Apple Seeds watchOS 8.4 Release Candidate to Developers

[MacRumors]

Apple today seeded the release candidate version of an upcoming watchOS 8.4 beta to developers for testing purposes, with the new software coming one week after the launch of the first betas and over a month after the release of watchOS 8.3.

To install watchOS 8.4, developers will need to download the configuration profile from the Apple Developer Center. Once installed, ‌‌‌‌watchOS 8‌‌‌‌ 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.

According to Apple's release notes, watchOS 8.4 fixes a bug that could cause some Apple Watch chargers not to work as expected. Since the launch of watchOS 8.3, Apple Watch users have been experiencing charging issues with some third-party Apple Watch chargers, so we can expect the watchOS 8.4 update to address this problem.

Article Link: Apple Seeds watchOS 8.4 Release Candidate to Developers

 

[_Spinn_]

I still want to know what happened to watchOS 8.2

 

[jbachandouris]

Hopefully this fixes the charging issues which I’m seeing with OEM chargers as well.

 

[macrlz9]

I still want to know what happened to watchOS 8.2

SAME messes with OCD these OSes not matching up.

 

[eyalben]

Finally, solving the charging issues

 

[crazyitalian198]

Anyone run into their haptics not firing during morning alarms? Saw this thread on r/AppleWatch that confirms there's an WatchOS 8 issue. I'm a Gen 1 user who just bought a Gen 7, and thought I was going crazy this week with missed alarms. Seems like a haptics issue - hopefully this release fixes it.

 

[CopyChief]

Hopefully this fixes the charging issues which I’m seeing with OEM chargers as well.

The release notes do state that this addresses charging issues. The previous beta (last week) did fix the problem for me with third-party chargers and my S6, so hopefully this continues the thread. Go forth and install!