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

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No new colors here either :( frustrating. I wonder why they've left them out of both builds? Was really looking forward to having a decent yellow with Pollen.
 
I've tried everything in the past couple days and still no way to get watch to switch to wifi. What gives? That's a first for beta builds at alll for me
 
ErikGrim said:
The last two betas has not been kind with battery life on my series 0. With just normal use I get the 10% warning when I get home from work :/
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I installed the new beta on Monday night. The first few days were brutal, with it below 10% after 15 hours. Today, I'm at roughly 12 hours now and still at 66%. No huge difference in usage. Go figure!
 
I will say this beta version has been great with the battery. I didn't really notice it until yesterday. 1st - when I went on an hour long bike ride, using the workout - Outdoor Cycle the AW was at 100%. 60 minutes later 100%. 2nd - I charge my AW before going to bed so I can have my alarm in the morning. I noticed after I woke up after 8 hours - 99%. I like this type of battery life.
 
dgreening said:
I will say this beta version has been great with the battery. I didn't really notice it until yesterday. 1st - when I went on an hour long bike ride, using the workout - Outdoor Cycle the AW was at 100%. 60 minutes later 100%. 2nd - I charge my AW before going to bed so I can have my alarm in the morning. I noticed after I woke up after 8 hours - 99%. I like this type of battery life.
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either that or the battery meter is broken beyond repair...
 
nicho said:
either that or the battery meter is broken beyond repair...
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Gotta admit that was my first thought but I've left my series 2 running to see if this was the case however my watch was still running well after it should have died with no noticeable difference in it's function.

Just hope this is going to stay:)
 
Or perhaps you have heartbeat measuring disabled and the watch is getting GPS data from the phone.

In my experience with heartbeat on, it's 5% per hour with GPS via iPhone and 10% per hour with GPS on the Watch itself.


In general I am too pleasantly surprised with the battery life. With usual notifications and checking time I lose about 20% in 10 hours.
 
with my 42mm Sport Series 1, the battery life on the last two betas has been brilliant. I get over two days on one charge (as an example over the weekend i got 54 hours before it hit 10%).

As i write this post, its been off the charger 12hours, since 6am this morning, & i'm at 94%

all notifications are on, raise to wake is off, heart rate monitor is off
 
Great post,I like to learn more. This far,I found that my Apple Watch is less hard on its battery than I expected,and the screen is,compared to the garmin fenix 3,Chrystal clear. Soo,this far,I'm satisfied.
 
hopefully, we'll get a new update that FIXES the totally missing WIFI connectivity issues, and some battery life tweaks to get back to historical values.. I wonder if the poor battery life some are experiencing is due to the phone not connecting to WIFI and trying harder to maintain the Bluetooth connection to the phone.
 
tivoboy said:
hopefully, we'll get a new update that FIXES the totally missing WIFI connectivity issues, and some battery life tweaks to get back to historical values.. I wonder if the poor battery life some are experiencing is due to the phone not connecting to WIFI and trying harder to maintain the Bluetooth connection to the phone.
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What WiFi connectivity issues? I have had zero problems with that and battery life on my S0. Same goes for the other 5 watches in my family. Sounds like a defective watch.
 
Mlrollin91 said:
What WiFi connectivity issues? I have had zero problems with that and battery life on my S0. Same goes for the other 5 watches in my family. Sounds like a defective watch.
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Well, there are certainly several people here and on the dev forum who have reported the lack of ability to roam to the local or known WIFI networks.. just doesn't happen.

Battery issues, well that is par for the course for some, but usually an unpair and re-pair seems to solve that.

The WIFI issues seems to have persisted for the last couple beta builds 3.2.x
 
The battery life depends mostly on how much and for what you use the watch. Music playback with the watch as source,map apps that use the GPS,and things that need animations seems to be battery thieves,however,when only using it as a remote for phone music player save battery power.
 
tivoboy said:
Well, there are certainly several people here and on the dev forum who have reported the lack of ability to roam to the local or known WIFI networks.. just doesn't happen.

Battery issues, well that is par for the course for some, but usually an unpair and re-pair seems to solve that.

The WIFI issues seems to have persisted for the last couple beta builds 3.2.x
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So maybe the WiFi issue is beta related only. I can go to any of my known WiFi networks with my iPhone off or in AP mode and my watch connects just fine (watchOS 3.2).
 
Mlrollin91 said:
So maybe the WiFi issue is beta related only. I can go to any of my known WiFi networks with my iPhone off or in AP mode and my watch connects just fine (watchOS 3.2).
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I'm on the beta and just tested mine. Connects to wifi with no issue. Doesn't mean its not beta related, but that its not a universal problem. Series 0.
 
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gwhizkids said:
I'm on the beta and just tested mine. Connects to wifi with no issue. Doesn't mean its not beta related, but that its not a universal problem. Series 0.
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Same here. My series 0 watches both work great on the latest beta. No connecting to wifi issues and battery life seems the same as 3.2. It's hard to remember the differences between each build but they all do seem to be running very well with minimal stutter or lag as each build progresses. Still impressed they work great on the 3rd major software update. I'm sure the people that bought the gen 0 gold watches are thankful of that too...
 
wishes
+ more frequent HR readings (once every 10 mins sucks!)
+ more frequent complications
+ native HR comlication
+ native sleep

I would be a happy chappy then :)
 
Anyone else having issues with the Apple Watch not unlocking your Mac any longer in this beta?
 
honglong1976 said:
wishes
+ more frequent HR readings (once every 10 mins sucks!)
+ more frequent complications
I would be a happy chappy then :)
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The watch actually now has a variable timer starting at 5 minutes to check when it should take your heart rate reading. My heart rate readings have been around 5-8 minutes apart, so maybe in a future update, we'll see this increase even more.

And the complications updating more frequently is already here as part of watchOS 3, but very few developers actually bother to update their Watch apps to use the 3.0 SDK.

gwhizkids said:
Anyone else having issues with the Apple Watch not unlocking your Mac any longer in this beta?
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Works for me with the latest beta for both macOS and watchOS
 
Watabou said:
Works for me with the latest beta for both macOS and watchOS
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I'm on the Watch beta, but not the MacOS beta. I don't think that's the issue, however, as I have been on the same configuration before (Watch beta/MacOS release version) and it worked. Didn't realize how much I had grown to like that feature until it was gone.
 
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