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Apple Watch: All the Little Things! [watchOS 4.3 beta]
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Something I found out about the flashlight on the watch that is truly a "little thing" that someone might not know about: if you turn on the flashlight and turn your wrist away from you (so that the watch is pointing straight ahead of you), the flashlight gets brighter 
Something I found out about the flashlight on the watch that is truly a "little thing" that someone might not know about: if you turn on the flashlight and turn your wrist away from you (so that the watch is pointing straight ahead of you), the flashlight gets brighter
Just tested this, its also in OS4.
I have a quick question actually on Watch OS 4 and potentially iOS 11 in general.
Previously, when I had my Apple watch (pre Watch OS4 and iPhone 7 was on iOS 10.3.3), paired to my iPhone, every time I got into my car to drive home (my iPhone 7 would connect to the bluetooth radiosat) after finishing work, my watch would give me a notification saying something like, "...10 minutes to drive home - traffic is light".
However, ever since upgrading to the iPhone 8 Plus and now that I have iOS 11 and Watch OS4 onwards, I do not get these notifications anymore?!
I'm wondering whether it's to do with the 'Do Not Disturb Whilst Driving' options in iOS 11 whereby when I have the 'When Bluetooth is connected' option ticked, within the Do Not Disturb Whilst Driving menu, the phone is not giving the watch that notification anymore, but can't be sure...!?
Previously, when I had my Apple watch (pre Watch OS4 and iPhone 7 was on iOS 10.3.3), paired to my iPhone, every time I got into my car to drive home (my iPhone 7 would connect to the bluetooth radiosat) after finishing work, my watch would give me a notification saying something like, "...10 minutes to drive home - traffic is light".
However, ever since upgrading to the iPhone 8 Plus and now that I have iOS 11 and Watch OS4 onwards, I do not get these notifications anymore?!
I'm wondering whether it's to do with the 'Do Not Disturb Whilst Driving' options in iOS 11 whereby when I have the 'When Bluetooth is connected' option ticked, within the Do Not Disturb Whilst Driving menu, the phone is not giving the watch that notification anymore, but can't be sure...!?
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Anyone tested 4.1 with the first watch ? To me 4.0 is terrible on battery life and lagging. I just hope Apple inproves this,
This fixed itself already in Beta 2. Also Siri seems slightly quicker to me, but could be placebo.
Since this thread is such a jumble of versions and info, I created a dedicated 4.1b2 thread. It's a wiki so please add to the initial post as info becomes available. It's setup exactly like the beta threads for iOS 11.
WatchOS 4.1 Beta 2 Bug Fixes, Changes and Improvements
WatchOS 4.1 Beta 2 Bug Fixes, Changes and Improvements
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Ugh.. with wifi being added to control Center I’ll now have to swipe up and scroll to get to my most used items (silent and DND). Really wish we could customize the order of this list.
Something I found out about the flashlight on the watch that is truly a "little thing" that someone might not know about: if you turn on the flashlight and turn your wrist away from you (so that the watch is pointing straight ahead of you), the flashlight gets brighter
Also, if you've got Theater/Cinema mode on, turning on the Flashlight will default to red instead of white.
You've found it. The littlest of little things! (And a lovely detail)
RE: Please Apple! Bring back ability to remotely browse the playlists and collections stored on my iphone via Watch!!!!
Latest Apple bugreport response:
Apple Developer Relations
October 10 2017, 1:30 PM
Thank you for contacting us. It has not been determined how or when the issue will be resolved.
Latest Apple bugreport response:
Apple Developer Relations
October 10 2017, 1:30 PM
Thank you for contacting us. It has not been determined how or when the issue will be resolved.
I have a quick question actually on Watch OS 4 and potentially iOS 11 in general.
Previously, when I had my Apple watch (pre Watch OS4 and iPhone 7 was on iOS 10.3.3), paired to my iPhone, every time I got into my car to drive home (my iPhone 7 would connect to the bluetooth radiosat) after finishing work, my watch would give me a notification saying something like, "...10 minutes to drive home - traffic is light".
However, ever since upgrading to the iPhone 8 Plus and now that I have iOS 11 and Watch OS4 onwards, I do not get these notifications anymore?!
I'm wondering whether it's to do with the 'Do Not Disturb Whilst Driving' options in iOS 11 whereby when I have the 'When Bluetooth is connected' option ticked, within the Do Not Disturb Whilst Driving menu, the phone is not giving the watch that notification anymore, but can't be sure...!?
I am on WatchOS 4 & iOS 11.0.2 & I have this same question. I do not have the Do not disturb setting on.
I'm on the latest betas for watchOS and iOS and it shows up again on my watch.
That’s good news - several posters mentioned that it had been removed from an earlier beta. Glad to see it’s back.
Something I found out about the flashlight on the watch that is truly a "little thing" that someone might not know about: if you turn on the flashlight and turn your wrist away from you (so that the watch is pointing straight ahead of you), the flashlight gets brighter
Thanks for this, I never noticed this before but like another member mentioned it's in 4. Pretty cool, this will come in handy.
Is the stand notification bug fixed in the latest 4.1 beta? Since it stopped working around 4.0b4 on my series 0, it has never worked again. I even bought a new series 3 and set up as new watch and stand reminders refuse to work. It stopped working on 4.0 release for another friend as well.
Thanks
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