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Apple Seeds Second WatchOS 2 Beta to Developers

Does anyone know if the heart rate monitor is going to be returned to it's original function? This watch is useless as an activity tracker at this point. Just wondering if anyone using the 2.0 Beta has tested this out.
 
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Twimfy said:
Trust me when I tell you that none of this beta process has been fun so far, especially iOS 9. Worst beta 1 release I've seen since iPhone OS 3.0 beta.
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I'd recommend not 'trusting' this person, since this is simply his personal experience rather than the typical experience. I've downloaded each and every beta for all versions, and it's been fun for me each time. That being said I'm a developer, and if I were a regular customer and expecting a first alpha or dev beta to be at the level of a final public release I'm sure I woudn't find it fun. Comparing the stability of these first betas compared to the initial iPhone betas it will pretty absurd. The initial iPhone versions will leaps and bounds behind these. Not even close. But with time memory fades which is why it's easy to think things were better than they were before.
 
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I went back to the first page of this forum post and it appears Apple may have temporarily pulled the watch beta update. I am just repeating what it says at the beginning of this forum thread
 
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Always wait for the go ahead, non devs... This is how you can possibly brick. I bet they pull the software or there are further issues. New product lines + new software= disaster!...sometimes 🙂
 
Agreed,

I get these new OS builds to test for the State, get a feel, find vulnerabilities, etc,. Each experience differs user to user. A dev/actual tester will have a way different experience then that of a person who wastes money for beta software just to be the first.

TechRemarker said:
I'd recommend not 'trusting' this person, since this is simply his personal experience rather than the typical experience. I've downloaded each and every beta for all versions, and it's been fun for me each time. That being said I'm a developer, and if I were a regular customer and expecting a first alpha or dev beta to be at the level of a final public release I'm sure I woudn't find it fun. Comparing the stability of these first betas compared to the initial iPhone betas it will pretty absurd. The initial iPhone versions will leaps and bounds behind these. Not even close. But with time memory fades which is why it's easy to think things were better than they were before.
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I installed watchOS 2 beta 2, so far it's stable, but I'm scared of having a critical issue now..
 
TechRemarker said:
I'd recommend not 'trusting' this person, since this is simply his personal experience rather than the typical experience. I've downloaded each and every beta for all versions, and it's been fun for me each time. That being said I'm a developer, and if I were a regular customer and expecting a first alpha or dev beta to be at the level of a final public release I'm sure I woudn't find it fun. Comparing the stability of these first betas compared to the initial iPhone betas it will pretty absurd. The initial iPhone versions will leaps and bounds behind these. Not even close. But with time memory fades which is why it's easy to think things were better than they were before.
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He's actually right... check out the iOS9 and Watch forums, it's a nightmare. iOS9 beta 1 is/was the buggiest beta i've used and WatchOS 2 beta i won't even go there... pretty much made more than half of the watch features useless.
 
Uinluan said:
I am sure their servers are being hammered. You would think they would have the load balancing in place to handle it.
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apple blocked the ports I'm guessing. They sent that beta to everyone... 15 minute window, shouldn't have been too many people (non-devs too!)
 
Stupotpot said:
I was quite lucky with iOS7...a few apps didn't work and had random reboots but on the whole, it was relatively stable. Shocking battery, but that improved through the beta cycles
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Lucky!!! I ran iOS 7 on about 3 iPads and 5 iPhone models. Not one was decent with just the basic slew of apps we place and monitor for the state... I despised 7... iOS 9 has been the smoothest, minus a few normal app functionality bugs here and there.
 
Tycho24 said:
I'm at my wits end!
I've tried to install it like 4 times now... (after fresh restarts). Each time it has me put in my passcode, works for a little while, then says "unable to verify update because you are not connected to the Internet".
Wtf????????
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Same here, over and over again. I reset network and rebooted watch and phone. Servers must be overloaded..
 
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balzmcfearson said:
Looks like we may get that downgrade option soon after all...
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doubt it, if it went out to Non-dev then those people would not of had iOS9 which is required to install WatchOS2 beta. Probably just received an update prompt followed by one error saying iOS 9 is required. That's probably how they were notified about it, someone complaining about an update but not having iOS9
 
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