Apple Seeds Second Beta of watchOS 8.5 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming watchOS 8.5 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after the release of the first watchOS 8.5 beta.

To install ‌‌‌watchOS 8.5, developers will need to download the configuration profile from the Apple Developer Center. Once installed, ‌‌‌watchOS 8.5‌‌‌ can be downloaded through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone by going to General > Software update.

To update to new software, an Apple Watch needs to have 50 percent battery life, it must be placed on the charger, and it needs to be in range of the ‌‌‌‌iPhone‌‌‌‌. You'll also need the accompanying iOS 15.4 update before you can install watchOS 8.5.

watchOS 8.5 introduces support for Emoji 14 characters, with new additions including melting face, biting lip, heart hands, bubbles, beans, face with diagonal mouth, palm up hand, eggs, troll, low battery, coral, lotus, and more.

We didn't discover any other major features in the watchOS 8.5 update, but we'll update this article should we find anything new.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Second Beta of watchOS 8.5 to Developers

 

[SenorWhyMe]

i just want custom watch faces already apple, literally only like 3 of your watch faces the rest are boring

 

[_Spinn_]

i just want custom watch faces already apple, literally only like 3 of your watch faces the rest are boring

I would love this.

 

[TheAustrianGuy]

Hopefully, Hey Siri will be fixed by this.
Not working in B1.

 

[gugy]

Hopefully, this will fix the last one that bricked my AW S5. Apple has been very inconsistent with these upgrades. This last upgrade was the second one that screwed with my Watch.

 

[Johnny907]

i just want custom watch faces already apple, literally only like 3 of your watch faces the rest are boring

I want them to release a customizable version of that Black History Month watch face, with the ability to change the backlight colors. Love the simplicity of that face but not being able customize the colors kills it.

 

[Guacamole]

i just want custom watch faces already apple, literally only like 3 of your watch faces the rest are boring

most of them are quite ugly

 

[brooksbrewer]

Anyone else having charging issues with this one? Put it on the charger last night and the battery drained while charging. Factory reset fixed it momentarily on the stock charger, but seems hit or miss on my end. Will see if the watch settles down today

 

[SenorWhyMe]

Anyone else having charging issues with this one? Put it on the charger last night and the battery drained while charging. Factory reset fixed it momentarily on the stock charger, but seems hit or miss on my end. Will see if the watch settles down today

i notice this with any non official charger, they said they had fixed it but i still have to use official just for it to actually work

 

[Robert.Walter]

watchOS 8.5 PB2 just dropped.

8.5 (19T5223e) on an AW6 Wi-Fi.

 

[brooksbrewer]

i notice this with any non official charger, they said they had fixed it but i still have to use official just for it to actually work

interesting, even the original charger this morning didn't work until I restarted the watch

 

[robd003]

Does anyone else find it weird that Apple has watch faces for black pride but no other groups? I wish they'd open up watch faces to 3rd parties so anyone could make & share their own designs.