Apple Seeds Second Beta of watchOS 10.1 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming watchOS 10.1 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the release of the first watchOS 10.1 beta.

To install the ‌watchOS 10‌.1 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 10‌.1 Developer Beta. An Apple ID linked to a developer account is required.

Once beta updates have been activated, ‌watchOS 10.1‌ 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 10.1 adds NameDrop support for sharing contact information with another Apple Watch or an iPhone.

NameDrop can be used by tapping into the Apple Watch Contacts app, selecting your profile, and tapping on the "Share" option. From there, touching the Apple Watch to another Apple Watch running watchOS 10.1 or an iPhone running iOS 17 will initiate a contact transfer.

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

 

[YourBoss]

Here we go!

 

[Eradik]

Someone please report if Double Tap is live for S9/U2

 

[Hank3rd]

@Eradik I should know in 4 minutes when the download is done.

Ugh, DL done, but "preparing" is taking forever.

 

[Jmausmuc]

Not a fan of Watch OS 10. Most things are more cumbersome and illogical now. Hope they reverse some of the changes and finally fix the weather complication.

 

[bamf-hacker]

Someone please report if Double Tap is live for S9/U2

Yes its enabled in this beta

 

[Hank3rd]

Yes its enabled in this beta

Yay! My watch is still installing. Can't wait to try it out.

 

[spazzcat]

Not a fan of Watch OS 10. Most things are more cumbersome and illogical now. Hope they reverse some of the changes and finally fix the weather complication.

I find almost every change is for the better.

 

[Hank3rd]

Done. I started the stopwatch, double tapped and it stopped it. Tapped again and it started. Very smooth as opposed to the accessibility version.

 

[dfoxinator]

I'm very excited to try double tap, downloading now! Does anyone know how to enable double tap for a watchos app that I built? Is there any documentation? I've had trouble finding any.

 

[jonnysods]

Hoping the battery usage on my AW6 makes a reduction comeback. Apple's tricks are working, its got me thinking about a hardware upgrade!

 

[lifjoy]

Does anyone know how to enable double tap for a watchos app that I built? Is there any documentation? I've had trouble finding any.

Apple updated gesture specifications to include double tap in watchOS:
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/gestures

My guess is that you'd define a UIGestureRecognizer (maybe a UITapGestureRecognizer?) and attach it to a view that implements UIGestureRecognizerDelegate.

 

[dfoxinator]

Apple updated gesture specifications to include double tap in watchOS:
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/gestures

My guess is that you'd define a UIGestureRecognizer (maybe a UITapGestureRecognizer?) and attach it to a view that implements UIGestureRecognizerDelegate.

Thanks so much for this info! I don't have a lot of experience developing watchos apps, but I just made my first one (before double tap was announced) and then they announced it and it's like perfect for double tap. I will try to do what you explained here and report back, hopefully able to get it working.

 

[missingar]

Anybody with Ultra 2 see if this makes AOD legible in low light conditions?

 

[Canubis]

Any chance they re-enabled simply flipping through watch faces in 10.1?

 

[lifjoy]

Any chance they re-enabled simply flipping through watch faces in 10.1?

It is not in today's beta release. Bummer.