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Apple Delays Software Update for Watch After Finding Bug

  • First major software changes for Watch were expected Wednesday
  • Apple's iOS 9 software update for iPhone and iPad unaffected

Apple Watch Sport devices are displayed at an Apple store in New York, U.S.

Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg
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Apple Inc. delayed the first major software update for Apple Watch because of a bug it discovered in the operating system that couldn’t be fixed before Wednesday’s planned release.

The new watch software will be available soon, Apple spokeswoman Amy Bessette said, without providing a specific time frame. She declined to say what caused the problem, only that it’s "taking a bit longer to fix than we expected."