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Apple Watch: All the Little Things! [watchOS 4.3 beta]
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fischersd
macrumors 603
They've usually been doing the WatchOS and iOS releases in tandem.
Pretty good odds iOS 11.1 is being released on Tuesday (or not far off) - in any case - looking to be this week (pre-X launch), WatchOS should be released at the same time.
So the Beta for Watch OS 4.2 is out today....Except it's not out yet, It's marked coming soon. Watch this space!
BillGates1969
macrumors 68020
BillGates1969
macrumors 68020
Not sure yet, haven had a chance to install as I always put betas on my S0 first, rather than my daily driver (S3) in case of issues. My S0 is flat.....
The release notes don’t show anything unusual. I’ll report back when I know.
I did last night. Doesn’t seem very much different to the last 4.1 beta. I’ll be wearing it out and about today and report back on battery life. Series 0 by the way. As noted here by other members too the series 0 watches have definitely become much smoother and lag free on the 4.1 betas. I don’t see any UI changes upon initially looking.
BillGates1969
macrumors 68020
Installing now on S0. Will report back on battery etc. I normally leave it a day or two before I put on S3
I installed it late last night on my S2. I haven't noticed anything new or different yet. It is running smoothly and although it is too soon to tell for certain the battery life seems very good.
ad931
macrumors regular
I installed it this morning before leaving home, cant say i have found anything new or "improved" apart from the battery... off the charger at 6am this morning, 8 hours later i'm at 95%.
Minor, but I've found 2 changes. I have an S3 with LTE for reference
- Carrier version went from 2.0 to 2.5
- Messages now properly displays contacts with an emoji in the name. Under 4.1, it would just display the phone # for me.
- Carrier version went from 2.0 to 2.5
- Messages now properly displays contacts with an emoji in the name. Under 4.1, it would just display the phone # for me.
11.1 just dropped publicly, when do we get 4.2 based on this? I need me some Apple Music for Watch goodness!
ReardenMetal
macrumors 6502
Has anyone noticed on 4.0, 4.1, or 4.2b that the Weekly Activity Summary (the one you force touch to look at) omits the totals for minutes active? That data point is just gone now.
Mine has been missing since I upgraded to S3+Cellular from my S0. Did the unpairing process and set up as a new watch too. Very strange.
Mine has been missing since I upgraded to S3+Cellular from my S0. Did the unpairing process and set up as a new watch too. Very strange.
Ya walked for 50min Outdoor Walk and it didn’t count the time and the calories count was way less compared to the same km I walked with 4.1 update.
dannyyankou
macrumors P6
The messages complication now properly updates with the number of new messages. It didn’t work for me before.
CamiMR
macrumors 6502a
Hadn’t tried any of the 4.1 betas, but after installing the “official release” my Gen 0 is performing so much better!!
4.0 was such a lag fest, any interaction had such long delays it was putting me off doing anything on the watch...
Very happy with the overall performance improvements!!
4.0 was such a lag fest, any interaction had such long delays it was putting me off doing anything on the watch...
Very happy with the overall performance improvements!!
Solver
macrumors 65816
On watchOS 4.2 beta 1, the music name of a song playing from my phone or iCloud does not show up in now playing on my series 1. Correction, it may show for a split second then disappear. I can use the watch controls in now playing to go to the next or previous song but if I press pause, all control permently reverts to songs on the watch only.
Is this happening to anyone else?
Is this happening to anyone else?