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Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of New watchOS 5 Operating System to Developers

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Apple today seeded the seventh beta of an upcoming watchOS 5 update to developers, one week after releasing the sixth beta and two months after introducing the software at the Worldwide Developers Conference.

To get the beta, you'll need the proper configuration profile, which can be obtained through the Apple Developer Center. Once the profile is in place, the watchOS 5 beta can be downloaded using the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone by going to General --> Software Update.

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To install the update, an Apple Watch needs to have 50 percent battery, it must be placed on an Apple Watch charger, and it has to be in range of the iPhone. It's best to install the beta on a secondary device instead of a primary device as betas have bugs to be worked out.

watchOS 5 is a major update to the watchOS operating system, introducing Activity Competitions so you can compete on workouts with friends, Walkie-Talkie with push-to-talk functionality for quickly communicating with the people you talk to most, and auto workout detection to make it easier to start and stop workouts if you forget.

Other new features include an improved Siri watch face with support for third-party apps through Siri Shortcuts, a dedicated Apple Podcasts app, new Workout types that include Yoga and Hiking, new features for runners, WebKit support for viewing some web content on Apple Watch, and enhanced notifications, which will make notifications on the Apple Watch interactive.

watchOS 5 is only available to developers and will not be provided to public beta testers (because there's no way to downgrade Apple Watch software), so non-developers will need to wait until the software is officially released in the fall to try it out.

The watchOS 5 update runs on all Series 1, Series 2, and Series 3 Apple Watch models, but it is not available for the first-generation "Series 0" Apple Watch models.

Article Link: Apple Seeds Seventh Beta of New watchOS 5 Operating System to Developers
 
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Got a nice boot loop after the update. Thank God it won't happen when the watch it's on the puk, so I can reset it and put a backup on it.
 
Seadart said:
Got a nice boot loop after the update. Thank God it won't happen when the watch it's on the puk, so I can reset it and put a backup on it.
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No, didn‘t fixed it. After rebooting the watch, the boot loop is back again.
 
John Connor said:
Strange...neither this beta nor last week's are available to me.
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It might pay you to delete and then re-install the developer beta profile to the watch. I had this happen to me a couple of weeks ago and then I remembered that I had un-paired and re-paired the watch (and in doing so had managed to wipe the profile out), to see if it fixed a different issue with the activity app.
 
Steve J0bs said:
Go to watch settings - general - reset- and reset sync data.
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That option has been completely unresponsive for the last few betas (and yes I submitted the feedback). I've tried everything from hard resets (in varying sequences of phone and watch) to deleting iCloud contacts and restoring. Absolutely nothing has been able to get my contacts back on my watch. I'm thinking I'll have to do a complete wipe and restore of the watch soon.
 
What about iCoud Message sync? Is that being added? It sure is tedious having to take two steps to delete Messages on my Apple Watch.
 
I suppose you still can’t control your music/AirPods with Siri without your phone around? Only occurred to me the other day going for a run. Obviously with an Apple Watch and AirPods you can conveniently leave your phone behind. I was then thinking how cool watchOS will be with the new raise to Siri feature. You then ask Siri and she will tell you you need an Internet connection *facepalm*
For basic commands no internet should be required.
 
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