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

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chuyn said:
That's odd. I don't see it on my watch (s0 on 3.2.2). Another weird thing is on my wife's watch (s0 3.2), you can choose all the new colours, but on the watch app on her phone, they don't show up
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For the record, these are the colours that I see, both in the watch app on the phone and on the watch itself (in this order):

White
Red
Orange
Apricot
Light Orange
Yellow
Pollen
Green
Mint
Turquoise
Light Blue
Blue
Royal Blue
Lilac
Mist Blue
Azure
Midnight Blue
Ocean Blue
Purple
Lavender
Pink Sand
Light Pink
Pink
Camellia
Flamingo
Vintage Rose
Walnut
Stone
Antique White
Pebble
Cocoa

:)
 
I'm running 10.3.2 b1 on my 7 plus, and 3.2.2 b1 on my S2 SS AW, and I don't get the new colours on the watch app or on the actual watch :(
 
Dino F said:
For the record, these are the colours that I see, both in the watch app on the phone and on the watch itself (in this order):

White
Red
Orange
Apricot
Light Orange
Yellow
Pollen
Green
Mint
Turquoise
Light Blue
Blue
Royal Blue
Lilac
Mist Blue
Azure
Midnight Blue
Ocean Blue
Purple
Lavender
Pink Sand
Light Pink
Pink
Camellia
Flamingo
Vintage Rose
Walnut
Stone
Antique White
Pebble
Cocoa

:)
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What generation of Watch are you using? Could it be these colours are only for series 1 or 2 perhaps....
 
Defender2010 said:
What generation of Watch are you using? Could it be these colours are only for series 1 or 2 perhaps....
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This wouldn't be the case. My wife's is a first gen watch and it has all the new colours. From what I'm seeing, the colours just don't show up on the betas for some reason. 10.3 final beta was a slightly different build than the public release. Same with watchOS 3.2 beta. Her watch has the public release of 3.2, so it has the new colours. But I just realized her phone is on the beta, so that's why the watch app doesn't show the new colours. Both my phone and watch are on the beta, so like MrGimper, I don't see the new colours on either device.
 
chuyn said:
This wouldn't be the case. My wife's is a first gen watch and it has all the new colours. From what I'm seeing, the colours just don't show up on the betas for some reason. 10.3 final beta was a slightly different build than the public release. Same with watchOS 3.2 beta. Her watch has the public release of 3.2, so it has the new colours. But I just realized her phone is on the beta, so that's why the watch app doesn't show the new colours. Both my phone and watch are on the beta, so like MrGimper, I don't see the new colours on either device.
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Even on the final 10.3 and 3.2 I didn't see the new colours. I updated to the betas as usual, but not there either. Thinking a set up as New might work but I don't really mind not having the colours so much that I'd do that. Perhaps...
 
chuyn said:
That's odd. I don't see it on my watch (s0 on 3.2.2). Another weird thing is on my wife's watch (s0 3.2), you can choose all the new colours, but on the watch app on her phone, they don't show up
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Oh wait I'm looking on iPhone app not the watch itself.
Defender2010 said:
Even on the final 10.3 and 3.2 I didn't see the new colours. I updated to the betas as usual, but not there either. Thinking a set up as New might work but I don't really mind not having the colours so much that I'd do that. Perhaps...
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i agree. Not worth it for me for just some new colors.
 
chuyn said:
This wouldn't be the case. My wife's is a first gen watch and it has all the new colours. From what I'm seeing, the colours just don't show up on the betas for some reason. 10.3 final beta was a slightly different build than the public release. Same with watchOS 3.2 beta. Her watch has the public release of 3.2, so it has the new colours. But I just realized her phone is on the beta, so that's why the watch app doesn't show the new colours. Both my phone and watch are on the beta, so like MrGimper, I don't see the new colours on either device.
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That makes sense. I'll be upgrading my wife to iOS 10.3 and WatchOS 3.2, so will see if she gets the new colours
 
So, sadly this latest update 3.2.2 has been a BAD one for me, for battery life. I've also tried unpairing and re-pairing twice now (as has historically been required with some builds to get battery life back on track), but to no avail. I can barely get to the end of ONE day now, whereas I normally get to the end of really at least TWO days. That is substantial. Normally at night I use PILLOW to track sleep, that normally uses about 10-15% for the entire overnight period, now that period is using nearly 40%. For the day, I'm seeing about 7-10% per hour, which of course means it won't go two days at all. So, not sure what has changed, nothing is new on the watch, no new settings or apps - although some rogue app could be needing an update but isn't but not too much is being used daily. So, YMMV, but this one for me is not a keeper. Probably going to try and downgrade if possible.
 
tivoboy said:
So, sadly this latest update 3.2.2 has been a BAD one for me, for battery life. I've also tried unpairing and re-pairing twice now (as has historically been required with some builds to get battery life back on track), but to no avail. I can barely get to the end of ONE day now, whereas I normally get to the end of really at least TWO days. That is substantial. Normally at night I use PILLOW to track sleep, that normally uses about 10-15% for the entire overnight period, now that period is using nearly 40%. For the day, I'm seeing about 7-10% per hour, which of course means it won't go two days at all. So, not sure what has changed, nothing is new on the watch, no new settings or apps - although some rogue app could be needing an update but isn't but not too much is being used daily. So, YMMV, but this one for me is not a keeper. Probably going to try and downgrade if possible.
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Wait for the next update.

I suspect one of the apps you are using is causing the battery drain. Uninstall all the apps and see how long it lasts. You never know it might even be Pillow.
 
tivoboy said:
So, sadly this latest update 3.2.2 has been a BAD one for me, for battery life. I've also tried unpairing and re-pairing twice now (as has historically been required with some builds to get battery life back on track), but to no avail. I can barely get to the end of ONE day now, whereas I normally get to the end of really at least TWO days. That is substantial. Normally at night I use PILLOW to track sleep, that normally uses about 10-15% for the entire overnight period, now that period is using nearly 40%. For the day, I'm seeing about 7-10% per hour, which of course means it won't go two days at all. So, not sure what has changed, nothing is new on the watch, no new settings or apps - although some rogue app could be needing an update but isn't but not too much is being used daily. So, YMMV, but this one for me is not a keeper. Probably going to try and downgrade if possible.
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I had a similar experience and then i had an epiphany... i had an app on the watch which i put in the dock that was causing the drain. i removed the app (it was a 2FA app i use forwork-- VIP Access which syncs with the iPhone app. Once i deleted the watch app- my battery life went back to 'normal'.

i am not saying this app caused your battery drain issue-- what i am saying there may be an app in your dock that is misbehaving and is causing your battery drain issue.
 
Ill give those suggestions a try. I've also noticed that connectivity, bluetooth and wifi seems to be affected. For example, I normally run with the airpods connected to the watch, but I also run WITH the iphone with me, for better tracking of pace and speed. (AW alone doesn't do pace too well in real time). Now, the watch will disconnect frequently from the airpods, and switch to the iphone, then switch back. Sometimes if requires to be forced back (which is a royal PIA as far as how many steps it takes to repair and relisten from the AW)..

Also, I find that the AW isn't connecting to 'known' wifi as well or at all as it used to. Normally if my phone is on the charging station in the entry, my watch in the Master or GR BR will show connected to the cloud icon (indicates wifi connection). Now, it never connects to the cloud - even when the phone has it's radios off (such as at night when i have the watch on and am tracking sleep) So, something is certainly up with that functionality too.

Hopefully, we'll get a new beta build this week.
 
I can't seem to update to 3.2........it does not show up as an option and it says my watch is up to date with 3.1.3??? Is there a fix for that?
 
tivoboy said:
Ill give those suggestions a try. I've also noticed that connectivity, bluetooth and wifi seems to be affected. For example, I normally run with the airpods connected to the watch, but I also run WITH the iphone with me, for better tracking of pace and speed. (AW alone doesn't do pace too well in real time). Now, the watch will disconnect frequently from the airpods, and switch to the iphone, then switch back. Sometimes if requires to be forced back (which is a royal PIA as far as how many steps it takes to repair and relisten from the AW)..

Also, I find that the AW isn't connecting to 'known' wifi as well or at all as it used to. Normally if my phone is on the charging station in the entry, my watch in the Master or GR BR will show connected to the cloud icon (indicates wifi connection). Now, it never connects to the cloud - even when the phone has it's radios off (such as at night when i have the watch on and am tracking sleep) So, something is certainly up with that functionality too.

Hopefully, we'll get a new beta build this week.
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I've noticed no WiFi too on 3.2.

No matter what I try, it just disconnects? Anyone else?
 
there is a new beta, maybe it fixes some of these issues.. trying it now.

edit: wouldn't show up, had to re-install beta profile on watch to get it to work. Never really can tell if/when one is going to need to re-install the profile seems to be hit or miss. not a .X build thing or RC thing, just odd.

**UPDATE: doesn't seem to fix the issue for me that it won't switch to WIFI access points when the phone is out of range or bluetooth disconnected.
 
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