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

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Neo1975 said:
I installed B4 last night. Had a terrible day today. Full of crashes, black screens, reboots, unresponsive, no Siri etc.

The same as all the other people here.

One thing I have noticed, not sure if anyone else has mentioned it. I always used the Simple watch face. Switching to Modular and no crashes at all, it is much more stable.

Still regret installing B4 though. Why didn't I wait, I am so impatient. Preferred a completely stable OS 1.

Poor battery life is the one thing I really can't stand. I might have to take my charger in the car to work tomorrow.

Still, my fault. Although why did Apple release this B4. Can't believe how bad it is.
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Ha! You should have seen the other betas 4 is like a dream compared to them. Beta 5 should hopefully be out tomorrow though.
 
Is a beta planned for those who are in the Public Beta program? I just re-enrolled my iPhone 6+ because of a restore. When I was going to install the profile Apple Watch came up as an option. I dowloaded the profile but no new update for the watch?

Is Apple preparing for a public beta or what kind of profile did i download?
 
maccswe said:
Is a beta planned for those who are in the Public Beta program? I just re-enrolled my iPhone 6+ because of a restore. When I was going to install the profile Apple Watch came up as an option. I dowloaded the profile but no new update for the watch?

Is Apple preparing for a public beta or what kind of profile did i download?
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It's once again that Apple product control has confused us. The public beta profile does nothing to the watch and won't opt you into watchOS 2 beta updates. It will only opt you into iOS 9 PB updates by selecting iPhone when installing the profile.
 
Alright people, Beta 5 is out and I'm impatient!

Anyone have it yet? Notice anything new? How is performance?
 
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Installing now. I hope to god this beta is actually stable. I mean we are on beta 5 now!
 
BaggieBoy said:
Not my experience, B4 has been very stable for me and my battery life is great.
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It's been hit and miss for me. Some days the battery was excellent, but sometimes I would try to open an app and it would just stall and drain my battery. Also the screen would occasionally not wake up and I would have to restart my watch.
 
First impressions on B5 for me would be

*Smoother framerates across the OS
*Smooth framerate when flicking up to view glances
*Maps seems to be getting faster every beta
*The AirPlay icon in the settings glance is now black unlike the other white icons (I can't seem to interact with it)
 
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dannyyankou said:
It's annoying how it has to have 50% battery while charging.

And the keyboard tools in iOS 9 came in handy just now for italicizing :D
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I think this is because the magnetic charger is not quite as secure as a connection like the lightning connector and it could possibly detach whilst you are away leaving it to update.

Just my thoughts anyway.
 
The Apple Watch Music app sees a minor UI upgrade and a new "QuickPlay" option

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Hey Siri has gone from being stupidly slow to not working at all for me in this beta. I have to hold down the crown to activate.
 
9to5Mac have a list:

  • New ‘Quick Play’ button in Music, behaves like a Shuffle All Songs button with easier access
  • Redesigned and more functional Now Playing screen, the Now Playing glance has been updated to match, includes volume level indicator
  • New setting to have screen remain on for 70 seconds, was previously capped out at 15 seconds
  • Modular watch face now contains colour labels (I love this addition)
  • Time Lapse watch face now includes Paris, much less jarring effect now
  • Now Playing glance shows app source that’s playing audio, like Podcasts for example
 
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I've read that the new betas of WatchOS and iOS enable Wifi calls to be answered on the watch. Can anyone confirm this?
 
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