Apple Unveils watchOS 6 With Dedicated App Store, New Apple Watch Faces and Native Apps

[rugmankc]

I tried Grocery List was not that good as I recall.

Have my family hooked on Notes. Will be hard to resell another app.

WANT NATIVE NOTES

 

[SharksFan22]

Would love to know what you guys do with your watches where you only get a day. I charge mine every second night. Took mine off charge 14 hours ago and it still has 71 percent (series 4).

I'm still rollin' with an original Apple Watch (series "0"?) and get about 24-30 hours, depending on usage. I want a new Series 4 but just cannot seem to break my current one and thus provide justification for replacing a perfectly good piece of gear.

 

[harriska2]

I'm still rollin' with an original Apple Watch (series "0"?) and get about 24-30 hours, depending on usage. I want a new Series 4 but just cannot seem to break my current one and thus provide justification for replacing a perfectly good piece of gear.

I'm with ya on that as I'm sporting the Series 1. I can see my watch getting left behind with watchOS 6 but upgrading my iPhone SE and iPad Pro 12.9. :/

 

[bryce13950]

Does anybody have this installed yet, and know if the new App Store is available?

 

[mpainesyd]

This moves things along for eventual Apple Watch independence.

The App Store is the obvious one but the Voice Memo app helps with that goal as well. I already use my Watch quite a bit with my iPhone left at home but almost immediately miss one of the most basic features that having a smartphone with you at all times you take for granted: taking notes, saving thoughts for later use.

With a Watch, you could dictate something into a notes app but dictation is far from accurate and too much work. Having a Voice Memo is more natural: “hey Siri, record a note”. And now you have your voice notes neatly saved on your iPhone, iPad and Mac back at home.

If you can't wait for note taking try Just Press Record app

 

[ipedro]

If you can't wait for note taking try Just Press Record app

I have indeed tried it. I like to keep everything in them ecosystem because it populated seamlessly across all my devices.

Would be cool though if it did even a rough transcription so that voice memos were searchable.

 

[Newt82]

Finally! New analogue watch faces that I actually like, the California face reminds me on old vintage rolex speedking. And that solar one looks stunning. The only faces I use is the chronograph, simple, utility and micky. Prefer that my apple watch mimic a real watch rather than just have a digital readout.

 

[japanime]

Would love to know what you guys do with your watches where you only get a day. I charge mine every second night. Took mine off charge 14 hours ago and it still has 71 percent (series 4).

I use the Workout app twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. That's enough to drain it for the day.

 

[rjp1]

Still waiting for the sunrise/sunset complication to be added to the Infograph Modular face. Amazing they haven't added all the complications that were available in watchOS 4 into 5... we'll see about 6. I bought the new watch thinking they'd add the missing ones "soon."

 

[drumcat]

if you aren't using AnyList you are missing out! it works great with Siri and it works great with Amazon Alexa also. Anywhere I am with my watch or phone, or anywhere in my house with Amazon Echo's I can just say the trigger word and "Add Frosted Flakes to my shopping list" etc. and its done and synced with my wife and I.

Here's a little trick -- if you name your Reminders list "SHOPPING", it works with Siri right now.

 

[Bin Cook]

Overdue welcome for some stuff aimed at the fairer sex. If Apple really wants to change the world via health, they could push for men and women to be interpreted differently. The overwhelming majority of medical knowledge and assumptions are based on the male anatomy which leaves significant gaps in the level of healthcare available to women. There is an increasing awareness of how this impacts even basic calculations like calorie burn, and if Apple could lead change in this area then even I would doff my cap to Tim. For example, insulin levels in women change dramatically around menstruation, affecting their ability to burn fat. Blew my mind when my wife showed me the science, especially how out of kilter her calorie burn can be on the watch versus reality at various times of the month.

Appreciate I'm dangerously close to PRSI but everyone wins if we see change in this area.

 

[tribaltek]

Still no native sleep tracking app...

 

[Xtoast]

I doubt my series 1 will support the new update (running great on OS 5 though), or at the very least the App Store feature probably won’t be available for it

how's the battery on that series 1 doing?

 

[abhibeckert]

how's the battery on that series 1 doing?

It's probably fine - I upgraded from a Series 0 last year and it still lasted all day at the end. If not - a new battery is only $79 out of warranty. Or free with AppleCare+. Extended warranties usually don't cover batteries but this one does (warranty covers it if the battery lasts less than 14.4 hours with normal use).

Does anyone know if there's a digital watch face with seconds? I need it for work.

 

[actcyclist]

I would like to see the chime be customized like i phone ringtones .

People are never happy..

 

[FunkyMagicUK]

Is there any news on ability to hide/remove some of the first party apps coming in WatchOS6 ?

I’ve already got about 12 apps cluttering up my watch interface that I’ll definitely never use..and I already know I’ll never use audiobooks, menstrual tracking or some of the other new stuff coming.

It’s bad enough on the phone where at least it’s possible to hide unused apps in a folder, but clearing the interface clutter on the watch with it’s single sprawling app interface is an even bigger must have to make the experience streamlined, productive, and enjoyable.

 

[Dino F]

....I don't see a Watch Face store EVER coming to Watch OS.

Instead of Apple releasing 1 or 2 new watch faces, why not just unlock this feature with Devs?!!

 

[Tech198]

LTE stated it all be separate from iPhone on WatchOS. Its good the watch as it's own App store. Now you can be un-tethered from a phone, the floodgates are open for just about anything to happen on the watch.

 

[RollTide1017]

Do we know yet if any of the new watch faces will be available the series 3 or older users?

 

[moderngamenewb]

how's the battery on that series 1 doing?

Surprisingly well. It only really drains during my workout mode so I recharge it before work. I also usually keep it on Airplane mode during work anyways (since we can’t have our phones on us when we clock in), so by the time I get home from work after almost 9 hours, it’s still only at 75-80 percent

 

[The Game 161]

i cannot believe they still did not add a notes app.

my wife and i use shared notes for groceries list and i would love to check off on my list with my watch instead i have to take my phone out of my pocket every item.

I have tried google keep but would prefer the native notes app.

That’s what reminders are for...

 

[MisterSavage]

The App Store is the obvious one but the Voice Memo app helps with that goal as well. I already use my Watch quite a bit with my iPhone left at home but almost immediately miss one of the most basic features that having a smartphone with you at all times you take for granted: taking notes, saving thoughts for later use.

I bought 'Just Press Record' because I wanted this functionality on my watch. Glad there's going to be a built-in option now.

i cannot believe they still did not add a notes app.

my wife and i use shared notes for groceries list and i would love to check off on my list with my watch instead i have to take my phone out of my pocket every item.

I have tried google keep but would prefer the native notes app.

What frustrates me with Google Keep on the watch is that it doesn't move items you check off your list to the bottom. So I need to keep scrolling up and down on my list.

 

[drumcat]

The Voice Memo app should have that button named the Khashoggi button.

If you don't know why that is, don't look it up. It's gruesome.

 

[FunkyMagicUK]

Especially having it's dedicated app store now Apple continues to widen it's gap over any other smartwatch competitor

I don’t really get the need for an App Store on the watch itself.

A dedicated section in the App Store yes...but having a store on the watch is not really part of the glanceable usability of a wrist based device.

 

[HandsomeDanNZ]

I don’t really get the need for an App Store on the watch itself.

A dedicated section in the App Store yes...but having a store on the watch is not really part of the glanceable usability of a wrist based device.

I tend to agree with you, but I assume this is aimed at those people that leave their iPhone at home and wear a cellular Watch and want to download a specific purpose-driven app?