Apple Seeds watchOS 27 Beta 6 to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the sixth beta of watchOS 27 to developers, with the update coming a week after the launch of the fifth beta.

The beta can be downloaded through the Watch app on the iPhone with a free developer account. The Apple Watch will need to be on the charger, connected to Wi-Fi, and have a battery level of 50 percent or above for new software to be installed. The beta is available for all Apple Watch models compatible with watchOS 27 except for the Apple Watch Ultra 3.

watchOS 27 gains Siri AI, the smarter, more capable version of Siri. Siri can hold back-and-forth conversations, plus it has access to general world knowledge and your personal data to answer questions and find information. Siri AI on Apple Watch requires an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, including the iPhone 15 Pro and later.

There's a new Dynamic app grid that highlights Siri suggested apps, and more intuitive Smart Stack Suggestions. You can find your parked car, see pinned messages, get noise alerts, and view identity and transit cards.

Liquid Glass has been updated to improve legibility, and Workout Buddy works on the Apple Watch even when an iPhone isn't nearby. Workout Buddy also gains new metrics like progressive increases to distance, pace, or duration. Apple added a new all-in-one Find My app with support for Precision Finding, and there are performance optimizations that improve battery life.

More on what's new in watchOS 27 is available in our watchOS 27 roundup.


Article Link: Apple Seeds watchOS 27 Beta 6 to Developers

 

[thelion7]

Installed on my Series 10 and can confirm Siri works better.

Still slightly slow on the uptake in terms of providing an answer but prompting Siri and it taking verbal input seems to be a lot more responsive.

The watch itself was running a lot better on beta 5.

So hopefully beta 6 and all of the ones to follow are now just tightening things up for launch.

So far based on my experience, I think 27 might be the best update for stability since iOS 12!

 

[gomichaelgo]

I just want this beta to fix the timing of using siri. It is painful asking for basic tasks and it spinning and "thinking"

 

[thelion7]

I just want this beta to fix the timing of using siri. It is painful asking for basic tasks and it spinning and "thinking"

It’s seems better, when I set a timer which is good. Another thing I’ve noticed is when you prompt Siri for an AI response it struggles to drown out background noise like s TV playing and will keep listening for input.

Interestingly, doing a basic timer the background noise isolation works great.

 

[JCCL]

Again “except for the Ultra 3”. Jeez change your template, that hasn’t beeen true since Beta 2

 

[DribbleCastle]

Walkie-Talllllllllllllllllkie! Please come back to me! Sadly I know she is dead. 😭

Unless new hardware is super impressive i think i might actually stay back on watchOS 26 for a long while. The Siri AI on the watch looks like garbage for basic things like sending texts or quick commands.

 

[gomichaelgo]

Walkie-Talllllllllllllllllkie! Please come back to me! Sadly I know she is dead. 😭

Unless new hardware is super impressive i think i might actually stay back on watchOS 26 for a long while. The Siri AI on the watch looks like garbage for basic things like sending texts or quick commands.

Until they got rid of this walkie talkie, I didn't realize how "popular" it was. Yall are either crawling out of the woodwork or never actually used it that much cause if you did, and there were tons of folks using it, we wouldn't be here with it being gone.

I tried to use and adopt to it. My family all have apple watches, but the function was spotty at best. It never worked to connect to users. I would constantly get calls on the phone from family saying they tried to use it but the other end never responds. Then the other end says they never got pinged. I would often try to use it on friends and they are wearing the watch and nothing happens. Never connects. It was a failure on Apple's end not making it better for users.

 

[Radeon85]

I really wish Apple would stop forcing users to keep the watch on a charger during the update, as there is no need for it. Ever since the first one in 2015, I've just placed it on a charger to trigger the install and put it back on my wrist; I've never had an issue doing that in over 10 years with each model that came out. Even with the Ultra 3, at worst you loose maybe 3% during the install.

As long as the watch battery has 50% or more, you're fine. What's the point in being able to do a software update directly on the watch only for it to then force you to place it on a charger? It makes that ability pointless.