Apple Watch: All the Little Things! [watchOS 4.3 beta]

[numberfour]

Oh thank you. I had no idea there was a way to disable it.

Me neither, been so annoyed by it. Thanks!

 

[Benz63amg]

What’s new in4.2.2 for the series 3?

 

[testcard]

Seems to be a fairly minor update with bug fixes only.

 

[Benz63amg]

Seems to be a fairly minor update with bug fixes only.

I see, Thank you for the info. I wonder what was the point of all these 4.2.2 beta releases if the final of 4.2.2 is only a minor bug fix release with no new feature that would require heavy beta testing?

 

[christophermn]

Grrr... same behavior on 4.2.2.

It’s a bug. It never worked this way before.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8073697

 

[friednoodles]

4.2.2 is performing much better on my Series 2, more like it was with 3.2. Which is good, because it was pretty horrible on 4.x up until now...

 

[ErikGrim]

Any speed improvements on series 0? Wifey is not happy with 4.x performance lately.

 

[Watabou]

None that I’ve noticed. Opening the workout app for instance takes so long on the series 0.

 

[Banglazed]

watchOS 4.3 beta 15T5165e out

 

[mous94410]

What’s new ?

 

[Solver]

What’s new ?

Apple states, “No known issues.”
That’s new for a beta 1 release

 

[gwhizkids]

Apple states, “No known issues.”
That’s new for a beta 1 release

Wow. Makes you think its just a placeholder release to keep up with the Joneses, er, iOS.

 

[MrGimper]

4.3 brings back controlling iPhone music from the watch music app! Thank God!!

 

[rstark18]

I assume messages in iCloud is in this update. Can someone check. I don’t want to load the watch betas because there is no going back to the release version.

 

[StarBr33z3]

New features I've notices so far (Series 2):

• iPhone music control is back (phew, finally)
• Vertical nightstand mode
• New charging animation

 

[bthompson]

New carrier version for ATT 3.5

 

[QuarterSwede]

Screenshots for those who want pictures and, yes, playback on the iDevice works as expected. Hallelujah!

If you tap the charge symbol it gives you the numerical percentage. I don’t remember it doing that before. Can’t get a screenshot of that as it stopped sending them after the last screenshot I took.

 

[MrGimper]

Screenshot for those who want pictures and, yes, playback on the iDevice works as expected. Hallelujah!

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Except for an album you can’t pull up a track list and pick a track. Only have skip forward and back. But, infinitely better than not having this feature back.

 

[jonnyb]

What’s general performance of the 4.3 beta like. Snappy and smooth enough?

 

[bthompson]

What’s general performance of the 4.3 beta like. Snappy and smooth enough?

Doesn't seem any less smooth than 4.2.2. Some minor frame drops but nothing at all to be concerned about. At least so far!

 

[jonnyb]

Doesn't seem any less smooth than 4.2.2. Some minor frame drops but nothing at all to be concerned about. At least so far!

Sounds encouraging. What series are you using it on?

 

[Starship67]

What’s general performance of the 4.3 beta like. Snappy and smooth enough?

Safari is snappier. Wait wrong thread. In all seriousness it so far seems pretty smooth

 

[Grayburn]

How’s the performance on series 2 with 4.2.2? Ever since I updated mine to 4.2 there has been a noticeable lag with mine that wasn’t there before on 3.2.3.

Battery seems to of taken a hit for me. Not had no complaints about the battery since I got the S2 watch not long after it was launched.

 

[midkay]

New features I've notices so far (Series 2):

• iPhone music control is back (phew, finally)
• Vertical nightstand mode
• New charging animation

NO WAY! I really wasn't thinking they were going to add the iPhone music control back. Awesome!!

 

[gwhizkids]

100 posts from 4000 in this thread. I guess we keep going. I wonder if Macrumors has a post limit?