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

Status
The first post of this thread is a WikiPost and can be edited by anyone with the appropiate permissions. Your edits will be public.
jgelin said:
The color of this new menu changes to ‘green’ if the message is being sent via SMS as well.
Click to expand...

Here's a look at it with the green. I'm sure many have seen it already.

Not sure how I feel about green + blue mix...

2j4eu5k.png
 
Is anyone else having issues with going to look at their watch and it's gone into Power Reserve mode? This seems to be when I wear clothing that covers the watch?
 
I can't seem to find the power reserve mode anymore I just have power off and SOS even though I have sos turned off
 
Futhark said:
Is anyone else having issues with going to look at their watch and it's gone into Power Reserve mode? This seems to be when I wear clothing that covers the watch?
Click to expand...
I've never had this issue before. Beta 4 has been solid, but it has had issues when I workout. When I finish the workout, the watch has lost connection to the phone a few times this week and it has taken a hard reset just to get Bluetooth working again. Sometimes it takes several reboots. Although the heart rate sensor is better, it is still burning close to 15-20% per hour of workout and still isn't perfect for continuous heart rate and probably never will be. Overall, over an hour workout, it may lose the pulse a few times, that looks like nothing in some graphs, but a program like Cardiogram (good free app) will really show the failures.

I do like the graph when you use an app that is a source in your health data. Take a look at the picture attached. Even though I ran a workout other that is saved as strength training, the app, FitnessBuilder is represented in the graph.
 

Attachments

  • IMG_8235.PNG
    IMG_8235.PNG
    432 KB · Views: 299
batting1000 said:
You've got the profile installed, right?
Click to expand...

I do, both Phone and Watch profiles installed. Just restored, started as new both my iPhone and watch, and installed both profiles. Damn watch update still doesn't appear after multiple restarts to both devices.
 
I updated to the newest beta on Sunday evening and now my battery life is terrible! I know sometimes it takes a few days to settle down so I'm trying to be patient but has anyone else experienced this?
 
ladytonya said:
I updated to the newest beta on Sunday evening and now my battery life is terrible! I know sometimes it takes a few days to settle down so I'm trying to be patient but has anyone else experienced this?
Click to expand...

Try beta 5 that came out yesterday. So far for me the battery is better with this beta.
 
ladytonya said:
I updated to the newest beta on Sunday evening and now my battery life is terrible! I know sometimes it takes a few days to settle down so I'm trying to be patient but has anyone else experienced this?
Click to expand...
There always seems to be a few people - if not more that have a problem with their battery after an upgrade to a new beta - even released versions. Some go through the process of unpairing and re-pairing and that works, but I think removing the apps from the dock and a hard reset / power off is all it should take.

But yea, Beta 5 is out and battery has been solid - though 4 was great for me.
 
Pressing the dismiss button on notifications after scrolling past the reply options doesn't work. The notification remains...so annoying.
 
BlueMoon63 said:
There always seems to be a few people - if not more that have a problem with their battery after an upgrade to a new beta - even released versions. Some go through the process of unpairing and re-pairing and that works, but I think removing the apps from the dock and a hard reset / power off is all it should take.

But yea, Beta 5 is out and battery has been solid - though 4 was great for me.
Click to expand...
I'm not on the beta. Are you finding yourself with >25-30% by evening? In my mind, that's great battery life (enough to get you through to the next morning if you can't charge overnight or if you want to use the watch for sleep monitoring,etc...)
 
So currently on watchOS 3 beta 5. So one thing I have noticed on every beta so far...are Live Photos just killed on the watch??? Live Photos just seem not to exist on the watch anymore in the photos app and/or when they are set as watch faces.
 
I've been on watch so 3 beta since beta 3 and have no negative battery issues. I DO restore a backup to the watch each to,e as I find everything just works better that way.

I do find a couple of odd swipe issues. Hard to power off the swipe just doesn't seem to want to work.
 
gwhizkids said:
I'm not on the beta. Are you finding yourself with >25-30% by evening? In my mind, that's great battery life (enough to get you through to the next morning if you can't charge overnight or if you want to use the watch for sleep monitoring,etc...)
Click to expand...
Definitely greater than 30% every day. All in all, since Beta 3, battery has been equal to version 2.2 even with the dock and background app refresh.

Workouts seem to burn more per hour but beta 4 was an improvement.
 
I know I can't go back to watch OS 2 but what happens if I roll my phone back to OS 9? Is the watch essentially useless until I upgrade again?
 
SMIDG3T said:
In beta 5, I can't swipe to delete a conversation in Messages. Anyone else?
Click to expand...
I have to forcefully swipe at times to get the option to delete. I've also noticed you have to swipe a lot closer to the edge of the display to get the delete option.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Back
Top