Wow, so, I'm rearranging my iPhone folders and notice that the clock app's second hand is moving identically to my apple watch.... Only Apple.... Attention to the smallest detail....
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Anyone else notice the 2nd hand?
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No, it's Apple. Every iPhone and Apple Watch on the planet have a synchronized second hand (and Mickey's foot on the watch's Mickey face).
Every singe device that uses GPS has 'synchronized' time (at least when it locks into GPS).
Every singe device that uses GPS has 'synchronized' time (at least when it locks into GPS).
... GPS isn't setting your time. It's just synced with a time server, in this case time.apple.com
It isn't Apple specific technology, it isn't anything to do with Global Positioning Systems and it isn't really that impressive.
I actually checked for it a few days ago. I was looking at my Watch and said to myself "I wonder if the second hand on the iPhone will be in the same place, because if it's not that would be pretty careless of Apple". Then I saw that they do match, and i said "that's my apple!"
I actually checked for it a few days ago. I was looking at my Watch and said to myself "I wonder if the second hand on the iPhone will be in the same place, because if it's not that would be pretty careless of Apple". Then I saw that they do match, and i said "that's my apple!"
Both devices are displaying the time?!?! Apple isn't modifying the time so as to make sure both devices are in sync?
The second hand is the same on my watch as it is on my phone, as it is on my Mac, as it is on my radio controlled bedside clock. It is the time.
It's not any more impressive that the two devices are displaying the same thing than it is that it's 13:07 now.
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Go on http://time.is - your second hand will match the time there too.
Is this new since the Apple Watch, I've not noticed it before. Could more dynamic / animated icons be coming in iOS 9?
I actually checked for it a few days ago. I was looking at my Watch and said to myself "I wonder if the second hand on the iPhone will be in the same place, because if it's not that would be pretty careless of Apple". Then I saw that they do match, and i said "that's my apple!"
You give Apple way more credit. Universal time is, well, universal and both the watch and phone are simply showing the correct time. All synced to universal time. Even my LX Lexus IS synced to the second and it has nothing to do with Apple.
The clock icon in your iPhone has had a moving second hand hat reflects the actual time since iOS 7.
Actually it's not just Apple. Although, it's still cool none the less.
I have a few G-Shock watches that are solar atomic. The analog and digital all have the same time down to the second. Other watches and gadgets do this as well.
Hang on, I've just noticed the minute hand tends to be in the same place across both Apple devices too.
Only checked it a couple of times but every time it seems to be in sync. They really don't leave a stone unturned when they're designing these things do they? Well done again, Apple.
Only checked it a couple of times but every time it seems to be in sync. They really don't leave a stone unturned when they're designing these things do they? Well done again, Apple.
Apple never claimed all Mickeys worldwide were in sync. Just ones in the same room.
Which makes more sense, as all the watches in one room are going to have nearly the same time deviation due to all getting their info from the same tower and/or Apple server over a comm path.
As for GPS time, the Apple Watch claims accuracy that's a million times less than GPS. (GPS can be within 50ns, versus 50ms for Apple.)
But heck, all humans usually need is within a half second at most.
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This is simply not true.
My personal iPhone and my work iPhone are often a second or two apart.
Might be related to the Exchange server?
Also there would be no way to confirm or prove it since latency would negate any observation.
First I've ever noticed the second hand moving. I've always wondered why Apple don't use animated icons. I always thought it was because they couldn't. Now I know they can.