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Apple Releases watchOS 4.3 With Portrait Nightstand Mode and iPhone Music Controls
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The Workout app is dramatically faster now, including on Series 0.
That’s actually saying something about the performance with the faster dual core processor with the Series 3 compared to the first generation Apple Watch which would take significantly longer in some cases.
My Series 3 seems much snappier, I mean its noticeably quicker! Anyone else agree? Maybe Apple finally figured out not to rush updates?
The portrait nightstand mode is just bad. Why couldn't they just make the font a little smaller and have the time all on one line. Who reads the time on 2 lines?
What is it that's supposed to have been fixed? I know they reenabled iPhone music control on the watch, but other than that it's still as stupid as before.
If you click on a playlist or album just to have a look at the titles (obviously there are situations when you just want to browse, not listen), well, you can't. It immediately shoves a list of headphones/speakers in your face. If you click cancel, you're sent back to the playlist cover image.
If you want to play a playlist shuffled, you have to start playing the first song, then tap the tiny list button, enable shuffle and tap the Next icon. Only then will you get the first randomly selected song. (If I remember correctly, that sort of thing was handled with Force Touch in previous versions, but for some weird reason Force Touch has been completely eliminated from the Music app.)
Similar deal if you want to go to an album to look for an individual song. The price of admission to that information is that you have to start listening to song #1. Only then will you be offered the ability to see the whole song list.
And once again, cover art can't be shown. It remains an extremely dark and blurry shape behind the playback controls.
The Music app in the last version felt like an alpha version. I'd like to say this feels like a beta, but then a beta is supposed to be feature complete and there are way too many mysterious gaps for that. The half-bakedness is evident everywhere.
One improvement though, they got rid of the pesky little "+" button that added songs to your library on the fly. I've had to manually remove so many songs after having accidentally touched that thing without noticing. Songs that were playlist-only, outside the library. But when you remove them from the library, they also disappear from those playlists, so you have to search them and put them back there again.
On the Series 2 the speed up for everything is very noticeable and to those that have issues with the workout app it's MUCH faster all around.
Ok my Series 1 is a bit better, the workout app certainly seems smoother and faster. I’ll have to leave it on charge overnight to index everything and see how it goes over the weekend.
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Same with my Series 1. This is a fantastic update so far. Feels like a brand new watch really.
Sweet! I’ve been requesting a feature for yonks now and no luck but I hope they finally add it..... the ability to choose what color nightlight we use. I’d prefer a nice orange or red, I find it more soothing than lime-ish green. Just an option would be splendid.
Noticed this on my S0 which I blamed on the S1 chip. But my S3 locks up too when I try and start a workout.
people with bleary half awake eyes in the middle of the night?
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Auto Sleep is excellent and use zero battery.
How do you control the Homepod can’t find any settings
It's not really via your Apple Watch. It's more like remotely using your iPhone which Airplays to your homepod.
1. Click Music app on Watch
2. Choose “On iPhone” (this remotely controls music on your iPhone)
3. Choose something to play
4. Click the Airplay icon
5. Scroll down to your Homepod and select..
Volume works using watch crown,
Yes, its too complicated!
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