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

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tivoboy said:
Well, a restore from backup made things a LITTLE better.. really not sure why this beta would produce noticeable (and for the odd doubters out there it is noticeable) lag and UI glithiness.

Also, I have the stocks app on the mail screen, it should be displaying a single stock and current price (from the stocks app on the phone of course) and it won't display anything since the new 3.2b1 update. Odd.
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Re your first point: because it's a beta. Not trying to be snarky, but they don't necessarily make these so they pick up where the last release version left off. There may be code they're testing that they know impacts UI, but they still need to see how it works in the wild.

Regarding your second point: I am not on the beta but ever since upgrading to 3.1.3 last week, all I get is the little crooked arrow thing rather than a stock price. So, I don't think it's unique to 3.2b1.
 
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dereknas said:
Hope they will include a schedule option for theatre mode later on.
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With the icon and description, it appears Apple intends this to be used literally.. when you go to a theatre and waving your arm won't light up the watch and annoy people. Why would they have a schedule option to that? The number of users who go to a theatre every day at the same time is going to be so low. For people wanting to use this in an unintended way, so it doesn't light up while wearing to sleep.. I doubt you'll see a schedule option until Apple agrees that you should wear it to sleep, and there'd then be a "sleep mode".
 
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FrisbeeK9 said:
Beta 3.2 seems quicker/ snappier yes, also I've noticed the Haptatics are much more pronounced/stronger and the display seems brighter. This honestly doesn't act like beta software on my watch.
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Haptics part really exicted me. I would love to have stronger haptics on my series 2
 
gwhizkids said:
Re your first point: because it's a beta. Not trying to be snarky, but they don't necessarily make these so they pick up where the last release version left off. There may be code they're testing that they know impacts UI, but they still need to see how it works in the wild.

Regarding your second point: I am not on the beta but ever since upgrading to 3.1.3 last week, all I get is the little crooked arrow thing rather than a stock price. So, I don't think it's unique to 3.2b1.
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Re stocks. I had 3.1.3 last week and it was still working for me on aw2 at least
 
gwhizkids said:
Can anyone confirm if the stronger haptic are appearing on Series 0? I could see them not being available for battery concerns.
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Yes. I actually felt before I read it here that my haptics seemed stronger or just more pronounced if that makes sense. Series 0. Also, the speed and smoothness when (in particular) dismissing notifications is very noticeable. Seems like watchOS 3.2 might breathe some new life into Series 0. Series 1 and 2 will probably fly though.
 
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Defender2010 said:
Yes. I actually felt before I read it here that my haptics seemed stronger or just more pronounced if that makes sense. Series 0. Also, the speed and smoothness when (in particular) dismissing notifications is very noticeable. Seems like watchOS 3.2 might breathe some new life into Series 0. Series 1 and 2 will probably fly though.
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I noticed this too, when dismissing notifications. When the watch first rebooted from install, it was stuttering a bit but since then, it's felt really good. I'm pretty happy about this
 
Nice to hear about the speed bump. Anyone trying this out on a Series 2? Do you notice the difference?
 
Watabou said:
Yep, I'm on a series 0, haptics are noticeably stronger for me.
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On my Series 0 haptics are definitely stronger, battery life on this beta is outstanding, off the charger at 6am today & 12 hours later on 85%! normal usage with notifications, couple of speaker calls. When i plugged it in to charge last night at 1am (after 19 hours on my wrist), battery was at 67%
 
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updated to 3.1.3 last night and just had the most annoying run: the screen lock comes on just seconds after I unlocked the phone ... no idea if this is a new feature ... tried on both wrists ... silly to have to key in the code while running, sweaty hands, just to check my pace .. anyone has a solution for this?

(for now I have removed passcode, since somehow the unlock my mac feature also did not work ... wonder if I have to go through the while unpair/re-pair cycle ... sigh)
 
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I can't get 3.2 beta to show on my S0 AW. I have tried to reinstall the beta profile several times, checked both on wifi and cellular. Do my I need to use beta on my iPhone too? What am I doing wrong?
 
paulove said:
I can't get 3.2 beta to show on my S0 AW. I have tried to reinstall the beta profile several times, checked both on wifi and cellular. Do my I need to use beta on my iPhone too? What am I doing wrong?
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Yes your iPhone needs to be on beta 10.3
 
Are these Beta Safe to install on Series 2? I thought I saw something about a previous version bricking watches?
 
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