Apple Watch officially launching in Several Arab Countries

Apple Watch will be heading to six countries next week, including Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Greece. These launches follow up on the Apple Watch becoming available at 12,000 retail locations since the initial device release in April of last year. Support for the Apple Watch in these regions has been building up over the past few major iOS releases. 

Last fall, Apple brought Arabic Siri support with iOS 9.2 and iOS 8 added support for Greek Siri. We’ve reported that Apple is preparing to launch additional Apple Watch models with new bands in March.
The Apple Watch’s general availability in the UAE grew when the opening of a pair of official Apple Stores in Dubai and Abu Dhabi last year. Pricing for these international Apple Watch launches is yet to be announced, but the internal Apple product prices usually come in higher than the comparative rates in the United States.

If you spot any additional countries rolling out the Apple Watch next week, feel free to let us know in the comments.

 

 The addition of these countries will bring the total worldwide number up to 54, up from Apple’s original nine launch countries from April last year.

 A post in the iOS Developer Library in September detailed how developers can change their layouts to support right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew, showing Apple’s interest in bringing its products to more markets. Apple also added Siri support for Arabic in iOS 9.2 in the fall.