Apple Will Not Release watchOS 2 Today Due to Significant Bug

[MacRumors]

While Apple announced last week that it would be releasing iOS 9 and watchOS 2 to the public today, the company has just announced that it will not be releasing watchOS 2 as scheduled due to a recently discovered bug.

TechCrunch has shared the full text of Apple's notice.

"We have discovered a bug in development of watchOS 2 that is taking a bit longer to fix than we expected," an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch. "We will not release watchOS 2 today but will shortly."

Apple seeded the intended golden master version of watchOS 2 to developers immediately following last week's media event, but the company will need to make some final tweaks to address the discovered bug before it feels comfortable releasing the updated operating system to the public.

Article Link: Apple Will Not Release watchOS 2 Today Due to Significant Bug

 

[0928001]

Good on Apple.

 

[sputnikv]

Wonder if it'll be released as 2.0 or 2.1. I'm running the 2.0 GM

 

[Dilster3k]

That's just awkward.

 

[marvz]

http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/16/apple-delays-release-of-watchos-2-due-to-bug/ was just reading it over on TechCrunch.

“We have discovered a bug in development of watchOS 2 that is taking a bit longer to fix than we expected,” an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch.

 

[ck2875]

Well at least no one on MacRumors will have anything bad to say about this.

 

[lewisd25]

What does this mean for those of us on the WatchOS 2 GM?? What is the bug?

 

[stridemat]

Well that seems like the best thing to do if that is the case.

 

[dannyyankou]

Well I have the GM installed

 

[rock6079]

well this could have been horrible had they released it. hope it is resolved soon!

 

[Sirious]

I'd rather have it with as less bugs as possible; so I guess I can live without it for another day or so...

 

[pat500000]

that's cool. You should do the same with other OS x and IOS.

 

[nick42983]

Really lame Apple. I hope this and any other bug is squished before its released otherwise it'll be really embarassing.

 

[andjew94]

That's very unlike Apple, even after months of beta testing!?

 

[garylapointe]

Bummer. I was looking more forward to watchOS 2 than iOS 9....

Gary

 

[mattburley7]

release this week still hopefully?!

 

[Blujelly]

I

Well that seems like the best thing to do if that is the case.

I agree

I'd prefer a complete working version, then a buggy one!

 

[k1121j]

Coolio i still can't wait

 

[darkknight14]

That's ok with me, I guess we can still upgrade to iOS 9 without any issues?

We will likely see it before the end of the week.

 

[BanterClaus]

Well I'm pissed off, I guess it's better they're admitting there's an issue now though before screwing up a release. May as well just go to the GM I guess now.

 

[wkadamsjr]

Well at least no one on MacRumors will have anything bad to say about this.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

I, for one, am glad they will be delaying the release instead of me downloading and installing a faulty update.

 

[sputnikv]

I wonder if it has to do with messages. I received some texts moments ago that appeared on my watch but not on my phone.

 

[Duane Martin]

I hope its resolved soon. I like my Apple Watch but was looking forward to the 2.0 release to really start to see what it can do. Better not to release it with a bug but, still, I am pretty disappointed today.

 

[ditzy]

My inner child is screaming "Noooo!" The adult in me is saying well it's good that they aren't shipping it until it's ready. The adult will win...maybe.

 

[Rogifan]

At least they found it before the update was pushed out.