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Apple Releases watchOS 5.0.1 Update for Apple Watch With Activity Ring Fix
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Can they improve Walkie Talkie next please as it’s pretty rubbish.
YES!!!! dumbest thing Apple did was to remove those from certain watch faces
[doublepost=1538082035][/doublepost]I just wish they'd fix the issue where my reminders and *just* my Exchange calendar never sync correctly to the watch.
Apple today released a new software update for the Apple Watch, upgrading watchOS 5 to watchOS 5.0.1. The new watchOS 5.0.1 release comes 10 days after Apple released the watchOS 5 update.
watchOS 5.0.1 can be downloaded for free 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.
The watchOS 5.0.1 update is minor in scale and focuses on fixing bugs that have been discovered since the watchOS 5 update. According to Apple's release notes, watchOS 5.0.1 addresses an issue that caused a "small number of users" to see increased exercise minutes, fixes a bug that caused some users not to receive stand credit in the afternoon, and solves a problem that could prevent the Apple Watch from charging.
watchOS 5, the latest major watchOS update, brought a slew of new features to the operating system. It includes Activity Competitions for challenging friends, a Walkie-Talkie mode with real-time push-to-talk communication, support for Siri shortcuts, new watch faces, and tons more.
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These are some minor bugs. You're missing out on some very nice features and added productivity in order to avoid somethings that are most likely not going to impact you in any way.
I the meantime, you're sticking on an old version with its own bugs that have been resolved in the newer versions.
Felt this way too when I first got the series 3. Then went back to the iPhone.
Hopefully AW4 will keep me off the phone.
No you haven’t. You can download the update. But it will not install until the Watch is on the charger.
Does anyone know if the update fixes the infograph face? Some of the complications such as the date and weather are usually a day behind or don't update at all.
"To each his own"... but what you said is far from the truth for me. Unless you're being sarcastic, I depend on my phone for email (work/personal) and other larger screen features. Not just useless social networking and websites.
Watch is fine for general alerts... that's about it. Especially since I rarely talk on the phone anyways. Need a big screen to read
I thought the same. Damn’it ... Might wait until the gold-7-award on Sunday to install
Uh oh. Maybe that's why I felt my AW4 Compared to my AW2 Was closing the red ring way faster...
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Oh man it's still so slow I feel like an idiot waiting for it to work. Even responding to texts it still hangs there forever.
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Oh man it's still so slow I feel like an idiot waiting for it to work. Even responding to texts it still hangs there forever.
I noticed it os my Series 1 with the update. Just got my Series 4 today. Waiting for the ring to close today before I update!
Hop it fixes day & weather not auto updating and missing complications....
Can anyone confirm if this brings back the haptic tap when a mail notification comes in? Cheers!
You should be able to fix it by adding a vibration to your mail account. If you are mirroring your mail settings on your watch, try changing the vibration setting for your mail account in your iPhone settings.
On your iPhone go to: Settings/Notifications/Mail/~your email account/Sounds/Vibration
and then add a vibration style to your mail account. This appears to not be a bug but rather in change in functionality.
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Oh really? I don’t like having vibration on my iPhone as I receive a lot of emails during the day. Oh well, I’ll have to get used to it I suppose.
Thanks for confirming
I'm not missing either of those complications on a Series 3 w/ OS 5 (haven't updated to 5.0.1 yet)...
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I imagine these updates are rolled into the 5.1 update. Would actually be really weird if they weren't.
[doublepost=1538086946][/doublepost]Anyone running into the Watch app update page stuck at "Checking for update...". Been there for nearly 10 min now.
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NM, updating now. Not sure what took it so long.
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"Hey Siri" as well as "raise arm to Siri," the latter which works perhaps 50% of the time.
No, for many it just has no notifications. You just get a red dot - no haptic at all. Many people here and on reddit are having the same issue eve after doing what you said.
Just great. I think staring at the wall during a pre-school time out was more fun than updating Apple Watch. Jesus Christ does it take forever! I know mine isn't a Series 3 or 4 but it has the same speed as the Series 2 which is just 2 years old! I don't think the process is much quicker with the newer SoCs. Probably the worst thing about the AW as well as the screen not being on all the time.
This is why I prefer mechanical watches. I can just take a glance at the watch without lifting my wrist.
This is why I prefer mechanical watches. I can just take a glance at the watch without lifting my wrist.