In the Keynote the guy said the Watch will eject the water after a workout. But what if we aren't doing a workout and just having fun in the pool? How will we eject the water?
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Apple Watch Series 2 Water Eject Question
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Hyperbole, magical and mostly unessasry. I have an original launch day 
Watch and has been exposed 1000's of times to water and never had a speaker problem. It will just work (as the original) and you will never know or need know when it is clearing itself.
Watch and has been exposed 1000's of times to water and never had a speaker problem. It will just work (as the original) and you will never know or need know when it is clearing itself.
Sometimes my wife also eject water on her own. I don't know why.
Does this mean that if I take a shower I have to Water Lock it to prevent possible damage? Or is this only for deepwater submersion? I am not seeing anyone asking this question for some reason
Over 500 showers with mine and I have never used Water Lock.
Over 500 showers with mine and I have never used Water Lock.
That doesn't necessarily mean the new one is foolproof waterproof if you have to enable a setting each time.
First there is no such thing as waterproof (or foolproof
). The Watch 2 is ISO rated to the ATM5 water standard. The original is rated to the IPx7 water standard. However there is nothing practical that you can or will ever do that will water damage the original and certainly not the more resistant Watch 2.First there is no such thing as waterproof (or foolproof
so are you saying when I shower with the new watch I won't need to water lock?
Just dropping this here for everybody:
https://twitter.com/panzer/status/776066182872903680
https://twitter.com/panzer/status/776066182872903680
Again I have showered with the original
Watch well over 500 times since launch day. It doesn't even have 'water lock' or the (more) flush mounted armature driver. I have swam, ran in the rain, mud ran, mist, washed my car, etc. Since the Watch 2 is even more water resistant then the answer is NO. There is probably nothing you will or can do to result in water damage with the watch on.
Again I have showered with the original
same here, mine was on my wrist when I went I was kayaking and capsized, it was fine, didn't need water eject or anything
This was my question as well: Do you need to activate swim mode or something prior to exposing the watch to water?
I've seen people asking these questions all morning (Not OP related ones). The watch is water resistant regardless of if you use this feature or not.
The watch isn't suddenly susceptible to water damage if you don't start a swim workout. All this does is track your fitness and at the end, empty the water that's stuck in the speaker. You don't have to start a workout and you don't have to empty the speaker with the control centre setting either!
The watch isn't suddenly susceptible to water damage if you don't start a swim workout. All this does is track your fitness and at the end, empty the water that's stuck in the speaker. You don't have to start a workout and you don't have to empty the speaker with the control centre setting either!
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I think this has to do with sound, not ingress. If my watch comes in contact with enough water, my watch sounds muffled. If I shake the water out, sound returns.
I don't imagine there will be a requirement to expel the water after showers. I think this is simply an extra mechanism to expel it.
I had an underwater camera by Kodak years ago that worked great. What didn't work so great was the mic for up to an hour after removing it from full submersion. It sounded very distorted and muffled. I imagine this is a way to immediately expel the water so that functions like Siri aren't compromised for hours after submersion.
I had an underwater camera by Kodak years ago that worked great. What didn't work so great was the mic for up to an hour after removing it from full submersion. It sounded very distorted and muffled. I imagine this is a way to immediately expel the water so that functions like Siri aren't compromised for hours after submersion.
This is how it works: "When you start one of these swim workouts, the Watch auto-locks the touchscreen display. Apple says this is so the Watch won’t react to water droplets or water pressure as it would your finger. Before you hit 'End' on the workout, you have to twist the physical crown on the Watch. It then emits a sound, one that sounds uncannily like a mosquito flying close to your ear, and the vibration pushes water out the horizontal speaker holes."