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Apple Releases watchOS 9.5.1 With Bug Fixes
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considering Apple is trying to beef up their services segment, every upgrade point is a risk of losing a customer to a competitor and therefore a potential loss of a services customer.
it would be a stupid business move to accelerate the death of a device. your assertion makes no business sense.
Noticed you are stating your claims a fact, not opinion. That should open you to libel and slander charges if Apple’s lawyers take note.
You can tell already even though the watch is using more resources than usual, post update? If there is a watch app that gives you this data so quickly please let us know.
This update kinda fixes the green tint for me on my AW7. If I take my watch in a dark room & go to notifications there is a slight green tint, which then fades away in a couple seconds to black.
My watch face is almost all black with the colored complications. It does not & never did have a green tint before/after this update.
My watch face is almost all black with the colored complications. It does not & never did have a green tint before/after this update.
Yep, looks like they fixed the volume issue. crown once again controls the volume.
Better question is how do they break functions like these, that have been a part of the Apple Watch since day one.
The test will be whether it works over time. I've found it works after a watch restart or force quitting the app, but soon the problem comes back.
Hey Apple - there ist still a big bug in apple watch os. One need a Iphone for that watch and a computer for the iphone. so - still no $ from me...
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Thanks! Now I know. 👍
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Agree. Additionally, I can update my iPhone and MacBook via mobile data but have to use WiFi for the watch which isn’t always convenient.
This. I’ve always wondered this ever since the original Apple Watch.
It does it with the date too on some faces. I find the standard corner complication too small to use for the date.
So far, with about 90 minutes of wear time, this release has Most definitely helped the battery on my series 4! Looks to be back to the performance per last update. Still at 99% battery life. But I will know for sure at the end of the day.
50% on a MacBook is way more mAh in reserve than 50% of a Apple Watch Battery…
Apple Watch SE with Watch OS 9.5 => 9.5.1:
a)Volume control is fixed on the audio app : Edit: It is not fixed :-(
b) Gray-green tint is not fixed yet (broken since Watch OS 9.5)
c) Battery time is impacted, actually I believe due the extra screen usage power consumption in the parts of the system where it happens (e.g. Notifications screen) where the background color shall be pure Black, but now flickers, flashes in different shades of green/gray.
The issue is fixed if user enables the Sleep mode; which denotes it is a SW bug on the UX and not a HW problem. However, not 100% sure if this background color flickering issue (iso a pure black) could decrease the lifetime of the OLED screen at medium/long term if Apple doesnt release a fixing update soon.
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b) Gray-green tint is not fixed yet (broken since Watch OS 9.5)
c) Battery time is impacted, actually I believe due the extra screen usage power consumption in the parts of the system where it happens (e.g. Notifications screen) where the background color shall be pure Black, but now flickers, flashes in different shades of green/gray.
The issue is fixed if user enables the Sleep mode; which denotes it is a SW bug on the UX and not a HW problem. However, not 100% sure if this background color flickering issue (iso a pure black) could decrease the lifetime of the OLED screen at medium/long term if Apple doesnt release a fixing update soon.
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I know this is a joke… but also not. LmaoJust wait, the Apple Car will require the same. Must be at least 50% charged and on the charger.
I'd argue though that iPhones, iPads and Macs have a way to reverse a bad install, they usually have the extra disk space for it too. Apple Watch does not (AFAIK). plus the watch is a very different beast... as I said before, more than likely to keep it from being bricked during an update.
Yeah. They say that every time. Just to be absolutely clear, I suppose.
Many, many years ago, on looking at some watch with complications that were hidden by hands, it triggered something.It's meant to be life-like! My analog watch does the same thing — both minute and hour hands cover the date window!
I wondered if, instead of hands, they could use a glass disc (or two). With the pointer printed (or stuck) onto it but leaving the central area (other than for the spindle) entirely clear.
Thanks for reminding me of a very old thought.
Took four or five goes for my phone to be able to find the 9.5.1 update.
Phone said it had updated - but watch still not functioning. Took another minute or two for it to complete.
Phone said it had updated - but watch still not functioning. Took another minute or two for it to complete.
Agreed. The requirement to be connected to a charger, and at 50%+ battery, to update feels very, very outdated. I've never installed a watch update that used up more than a few % of battery power.