Loves watchOS 2! Native games like Space Invaders are cool when they run native and supports Digital Crown. Played it on Android Wear before. https://itunes.apple.com/app/id986212363
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Apple Releases WatchOS 2 With Native App Support, New Watch Faces, Nightstand Mode, and More
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This is silly, I had no idea until now..haha!. I actually just saw a post from a friend on Instagram, photo and caption "Finally, installing 2.0." I feel stupid, but this was a nice surprise.
Don't know if it really helped, but updated iPhone. Shut down and restarted. Same for Watch.
From start to finish, it took 2 hours 20 minutes. No problems.
When I first started it said 4 hours, but that went to two in about 5 minutes. After 25 minutes, it went to 1 hour. That was just for the download. The verify went very quickly and the rest of the time was for the installation.
From start to finish, it took 2 hours 20 minutes. No problems.
When I first started it said 4 hours, but that went to two in about 5 minutes. After 25 minutes, it went to 1 hour. That was just for the download. The verify went very quickly and the rest of the time was for the installation.
I downloaded and installed my update (from Australia, by the way) about 6 hours ago, without a single issue. It took about an hour to download, which for a 500 MB download at Australia’s not exactly blazing-fast Internet speeds is actually fairly good.
Installation went very smoothly. I just took it off my wrist and put it on the charger when the download was complete. I then left my iPhone 5s nearby and went to have a cup of tea, etc. By the time I came back, the installation was almost over.
I just came back from a 6k run; and as someone upthread mentioned already, the Apple Watch’s active calories estimate is significantly higher. My last run (of the same distance from two days earlier) put me at exactly 300 total calories, whereas my run today shows 363 total calories. Quite a big difference.
Other than that, none of the new features I’ve noticed so far today will likely change my daily routine much. Hopefully the native apps from third party developers might open up some new possibilities though.
Installation went very smoothly. I just took it off my wrist and put it on the charger when the download was complete. I then left my iPhone 5s nearby and went to have a cup of tea, etc. By the time I came back, the installation was almost over.
I just came back from a 6k run; and as someone upthread mentioned already, the Apple Watch’s active calories estimate is significantly higher. My last run (of the same distance from two days earlier) put me at exactly 300 total calories, whereas my run today shows 363 total calories. Quite a big difference.
Other than that, none of the new features I’ve noticed so far today will likely change my daily routine much. Hopefully the native apps from third party developers might open up some new possibilities though.
Can confirm omnifocus works without phone connection. Dark sky complication works in time travel mode. OF definitely feels quicker (couldn't get any worse). If I run a workflow from the watch that needs email it's now bringing up a compose dialog yet there is no reply button for an email actually in the email app itself?
took me a few reboots to get it to finally work. kept getting stuck on verifying. Download took ages
its on now
its on now
Mine seems stuck on verifying. Took about 33 minutes to download, not sure if I should let it go, or remove and reboot?
I had troubles installing yesterday too... the download took about 50 minutes or so, then it got stuck at "verifying" for over an hour.
I closed the Apple Watch app, and opened it again, then it proceeded to tell me I was uptodate on WatchOS 1.01.
Clicked away and back on Software update I again had option to Download and Install.
It went much quicker this time, (as it didn't need to download), verifying passed after a few minutes (again, much quicker!) and then it installed correctly to the watch (which again took some time).
Not as smooth as I was expecting/hoping.
I closed the Apple Watch app, and opened it again, then it proceeded to tell me I was uptodate on WatchOS 1.01.
Clicked away and back on Software update I again had option to Download and Install.
It went much quicker this time, (as it didn't need to download), verifying passed after a few minutes (again, much quicker!) and then it installed correctly to the watch (which again took some time).
Not as smooth as I was expecting/hoping.
Just got my choice UPS notification, New 6SPlus on point for Friday!! Geek bench scores are crazy. Beats the iPad Air 2, with some distance too. Check the someone got their iPhone early thread
anyone got anything intelligent to say re Watch OS 2 ? not overly interested in your connection times or how frustrated you are with having to wait for a OS
Watch is definitely more snappier. Load times when turned on are a bit longer, not much. The watchOS gave it a lot more independence. Running apps and trying them out, is the only way to notice if anything new is happening or not, yet. Overall, better.
mine as well. took about 2 minutes. I think what it is, is that you have to enter the app then it populates the temp complication
A solution I tried (successfully) is to go into the Health app on my iPhone and change my Active Energy health data category from using kJ to kCal. If it’s already kCal, change it to kJ and then back to kCal. This should propagate to your Watch as well.
Give that a shot.
anyone getting SERIOUS battery drain on watchos2? updated last night, was on charge all night.
put my watch on this morning at 7, it's now 12:15 and my battery is at 46%...usually it would only be at 85% the absolute LOWEST.
at this rate, the watch will be dead by the time I get home! let alone enough battery to go the the gym with...
put my watch on this morning at 7, it's now 12:15 and my battery is at 46%...usually it would only be at 85% the absolute LOWEST.
at this rate, the watch will be dead by the time I get home! let alone enough battery to go the the gym with...
None of my third party apps are working now. When I open an app it just tells me to unlock my iPhone but even when I do this nothing happens.
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I thought we were supposed to be able to play videos on watch? I've just tried to play a video from instagram and it told me to watch it on my iPhone.
I just noticed that the first-party Weather app will “dial” its updates around the clock rather than switch to a new page when tapping from "hour-by-hour temperature" to "weather conditions" (and then from “weather conditions to “rain percentage”). Overall, it is a lot faster to open and switch between these three views.
Considering the Weather app has swiftly become one of my most-used apps, this is a nice time-saving surprise.
Considering the Weather app has swiftly become one of my most-used apps, this is a nice time-saving surprise.
Watch went on around 7am (UK), currently at 75%, plenty of notifications but as at work little time to action them. So far no nasty battery drain going on the watch.
The new OS2 update should have been the version they launched with. We are all like a hamster in a wheel to own and use the Apple watch. The #1 - 10 comments are more like advertisements than real people commenting...maybe they are. Oh, I doubt if my comment will be seen, Tim Cook's propaganda department may censor this. I it is allowed, my question to the religious Apple faithful is: A wrist watch should be this exhausting, should it? Just look at your phone when needed and wear a FitBit. DONE!