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Apple Releases watchOS 4.3.1 With watchOS 1 App Warnings, Bug Fixes

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Apple today released watchOS 4.3.1, a small update to the watchOS 4 operating system that runs on the Apple Watch. watchOS 4.3.1 comes more than a month after the release of watchOS 4.3, a major update that introduced Portrait Nightstand Mode and re-added iPhone music controls.

watchOS 4.3.1 can be downloaded through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone by going to General --> Software Update. To install the new software, the Apple Watch needs to have at least 50 percent battery, it needs to be placed on a charger, and it needs to be in range of the iPhone.

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As a 4.x.x update, watchOS 4.3.1 is minor in scale, focusing primarily on bug fixes and other under-the-hood performance improvements, with no major feature changes discovered during the beta testing period.

Prior to the release of watchOS 4.3.1, Apple stopped letting developers update Apple Watch apps built on the original watchOS 1 SDK. Starting with watchOS 4.3.1, you'll see an alert when launching a watchOS 1 app warning you that the app may not be compatible with future versions of watchOS.

This warning suggests Apple will perhaps drop support for watchOS 1 apps entirely in the future, perhaps in the upcoming watchOS 5 update that Apple will unveil at the Worldwide Developers Conference next week.

According to Apple's release notes, the watchOS 4.3.1 update also fixes a bug that could cause the Apple Watch to sometimes remain at the Apple Logo during startup for some users.

Article Link: Apple Releases watchOS 4.3.1 With watchOS 1 App Warnings, Bug Fixes
 
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https://www.macrumors.com/2018/05/29/apple-releases-watchos-4-3-1/
Kognito said:
Calling it now. WatchOS 5 won't run on the S0, but hoping that means that Apple allows Watch apps to bake in more functionality. No doubt these warnings are a sign of that.
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Maybe, or they might have some more significant features that won't work on S0.

Either way, this will probably be the year I'll upgrade mine.
 
Relentless Power said:
The First generation Apple Watch is the Apple Watch edition, which was offered in 18 karat gold.
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The Edition also exists in other generations, but meetajhu's point is that this only limits watchOS 1 apps; it doesn't per se limit the series 0's ability to run future watchOS versions. (But it's likely that that, too, will soon be limited.)
 
chucker23n1 said:
The Edition also exists in other generations
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There is only one 18K _Gold_ Edition, hence why I Referenced this regarding the relation to Watch 1 (Or commonly referred to as the First Gen watch). I’m aware of the Ceramic Edition.
 
On The subject of the first generation Apple Watch, I actually preferred using the watch stock because of some of the speed inconsistencies, just using the stock apps for fitness, notifications, etc, I thought It did perfectly with this, but it did struggle with third-party apps with performance sometimes and random crashes. Still a great watch for what its worth, likely depends how you’re using and what for.
 
So 4.3.1 didn't add iMessage in the cloud for the Watch right? So I still have to delete messages one by one on my watch, it won't get deleted if I delete them on my iPhone?
 
dojoman said:
So 4.3.1 didn't add iMessage in the cloud for the Watch right? So I still have to delete messages one by one on my watch, it won't get deleted if I delete them on my iPhone?
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Nope! But let’s wait and see if we hear anything regarding this on Monday. Here’s hoping!
 
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