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Apple Releases watchOS 8.7 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
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Strange.
Saw the 8.7 update earlier on the series 6 during dinner time, and wanted to wait until bed time to do it.
Now it shows the update available for like a second and then shows 8.6 is the latest. What is going wrong? 🤣
Edit:
Okay, now the watch is on the charger for a couple of minutes, the update shows up normally on the phone.
Watch had more than 60% battery to begin with, so this is still strange.
Saw the 8.7 update earlier on the series 6 during dinner time, and wanted to wait until bed time to do it.
Now it shows the update available for like a second and then shows 8.6 is the latest. What is going wrong? 🤣
Edit:
Okay, now the watch is on the charger for a couple of minutes, the update shows up normally on the phone.
Watch had more than 60% battery to begin with, so this is still strange.
I don’t need a watch to tell me to use reasonable hygiene- and contact COVID was debunked quite a while ago.
All of you have reasonable points. I can only assume this is the requirement because they are taking a “belt and suspenders” approach, because the consequences of a power problem while updating are so unfixable.
My Apple Watch Series 5 is suffering major battery drain after the 8.7 update yesterday evening.
It dropped from 100% to 35% overnight (normally it's at 78% in the morning). I restarted it and put it on charge.
I have no non-Apple apps installed on it. Wearing it again now while working and it's down to 95% in 1h30 of doing nothing - and it's in Cinema mode so the screen isn't even on. Normally I'd get 3 hours before it would drop from 100%.
Anyone else noticing significant battery drain after the update?
Hoping it'll settle down after a full day and normal charge cycle.
It dropped from 100% to 35% overnight (normally it's at 78% in the morning). I restarted it and put it on charge.
I have no non-Apple apps installed on it. Wearing it again now while working and it's down to 95% in 1h30 of doing nothing - and it's in Cinema mode so the screen isn't even on. Normally I'd get 3 hours before it would drop from 100%.
Anyone else noticing significant battery drain after the update?
Hoping it'll settle down after a full day and normal charge cycle.
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I had the same problem after re-pairing Watch and iCloud+ Relay was the issue. Disable, unlock with Watch, enable, and works fine. But it was on the previous system. On Ventura is fine since public beta....hopefully, this'll fix "watch-to-unlock-Mac" using new Ventura OS X download...done every frickn thing u can do (wifi, bluetooth, same Apple ID password, etc., etc.) and it still wouldn't unlock my Mac, arrrrgggh !
I was still having the same issue this morning. I then powered off both the watch and the phone, then turned them back on. After doing that, it was able to find the update...
Apple today released watchOS 8.7, the sixth major update to the watchOS 8 operating system that launched in September 2021. watchOS 8.6 comes around two months after the launch of watchOS 8.6, an update that expanded ECG functionality to Mexico.
watchOS 8.7 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.
According to Apple's release notes, there are no new prominent features in watchOS 8.7. Instead, the software focuses on under-the-hood "improvements," along with bug fixes and important security updates.
Article Link: Apple Releases watchOS 8.7 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
STILL NEEDS WIFI TO DOWNLOAD? this is very inconvenient, what age are we living in? 🤷🏻♂️
Oh...my current - and old - Apple Watch 4 already has some pretty bad drain right now, (wearing it for 1-2 hours, I'll lose a good 15-25% and now carry a portable watch charger) it's old and it is what it is.
This update...eh, I may stay away!
The bigger issue is why does it have to be on the charger AND be 50%+ If it's on the charger, the charge is increasing. I can see it shouldn't be critically low, but 50% is too high.
Like others I wasn't able to download the update yesterday. This morning it was available, but now I get an error when trying to install it to my watch: "Software Update Failed - An error occured downloading the latest version of WatchOS on your Apple Watch." Anyone else?
Edit: I rebooted the watch and now it's installing.
Edit: I rebooted the watch and now it's installing.
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OMG. This update is terrible! Now my stand reminders are not working and asking Siri on the watch what the dew point is now results in web search results instead of the actual number prior versions gave.
I have an AW7 GPS. So far:
- battery drain is heavier
- Siri is wonkier than normal
- Notifications are still haphazard - they were previously
- battery drain is heavier
- Siri is wonkier than normal
- Notifications are still haphazard - they were previously
Also want to add when I asked Siri what the dew point temperature was on the watch with this new update, it replied “I can only answer one weather fact at a time.”🤣👎