I had this issue initially, as I whilst my watch was updating from beta 8 to the RC. I deleted the Watch Face and added again, and worked fine.
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Apple Unveils Apple Watch Ultra 2 Featuring Faster S9 Chip, New Ultra Wideband Chip, and Apple's Brightest Ever Display
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I had this issue initially, as I whilst my watch was updating from beta 8 to the RC. I deleted the Watch Face and added again, and worked fine.
There may be many reasons why Apple does not want to issue a black titanium version yet. For one, the Ultra is sold as a rugged watch. It makes little sense to coat a material that is meant to take some wear and tear and that wear and tear will invariably damage the coating.
I am sure that there is demand for such a product. Perhaps Apple is working on some type of through-and-through colouring and the company couldn't make it work in time for the Ultra 2 release. It makes sense for the company to hold back on products that it does not deem fit for release.
I am just lazily going to copy-and-paste my earlier reply.
There may be many reasons why Apple does not want to issue a black titanium version yet. For one, the Ultra is sold as a rugged watch. It makes little sense to coat a material that is meant to take some wear and tear and that wear and tear will invariably damage the coating.
I am sure that there is demand for such a product. Perhaps Apple is working on some type of through-and-through colouring and the company couldn't make it work in time for the Ultra 2 release. It makes sense for the company to hold back on products that it does not deem fit for release.
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Unless you walk around outside in the sun with your Pro XDR Display, there's no reason it would need to have those many nits.
Looks really good with that giant font for the time, I prefer it to the way they showed it off.
I do not believe their goal was to entice U1 upgrades to U2. This new Ultra is for someone who didn't already have an Ultra.
Hmm what happened to the black Ultra? Guess that didn't pan out. Seems like a decent upgrade, brightness and the hand gestures are really interesting. If the resale value on AW's wasn't so awful I'd consider it, but will wait for the Ultra 3 or 4.
Maybe you should have seen my later messages posted well before your response to see I’m already aware……
Also, you would have seen my reply to pcar17 that provided them help as to why they might have had an issue with it showing on the phone’s watch gallery but not popping up on the watch itself.
Basically, if you’re going to go back to old posts and reply, maybe fully catch up so you don’t post something that’s no longer relevant. 🤓
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That's exciting!
I'm so excited to try out iOS/ipadOS 17, and WatchOS 10 (and nope, I haven't tried any of the betas). The only OS I can't upgrade to is Sonoma (computer too old) unless I use whatever that program is that enables legacy Macs to use later OS. I might do that, but maybe a little later. Monday can't come soon enough! I wonder sometimes though if Apple will ever consider releasing these big upgrades on Friday. Then, many of us have the weekend to play with it!
Looks like to me that the U2 is the beginning of a test process to see how to produce more sustainable/eco-friendly products. I'm guessing from this experience, Apple can better map out manufacturing processes it needs to get other devices better in line. So while from the consumer stand point the U2 is not much of an upgrade, I agree that it's a nice upgrade for those who don't already have the Ultra, AND also it's a test ground for modifying manufacturing and design processes.
My S6 has 9 complications (not including time), 1 of which is along the top and writes out the next calendar event. The new complication for the Ultras only has 7 (not including time), 1 of which is pretty big that allows lots of information. The complication around the bezel is too limited to count. So really, it doesn’t seem the ULTRA watch face has “the most” Complications…
Ok….final post on this. I was finally able to get the new Modular Ultra face working on my Series 8 Ultra Watch. I had to “add” the new face from the watch itself. While I could add it in the iPhone Watch App, I could not set it to my current face. Also, I had to play around with configuring the time display on the face as it is buggy but I did get it to work.
** I’m running this week’s RC’s of iOS 17.0 and watchOS 10.0. See my watchface pic here.
Me.
I just pre-ordered it. I have AW 7.
I think you are right, AWU 2 after only 1 year AWU 1 was released with only mostly internal upgrade is most certainly *NOT* aim for people who already own AWU 1.
Yep, Apple have just rebranded an accessibility option! I have been using the double tap for months and works fine, no fancy processor required.
Did you reboot both devices and then try watch app on phone? As it didn’t work on the watch app on the phone at first, but then it did after a reboot.
The new processor with more storage, speed, efficiency along with some sensor updates is what enables a number of features the old Ultra cannot do. Same with the Series 9 compared to the 8.
I know it’s so easy to jump on Apple but marketing ploys is not the only thing on Apple corporates mind. It takes more power, ram, communications to run more simultaneous seeming apps in tiny niches of the watch face. If you want to jump on Apple, jump on them for something serious like supporting China for all these years and not because of frustration with their tech toys.
If you’d read the posts that followed, you’d have seen that the op’s (justified) fear was for nowt, as the watch face is on the first gen, after all. 🤓
I was one of the folks that also went ballistic thinking the new Ultra faces were only going to be on the Ultra S9 but happily I was wrong. I'm staying with my 2022 Ultra S8 which is still amazing. Seems hard to get excited about the new gestures or 3k NITS. But I am looking to see the video reviews and trying the S9 out in the store.
P.S. I'm liking the new Modular Ultra face so far on my S8 Ultra but I also like last year's Wayfinder as well as the Infograph faces.