How the hell do you have an "ultra wilderness sports watch" and can't upload GPX files for mapping? Make it make sense.
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Apple Announces watchOS 10 With Widgets, Redesigned Apps, and More
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I was way too hyped for this disappointing OS update 😢
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If I wanted to scroll through widgets, I'd take my phone out of my pocket. I certainly have no interest in widgets which try to guess what they should show me.
Not natively, although I believe there’s a third party cycling app that supports speed/cadence/power.
After last years Ultra release and the lack of significant updates over the past year I really expected a lot more. There are some nice extras but overall I’m disappointed. No offline mapping, no algorithm updates, no ANT support, no serious health app updates, no training metrics, etc. And seriously Apple, no one with a power meter is going to use the health app to view data during a ride…
I can’t imagine anyone using this - if you’re young enough you won’t have any idea who Snoopy and Woodstock are. My 10 year old self is excited tho.
That's a good point its not native it works for third party apps and hardware.
Are you Specialer-Ed for gaming? If so, I think I've played BF4 with you.
Simple. Like they remove ANC from Airpods Max via an update and then reintroduce them on Airpods Max 2 claiming they improved it.
Watch OS from all the OS’s was the only real winner, seems like a clear amount of focus on USABLE SW development, etc. Hiking, (goodby alltrails), biking, widgets, etc. Making it appear to be quite a bit more usable. Watch is the clear new GROWTH leader for apple in the coming years.
"A new feature seeks to decrease risk of myopia using the ambient light sensor to show Time in Daylight, which is also displayed in the Health app."
This is neat!
This is neat!
I thought I had reasonable hopes for maps and just some form of recovery metrics, yet none of it came today
Offline maps but only if you have iPhone around? Lol
So happy that installed and many times used WorkOutDoors - amazing to just walk and have map on your wrist
So happy that installed and many times used WorkOutDoors - amazing to just walk and have map on your wrist
Introducing watchOS 10, a milestone update for Apple Watch
Apple previewed watchOS 10, bringing Apple Watch users redesigned apps, a new Smart Stack to show relevant widgets when needed, and new watch faces.
www.apple.com
3rd party apps supported them, but not the Activity app proper.
watchOS is better than iOS. And almost infinitely customizable.
Yet the iPhone is still locked down and using a ui developed in 2004.
Yet the iPhone is still locked down and using a ui developed in 2004.
Would have loved to hear about ANT+ support as well!
+1 for WorkOutDoors … awesome program and I use it for all my outdoor activity.
It looks like no additional models were dropped, which is amazing, although you can argue the update didn't really require that much more computational power. And they found some workarounds like offline maps needing the iPhone nearby to be of use. I guess route mapping is too much for the Watch processors.
I think that would require hardware. Bluetooth is far superior to ANT+ but I'm glad they added it to support workout apps natively.
I know a bunch of comments said they would never use their iPhone while cycling but I would use it as a replacement for my cycling computer.