I put the final version last week on my 7 and the already questionable battery life nose-dived for what it’s worth. I’m getting 6-8 hours a charge; yes, as in about 10 hours of expected battery life missing consistently every day.
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Apple Releases watchOS 10 With Widget-Focused Interface, New Watch Faces and More
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Agreed. I'm tempted to hold off on this one and wait and see what everyone's experience is like first.
I'm trying to install this update but it's taking a long time. I hate watch updates. It's 2023 and there isn't an alternative way to install watch updates? Apple should "innovate" a way.
2 months of using the beta and I'm still not used to the UI changes (side button + swipe up). Just a heads up that this update might be a little offputting for some.
Having used it for a couple weeks, mostly good changes in this release with the exception of the Stopwatch app (solid white BG is an odd choice) and the Timers app/complication is worse in ways that make me irrationally sad.
Also while the Weather app is much richer and prettier looking, it's a lot more fiddly and modal, so it requires more view switching to get all the info you want. IMO a watch app should be optimized for quicker interactions, and the Weather app is not.
Also while the Weather app is much richer and prettier looking, it's a lot more fiddly and modal, so it requires more view switching to get all the info you want. IMO a watch app should be optimized for quicker interactions, and the Weather app is not.
Anybody who’s installed the new build today facing any issues with complications relating to location?
Side swiping between faces needs to come back. Press & hold sucks!
I am going to guess that there is still no user control for the ambient light sensor, meaning there is no way to turn it off. Is that correct?
If you are referring to night mode on watch faces, I believe you have the option of on, off or auto.
I'm installing it now.
Really digging this update, and I was very happy to see that the Ultra 1 got that new watch face. It's soooo much better.
It’s amazing how they immediately make the old watches dated by brightening up parts of the ui revealing the bigger bezel. 🤣
It's not possible I'm afraid! you need iOS 17 for watchOS 10.
Some things I've noticed that is pleasantly surprising. They've updated some of the complications to look better.
I use the wind complication and it now uses an arrow with the speed in the center. Looks much nicer.
One bad thing I hope gets resolved quickly is the sunrise/sunset wont display.
Maybe a reboot will solve it though.
I use the wind complication and it now uses an arrow with the speed in the center. Looks much nicer.
One bad thing I hope gets resolved quickly is the sunrise/sunset wont display.
Maybe a reboot will solve it though.
go to the Settings app on your watch (not the watch app on the iPhone) and initiate update from there
🤨 OUCH! The (Apple) House always wins, dang it!!!
XS and XR were released AFTER the X
well, to be fair, every new watchOS has always required the new iOS ...
as I have 3 AWs I would have loved to install the beta on one of them, but not without iOS beta and that was/is a no no for me