d808e8d84/698863d7e20a874bc3a8d405/gettyimages-455044596.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Unveils iPhone 6","caption":"Apple Unveils iPhone 6","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4036401/apple-update-delayed/","name":"Apple's Big Update Today Has Been Delayed"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Tech Time: Everything to Know About This Fall's Apple Event","description":"On September 9, Apple unveiled a host of new goodies in its September keynote. Fortune's Senior Editor Andrew Nusca and TIME's Deputy Tech Editor Alex Fitzpatrick weigh in this episode of Tech Time.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/oTOq6Ym7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-09-09T23:16:16.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oTOq6Ym7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4036401/apple-update-delayed/","duration":"PT2M26S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4036401/apple-update-delayed/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```