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Apple Seeds First Beta of watchOS 10 to Developers

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Following this morning's keynote event, Apple has seeded the first beta of an upcoming watchOS 10 update to developers for testing purposes.

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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. Note that 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.

watchOS 10 adds a whole new widget-focused interface. You can access a widget stack from any watch face using the Digital Crown, swiping through them to get to relevant information. Control Center can be activated from any app by pressing the side button, and these new quick access controls are meant to let you use watch faces that support less information while still putting everything you need at your fingertips.

There are new Palette and Snoopy watch faces, updates to Cycling and Hiking workouts, and mental health integrations. Users can log their state of mind and mood using the Apple Watch, with the device providing insights into mental health over time.

watchOS 10 is limited to developers at the current time, but Apple will offer a public beta later this summer, with an official release to follow this fall.

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This is the only beta I’m interested in and I don’t think it’s possible without a dev account, or smart to install.
 
Same thing as with iOS 17 and ipados17. Not a paid developer for over a year but still showed up. Previously in ios16 when profiles where removed the dev option also went.
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Connect the watch to wifi.. Started downloading for me.. Never mind. It stopped shortly later.
This is working. Put the phone away from the watch so it does not connect to the watch. Then update the watch via WIFI. Seems to be downloading now. Sorry, this also stopped working.
 
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I really want to see how good the topographic Maps are, which should have been introduced with the Ultra watch as it is a dedicated outdoor enthusiast watch.They really need to catch up to Garmin with maping on the Ultra/Apple Watch!! Hopefully the topo map(s) is a step forward for Apple for those who trail run, hike, etc.
 
the dev portal must be slammed. hard to get the watch update going. Restarting the phone helped though.
 
Sooooo........

The way to get into widgets, by scrolling up on the crown, is also the way the AWU goes into night mode on the one specific watch face that uses it.

Hoping someone can tell me how Apple deals with this.
 
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They've redesigned the home app on the watch, but the climate section where the temperatures/humidity should be is buggy in this first beta. Just shows a blank page.
 
It's quite bad, swiping between watch faces doesn't work, already got a panic and a reboot, there were issues rendering the new Palette watch face, and, in general, the watch is very slow to respond to gestures, wrist movements, etc. It's a relatively huge update tho, so I will give it some time.
 
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