Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 10.1 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the first beta of an upcoming watchOS 10.1 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a day after the launch of watchOS 10.

To install the ‌watchOS 10‌ update, developers will need to open the Apple Watch app, go to the Software Update section under "General" in Settings, and toggle on the ‌watchOS 10‌ Developer Beta. An Apple ID linked to a developer account is required.

Once beta updates have been activated, ‌watchOS 10‌ can be downloaded under the same Software Update section. To install software, an Apple Watch needs to have 50 percent battery life and it must be placed on an Apple Watch charger.

There's no word yet on what might be included in watchOS 10.1, but we'll update this article if and when we find out what's new.

Article Link: Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 10.1 to Developers

 

[surfzen21]

I hope this update adds a notes section to workouts 🤞

 

[halo1982]

2.6GBs for Apple Watch Series 9???
Holy crap that is big.

 

[flybynight]

Hoping this update adds the "double tap" feature.

 

[MacBird]

Fingers crossed it fixes the weather complication issues.

 

[wlng111]

Hoping this update adds the "double tap" feature.

Me too.. I just installed 10.1 beta 1, but I still don't see it. I'm wondering if there's some missing onboarding step that has to happen before it starts working?

 

[midkay]

Me too.. I just installed 10.1 beta 1, but I still don't see it. I'm wondering if there's some missing onboarding step that has to happen before it starts working?

Did you look through settings? I'd be surprised if it's not there somewhere!

 

[wlng111]

Did you look through settings? I'd be surprised if it's not there somewhere!

I did! The only thing that seemed to come close was "Gestures", but the only option in there was the "Cover to mute" feature.

 

[Eradik]

I hope this update adds a notes section to workouts 🤞

Was this announced? Would love to see something like this!

 

[JoshMcNugget]

I've just installed it, and unless I don't see where I should go to enable it, the double tap feature does not appear to be in this update.

 

[surfzen21]

Was this announced? Would love to see something like this!

Unfortunately no. But I figure if enough of us talk about it and suggest it to Apple through their channels, maybe they will add it at some point.

I think anyone who uses the workout apps would find this useful to extremely useful.

Seems like a no-brainer, but what do I know 🧠

 

[scoobdriver]

Hope it fixes playing downloaded podcasts from the watch , rather than defaulting from the phone.

 

[mrmax86]

Jumping on the "hope it fixes..." bandwagon...

Hope it fixes the new stopwatch.

 

[rednirt]

Fingers crossed it fixes the weather complication issues.

Yes it does on my watch 4

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Yes it does on my watch 4

Glad to hear it, that has been annoying.

 

[rjp1]

Unfortunately no. But I figure if enough of us talk about it and suggest it to Apple through their channels, maybe they will add it at some point.

I think anyone who uses the workout apps would find this useful to extremely useful.

Seems like a no-brainer, but what do I know 🧠

Yeah, it would be nice.

They've slowly made the running workout better over time. It is good enough now that I'm not considering switching to Garmin any more.

 

[anticipate]

I've just installed it, and unless I don't see where I should go to enable it, the double tap feature does not appear to be in this update.

It’s coming in a later beta. It’s in the code for 10.1.

 

[tomtad]

Does it make the stopwatch black again? This is all I want

 

[gomichaelgo]

I hope this has the HandOff feature for HomePod where you can transfer your music back and forth to it.

 

[nortonandreev]

Weather is fixed for me too, on Ultra 1.

 

[bluespark]

I’d love to see this update return the Control Center to where it belongs and re-add a Dock in some workable form (the slippery recent apps list you get when double-clicking the Crown is not the same thing, and you shouldn’t have to double-click anything to get to most-used apps).

One thing that would help considerably if Apple is really glued to widgets would be to allow the current three-favorites widget to be expandable to 6 or 9 favorites. Even so, widgets should be under the side button, and the Control Center should be a swipe-up gesture.

It would also be nice to have the swipe-to-change-faces feature back.

 

[PeterPanana]

Does the Watch Series 9 need a specific charger it has to be on to install the update? I put it on my charger from my Series 6, and it won't let me install the beta. My watch's battery is at 80% and on my phone it keeps telling me "Apple Watch must be connected to its charger..."

Update: I found that if I went to the Settings app on the watch and looked for the update, I could initiate the Install. But for some reason I couldn't initiate it on my phone, and it kept telling me it wasn't on a charger.

 

[munpip214]

I wish Apple would move the end workout button back to where it was. And add an option to not ask every time I want to end my workout. Now In my workout I hit the segment first (because the end button moved), then the end button then yes I’m sure, then close the work out window.

 

[surfzen21]

I wish Apple would move the end workout button back to where it was. And add an option to not ask every time I want to end my workout. Now In my workout I hit the segment first (because the end button moved), then the end button then yes I’m sure, then close the work out window.

It is really annoying!

Basically three taps to get out of it.

At least we don't have to scroll down to the bottom though to get out of the data results screen.

 

[ersan191]

This fixes both the weather complications AND battery drain on my S4 - and it appears to be stable. Highly recommend.