Apple Releases watchOS 6.1.2 With Bug Fixes

[MacRumors]

Apple today released watchOS 6.1.2, the fourth update to the watchOS 6 operating system designed to run on modern Apple Watch models. watchOS 6.1.2 comes more than a month after the release of watchOS 6.1.1.

???watchOS 6???.1.2 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??.

There were no new features found during the watchOS 6.1.2 beta testing period, and according to Apple's release notes, the update "provides important security updates and is recommended for all users."

For more detail on the features included in the overall ?watchOS 6? software release, make sure to check out our watchOS 6 roundup.

Article Link: Apple Releases watchOS 6.1.2 With Bug Fixes

 

[bviktor]

Can I sync more than 1020 songs from my iPhone yet? Currently it gets stuck there forever.

 

[Tyler23]

Hopefully this helps with battery life. It’s been horrendous on my Series 4 since watch OS 6.

 

[shady825]

Hopefully this helps with battery life. It’s been horrendous on my Series 4 since watch OS 6.

100% same experience. I’ve gone as far as turning every notification off and as much options as I can. I just leave text and a few essentials enabled but it’s just terrible.

 

[hoperising]

Hopefully this helps with battery life. It’s been horrendous on my Series 4 since watch OS 6.

If it’s anything like the beta, the battery life is terrible.

 

[Lost Hills]

Digital Time complication for the infograph face. Is that new?

 

[jonblatho]

Thank goodness, I just got around to updating to beta 3 last night. 🙄

Digital Time complication for the infograph face. Is that new?

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Hopefully this helps with battery life. It’s been horrendous on my Series 4 since watch OS 6.

I have bad news.

 

[1146331]

I hope I can install this.

I haven't worn my AW for over 3 months until this week and it won't update to 6.1.1 (my iPhone keeps giving me an error).

I had to actually start from scratch on both my AW4 and my iPhone 11 Pro just to get th thing to sync when I bought the phone in Nov. Now I'm having issues again.....

 

[Wide opeN]

Hope it fixes bug for green bubbles for people using Dual Sim.

 

[iMerik]

Hopefully this helps with battery life. It’s been horrendous on my Series 4 since watch OS 6.

100% same experience. I’ve gone as far as turning every notification off and as much options as I can. I just leave text and a few essentials enabled but it’s just terrible.

Same here. Usually I don't notice battery drain after updates as much as others report, but I'm clearly noticing an extreme difference. I'm talking going from 55%+ by the end of a long day to 10% remaining. I keep checking my watch display to see if it is stuck or if winter long sleeves are activating it more frequently.

 

[ICBM]

Can I sync more than 1020 songs from my iPhone yet? Currently it gets stuck there forever.

I have 1225 songs on my iPhone. Didn’t realize it was even an issue.

Disregard. Lost my place. Thought this was about iPhone syncing only.

 

[shady825]

Same here. Usually I don't notice battery drain after updates as much as others report, but I'm clearly noticing an extreme difference. I'm talking going from 55%+ by the end of a long day to 10% remaining. I keep checking my watch display to see if it is stuck or if winter long sleeves are activating it more frequently.

Literally the same. I’ve never noticed significant difference between OS updates but with 6 it’s been crazy. I used to be able to get always 2 days sometimes 3 or a little more on a charge. Now I barely make the day

 

[vinegarshots]

So weird how some people have battery drain and some don't. My Series 4 on 6 lasts for about a day and a half before it needs charged

 

[kissmo]

Thank goodness, I just got around to updating to beta 3 last night. 🙄


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I have bad news.

Mine too.
Disable sound noise check and Siri on Raise to speak.
I got the life back on my watch after disabling these.

 

[Seanm87]

So weird how some people have battery drain and some don't. My Series 4 on 6 lasts for about a day and a half before it needs charged

same here. Although strangely it seems to drain faster when it isn't on my wrist as opposed to when it is. Which doesn't make any sense to me. In theory it shouldn't drain at all when not being worn.

 

[DinkThifferent]

iHope this fixes the annoying bug that i can't unlock my iMac with my watch anymore.

 

[jeffjank33]

Same here. Usually I don't notice battery drain after updates as much as others report, but I'm clearly noticing an extreme difference. I'm talking going from 55%+ by the end of a long day to 10% remaining. I keep checking my watch display to see if it is stuck or if winter long sleeves are activating it more frequently.

Me 4 or am I 5... I was ok until watchOS 6 came out...

 

[bviktor]

I have 1225 songs on my iPhone. Didn’t realize it was even an issue.

Did you actually verify that all 1225 songs are on the Watch? General / About / Songs
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Regarding battery life, I don't know what you guys are on, my Watch 5 easily goes through 2 days. No kidding. I also go for a half-marathon every week without my phone, that means about 2.5 hours of workout (GPS + HR) + BT music playback, then I indeed have to charge by the end of the day, but even then, it sits around 10-20% still.

The only trick is that I don't install any apps. Why would I bother, my phone is usually within BT distance, so notifications are synced anyway. I have only 2 apps installed, BMW Connected Drive (which I don't use anyway because LTE is dead in my car for whatever reason) and Smart Life for quickly turning the lights on and off from my Watch. That's it. No friggin' constantly running in the background, battery draining cr@p.

 

[ICBM]

Did you actually verify that all 1225 songs are on the Watch? General / About / Songs

Oopsie my bad big time. Lost track of where I was posting. I thought they were having issues syncing songs to their iPhone.

 

[CraigB1960]

So weird how some people have battery drain and some don't. My Series 4 on 6 lasts for about a day and a half before it needs charged

Mine as well. In fact, I feel that the battery usage has gotten better since 6. This is on my series 4.

 

[ruslansv]

Battery life continues to be terrible - same symptoms as before the upgrade - healthd on the watch is using a ton of CPU seemingly at random - clearly not fixed

 

[Seoras]

So weird how some people have battery drain and some don't. My Series 4 on 6 lasts for about a day and a half before it needs charged

Same here. I recently changed from a S0 to a 2nd hand S4 and the battery life is amazing. 2 days.
I charge mine every night and occasionally wear it sleeping to make sure I'm sleeping ok.
Can't fault the battery life.
Can fault the Music App which is buggy as hell. Fingers crossed 6.1.2 fixes that.

 

[wbeasley]

Is updating the software harder than it should be? I have a series 3 and a 5. Seems very difficult to get them to both update. Confused? And when you start it on the phone shouldn’t it tell you check an option on the watch or it just sits there forever?

just seems very klugey way to work. Wish it would update over WiFi without needing phone interaction

 

[He Looka Like A Man]

Did you actually verify that all 1225 songs are on the Watch? General / About / Songs
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Regarding battery life, I don't know what you guys are on, my Watch 5 easily goes through 2 days. No kidding. I also go for a half-marathon every week without my phone, that means about 2.5 hours of workout (GPS + HR) + BT music playback, then I indeed have to charge by the end of the day, but even then, it sits around 10-20% still.

The only trick is that I don't install any apps. Why would I bother, my phone is usually within BT distance, so notifications are synced anyway. I have only 2 apps installed, BMW Connected Drive (which I don't use anyway because LTE is dead in my car for whatever reason) and Smart Life for quickly turning the lights on and off from my Watch. That's it. No friggin' constantly running in the background, battery draining cr@p.

same here! I charge my watch every other day; maybe every 3 days sometimes. Ater a whole day working an 8-hour shift and going to the gym my series 4 battery goes from 100 to about 75. After 24 hours it’ll go to about 55 or 50. Battery life on the Apple Watch is super awesome for me. I should also mention that I turn my watch off overnight, every day. Not sure if that has something to do with it.

 

[xraydoc]

Battery life continues to be terrible - same symptoms as before the upgrade - healthd on the watch is using a ton of CPU seemingly at random - clearly not fixed

Something seems wrong then. While I'll be first to admit that v6.0.0 was pretty disappointing on my Series 5, it's been great since v6.0.1 -- basically same as version 5.x was. Haven't had a chance to install 6.1.2 yet.