Apple Shares List of Must-Have Apps as Apple Watch App Store Goes Live Today

[2457282]

How about giving me my watch first ?

Me first

Honestly not happy about all this Apple Watch stuff while I am sitting here unable to revel in it. No watch for 4-6 weeks makes for an unhappy me.

 

[zane-richardson]

Excellent. Tapping it worked!
I went into the watch App Store half hour ago on my girlfriends 6+ and the full store opened straightaway, have been sitting here this whole time trying to work out how to open it on my 5s

Must be a glitch...

 

[Karma*Police]

Perhaps you don't want a black strap but many people will...useful neutral color.

I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. Based on all the comments it looks like Apple made too many colored bands and not nearly enough black bands.

 

[AnthonyHarris]

No Spotify app. No Whatsapp app.

So you'll still have to get your phone out of your pocket

.........

About as useful as 'The MacBook Wheel'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BnLbv6QYcA

"Say goodbye to the Smartphone and say hello to The Apple Watch."

 

[wpattison]

Do I have to go to the Apple Store to use it?


(it's a joke, folks... move along...)

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They probably love you for using cash... no credit card ding against them.

True! And no fradulent attempts against my accounts...

 

[mattopotamus]

So do we have to download the watch app too? or will it pull from the apps on our phone?

 

[2457282]

The app store within the watch app on my phone (really? that is kind of awkard) does not show either the NBA or the Yelp app.

 

[Gasu E.]

Personally, I would choose apps based on how pretty their logos are, rather then their utility. It's a fashion statement!

 

[BillyTrimble]

I wish the iPhone has circular icons...

Are you serious? BTW, this is a perfect place to bring that up. And I'd like a new car. What should I get?

 

[starnox]

So easy to read

 

[citi]

So when are the native apps going to come

Guaranteed, next iPhone release.

 

[xlost6]

I like the Apple Watch icons for some reason. They look so beautiful

 

[darcyf]

Naturally, the list is empty.

 

[cenzo]

It just went live for me as well. It took a while.

 

[Stayfly2407]

Don't be surprised if we get circular icons in iOS9 to match the applewatch.

 

[Bigsk8r]

Looking forward to the day when this watch is old news.

+1,000,000

I hope WWDC focuses on Apple TV and oh yeah, computers.

Amen. I realize it's being pushed and there is a lot out there to digest, but can we please start putting the non-critical in the Round Up and use the Front Page for a variety of items? Please?

 

[TallManNY]

GPS range finder on wrist in golf app seems like a very useful item. Just a quick glance to confirm the distance. Then maybe another few taps to count the strokes at the end of the hole. Though I think I might have to bring a spare battery to course with me to recharge the watch at the end of the round. Or maybe just charge it in the car.

Yet another "ah ha" moment for me and the Watch. I'm sure they will be coming fast and furious once these get out in the wild and folks figure out how they are used.

 

[mclaugaa]

Is there any way for those of us not getting the watch to not see preview pictures in the App Store? Seems like apple is forcing these down our throats.

 

[jwm]

Must-have apps for a don't-have watch

 

[ObsidianKt]

Tip: Tap the App Store button in the Watch app repeatedly to load the full Apple Watch App Store.
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Thanks for the tip. Seriously. Prior to tapping, my store looked like this:

Just a list of about 30 apps. No search, no categories. I'm a developer and I freaked out for a second. Made a game specifically for the Apple Watch and was relying on the Watch App Store to give it any kind of visibility. I nearly had a heart attack when I thought apple's "store" was just going to be a list o their recommended apps.

Hopefully the store with the the search tab will eventually push to everyone and the tapping thing isn't a bug, or I could still be screwed.

 

[Twimfy]

I did have a few ideas for some games but as soon as I realised how heavily restricted SpriteKit is in WatchKit I had to give up.

Kicking myself that I haven't gotten my act together as an early store is always a good way to make a tonne of money.

 

[friedmud]

Really bummed that there is no first-party Reminders App. I _just_ got my wife hooked on shared Reminders lists for groceries and houshold todo lists. I don't want to have to train her to use something else.

I was really looking forward to being able to check grocery items off using my watch. Ugh.

 

[Twimfy]

Really bummed that there is no first-party Reminders App. I _just_ got my wife hooked on shared Reminders lists for groceries and houshold todo lists. I don't want to have to train her to use something else.

I was really looking forward to being able to check grocery items off using my watch. Ugh.

I think they've done this to give app developers something to do. When it comes to Apple development, the only limit isn't your imagination, the only limit is what Apple carefully determines the limit to be.

Granted some people will come up with some super cool ideas with WatchKit but we're heavily restricted on what we can and can't make at the moment. SO I reckon they've opened up the reminders/to-do market as much as possible because they're suitable for the OS and easy to make and market. If their own reminders app was there it'd kill about 30% of the Watch AppStore stone dead.

 

[k1121j]

I'm happy for those of you who get there watches on the 24 th. I'm sad I won't even though I ordered at 3:04am on the 10th apple of you are reading this I would have much rather waited in line at an Apple Store on launch day like I normally do I've always gotten my products on day 1 now .... I'm just sad

 

[Yojimbo007]

Nothing yet on my ipad