Apple Releases First Apple Watch Software Update With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements

[abuskeletor]

Both watches show the ability to tap with the symbol. She can happily send taps and heartbeats to me, they just disappear into the ether and I never get them.

Well, that's a shame. Sorry I couldn't help. Good luck fixing the issue. I'd be interested in how you resolve it once you have it figured out.

 

[RebelScum]

should have released, you know, maybe, a KILLER APP for it ?!

hope you're enjoying your Stamp Sized UI, Tethering, and Awful Battery 😡

the rest of us are happy with our Cadillac sized Smart Phones 😎

It's nice not to have to get in your caddy every time you want to chcek the time.

Or something. As a Mercedes driver and an Apple watch owner, all I can say is it's nice to have both, and even nicer that neither of them is some hideous Detroit monstrosity.

 

[RebelScum]

Every time I'm at an modest coffee shop and see someone pull out an iPad I respond by pulling out my Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 rocking Android 5.0.2 Lollipop with Samsung's innovative TouchWiz UI, a lightning fast quard core Qualcomm Snapdragon, 1.5 GB RAM, and of course a microSDXC card slot for expansion. Bam. Checkmate.

I hope you took the time to tell that moron with that ipad all the specs and features of your Galaxy Tab 4 10.1.

Make sure you tell him it's the "Galaxy Tab 4 10.1". Because if you don't explain that it's the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1, with its innovative TouchWiz UI, how could he possibly know how lame he looks in a modest coffee shop with his paltry ipad?

Clearly he needs someone interrupting him in his modest coffee shop while he's working on his obviously pathetically inferior iPad to explain to him how much better the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1, with its lightning fast quad core Snapdragon and of course a microSDXC card slot for expansion, is.

Please do explain every single one of these features to absolutely everyone using an iPad in public so everyone can witness how inferior we iPad users are. Please make sure to do it loudly and in plain view of everyone.

I mean, clearly the device you use determines the quality of the work you do on it. One glance at your post, highlighting the clearly indomitable features of the mighty Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1, with its Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and of course a microSDXC card slot for expansion, simply proves the prowess of your authoring abilities.

I mean, how else are we going to know we're losing a battle we didn't even know we were fighting?

I mean, Bam, amirite?

 

[RebelScum]

Yeah! Now the timer is logical....

Before when I set a timer on the watch via Siri it was a complete PITA to get back to see where you were in the process. Had to launch the timer App.

Now even minutes later the watch defaults back to the timer when you wake it up.

REALLY. Good to know; that was a minor annoyance for me, but an annoyance just the same. Good catch 🙂

 

[aliensporebomb]

Or

Her dissatisfaction comes from the calories. The Polar will say 500 calories burned for example, and the Watch 250. She's competing against people in some fitness app, so less is bad! Haha! I don't think the Polar is inaccurate. Judging by her workout, I think the numbers seems reasonable.

I don't know how the Apple Watch could be defective when paired with a bluetooth chest strap. The same strap on Polar gives her double the amount of calories. I just think Apple is using different algorithms. And even if we do exchange it, God knows when they'll send her another one.

I wonder what the fitness app is. Is she using Strava?

 

[RoniSue]

Don't return it!

My wife asked me to return her Apple Watch today. She can't get accurate fitness results. It's way off from her Polar. She even bought a bluetooth polar chest strap. Maybe this update will help?

My fitness results were off from my Polar as well, and my Body Media Fit. I changed my age in the Health app from 57 to 27, and now my results are a lot more accurate (I'm more fit than the average 57-year-old woman). Maybe your wife should reduce her age on the watch, too.

 

[RoniSue]

I care about the calories

I was going by heart rate since you mentioned the Polar heart rate chest strap.

Polar app might say 500 calories (the strap itself doesn't tell you calories burned).

Treadmill might say 200 calories. Endomondo might say something else. MapMyRun might say something else. The bike at the gym might say something else. The Watch might say something else.

You're gonna return the watch because the calorie count on apps differ?

If you (or your wife) knows that she was in the heart rate training zone for X minutes during a workout -- then that should be what matters most. Who cares what the calorie count on an app says? They're ALL estimates and they're all going to be different.

I care about what it says the calorie burn was. I find the Activity app motivating, and I want to finish all three circles every day. The Move circle is based on calories. I know I could lower the daily goal, but I don't want to. I want it to be at least close to accurate.

 

[RoniSue]

Took 15 minutes to update. The watch was very warm when I took it off the charger.

First thing I have noticed is the blue tooth and wifi are much better at connecting.

I used to loose the wifi connection in the house and would have to get the iPhone and let it reconnect to blue tooth and then wifi. Now it just seems to work consistently all over the house.

How can you even tell if the watch is connected to wifi?

 

[vampyr]

huh? you do the update through the Apple Watch app on the phone that is connected to your watch.

I don't have an iPhone... just an Apple watch. Hopefully I'll be able to take it into an Apple store and have it udpated for me.

 

[gaximus]

Simple. The cable for the Apple Watch is a charging cable. Nothing more, nothing less. You downloaded the update on your iPhone over wifi without the need of a computer. The Watch was plugged directly into your power outlet, not a computer. You're taking this too literal. This isn't like the days where you had to connect your iPhone or iPad into your computer for a software update.

My first comment was that it technically isn't over the air, that's why it's too literal, also the "over the air" definition excludes Bluetooth, which is what the apple watch uses. http://www.mobileburn.com/definition.jsp?term=OTA

Also, I do see what your saying, but the update can't occur without being tethered to a cable.

 

[Antgb84]

Can anyone report if they're working out without the phone, how accurate is the Watch running and doing other activities for you? I'm yet to buy one for myself just need to be convinced that I don't need to be carrying the phone with me during workouts.

 

[whatos]

My wife asked me to return her Apple Watch today. She can't get accurate fitness results. It's way off from her Polar. She even bought a bluetooth polar chest strap. Maybe this update will help?

I say give Apple one year to learn more about what it takes to properly sort out the OS. They've got to start somewhere. This first effort accomplished their first goal of bringing the watch to market in order to catch up with other manufacturers. They simply couldn't wait any longer.

For the last several years I've been using the latest SUUNTO system because of its pinpoint accuracy, very broad range of sports tracking capabilities as well as my training regimen. Linked to my iPhone 5S, along with a very well thought out highly useful Web site, it's a great combination.

In fact now that I've added an iPhone 6 Plus as my primary smartphone, I have selected my 5S as my dedicated training/fitness/race tracker.

 

[ErikGrim]

Also, I do see what your saying, but the update can't occur without being tethered to a cable.

It cannot be initiated without being tethered to a cable. Once the update is underway you are free to take it with you and the update will continue just fine.