Yep. The watch only keeps the last 30 days of messages though. Because of this, I don't bother deleting messages off my watch since it'll do it itself automatically.
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20 New watchOS 9 Features You May Have Missed
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Wait... How were you able to update your Apple Watch in the first place? It needs to be paired to an iPhone running iOS 16 before it can be updated, which the iPhone 7 can't do.
Is this true? Because I have been doing this since this precise reason since whenever the Dock was first around (Series 0?).
Or was it just a myth back then that this worked to prioritize apps, and now it's legit? 🤷🏼♂️
It's true, and is listed on Apple's watchOS9 page. Previously, apps in the dock were only sorted in the order you last used them (if you used the 'Recents' option). This new feature makes it so that apps running in the background are always visible when opening the dock. For example, if you have a timer going and opened/used it five apps ago, it'll still be visible instead of getting buried and have to scroll to it (as seen in the screenshot below).
Not sure I understand what #1 is going to do for me. I’ve had cellular for years (AW4) with a third party imap email account and gotten new mail notifications while out running with the watch and leaving the phone behind.
Would it be better explained as “get email notifications when your watch and phone are not together, AND the phone is off or has no service” ???
Would it be better explained as “get email notifications when your watch and phone are not together, AND the phone is off or has no service” ???
Re: swimming and kick board detection. It doesn't work very well. It missed 500 of 1050 yds of kick board drill. So, I'll have to keep using a 3rd party app which I can put in drill mode and set the yardage for kick board drills. Fyi - I'm using the Ultra and watch os 9.0.2.
This is one of those MacRumors posts that I find truly helpful and hope they continue to do these for other devices as well.
I had no idea you could favourite timers now, which is a feature I was looking forward to having. Finding directions back to the car is also very neat.
I'm going to experiment with quick actions. Sometimes I wish I could press a button to switch a workout or start a workout like how the Watch ultra can but without the bulk.
I had no idea you could favourite timers now, which is a feature I was looking forward to having. Finding directions back to the car is also very neat.
I'm going to experiment with quick actions. Sometimes I wish I could press a button to switch a workout or start a workout like how the Watch ultra can but without the bulk.
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Not if you listen to audiobooks a lot.
The usual cluster of fsckups related to audiobooks remain unfixed and, if anything, made worse.
- You no longer have quick access to "Now Playing" via the top of the screen.
- The alternative route to "Now Playing" via the Dock ALWAYS insists that you must care about music rather than audiobooks, even though I am *FSCKING LISTENING TO AN AUDIOBOOK RIGHT NOW AND THE LAST TIME I LISTENED TO MUSIC WAS TRHREE MONTHS AGO!!!"
- The incomprehensible rules around audiobook playback being interrupted by the watch have become even more incomprehensible. At this point it's impossible to tell whether Apple has a plan (which is just very buggy) or if they are totally clueless. If your audiobook is interrupted by an Alarm, or a Reminder, or a Phone Call will you be able to cancel it by pressing the AirPods button? Well, spin the wheel of mystery and find out! Will your audiobook resume playing once it has been cancelled? Flip a coin and let's see!
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One nice improvement that was not mentioned is exercise zones. Once your exercise starts, you can scroll down the Workout view to see an alternative view that shows heart rate zones. As your heart rate progresses through 100, 120, 130, ... bpm, different zones will light up. I find this really motivating in terms of pushing the heart rate harder.
Negatives (like so much of what Apple ships these days, the result is half-assed magic!) include
- it can take a LONG time for the system to "sync" to your heartrate and start updating. For stairstepping it just takes a minute or two, but when running it can take 10 to 15 minutes!
- Apple (STILL!) refuses to provide the obvious connectivity between Watch and other Apple devices so that you can see your performance on a screen. I workout either at home watching TV or in a gym watching my iPad. Either way, I'd like to have data (specially heart rate zones) display in the corner of the device I am watching rather than having to keep looking at my wrist. (And no, I have ZERO interest in subscribing to Apple Exercise, which appears to be Apple's theory of how this should be handled. WTF do I want to hear other people tell me how to exercise? I hate other people and their boring conversations; that's the whole reason I am exercising while watching TV/iPad rather than playing basketball or whatever!)
Isn’t this article talking about how active apps will stay at the top in the dock? I thought that was new
I did use a friends phone of course. Sure I could have read upgrade specs before hand, but I did not.
Whatever, I am done with mindlessly upgrading. Cancelled all subscriptions. Will return that watch and refuse to get another 1200$ phone ever again.
Like many I found this article genuinely helpful. Like the favourite timers👍.
I have also found my watch asking me if I am “starting your day” when I put it on first thing, never did that before watchOS 9.0. Not sure what it does with this ‘vital’ bit of information mind😂.
I have also found my watch asking me if I am “starting your day” when I put it on first thing, never did that before watchOS 9.0. Not sure what it does with this ‘vital’ bit of information mind😂.
I couldn't see anything that says requires series 6 for mirroring and had to come to the comments to find out. However it does state series 7 required for backtracking.
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I'm having the exact same experience. I'd be interested in hearing how other people have gotten this to work.
Don’t forget that new workout feature that tells you lap time AND average time now. Except it’s bugged and average time is always the same as lap time. Yes, even on 9.0.2.
When are they gonna fix this? It’s such a glaring oversight yet I seem to be the only one who cares.
When are they gonna fix this? It’s such a glaring oversight yet I seem to be the only one who cares.
This is how to set this as a default2. View Activity Rings During Workout
Previously if you were doing an Apple Watch workout and you wanted to see how it was impacting your activity rings, you had to exit out of the Workout app and switch to the Activity app.
Now you don't have to, because you can get a glance of your activity rings right in the workout display simply by scrolling up with the Digital Crown.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/view-activity-rings-during-workout-as-default.2366273/
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I love #4 - add calendar entries. Perhaps in WatchOS 10 they'll introduce deletion, and in WatchOS 11 they'll introduce editing 😂.
Posts like this always make me wonder if Apple are able to connect the two events / deduce the reasoning for the subscription cancellations and reduced purchases.
Or is it better to tell them about the problems first – either giving them a chance to help fix it, or improve on aspects that could lose them custom.