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Apple Watch Series 6 and watchOS 7 to Feature Watch Face Sharing, Parental Controls and More
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Every year there's a leak about a new feature or two. And every year somebody on here assumes that will be the only new feature and trashes the update as "underwhelming."
I think @eoblaed 's point about it being hard to parse wasn't so much the uncoloured text as you've explained in more detail here but more along the lines of having 3 verbs following on from each other...
I think it should just read "That was eliminated in watchOS 6, and now in watchOS 7, apps will
yep. I was just re-stating it precisely because, as written, some people might not get it.
Yeah, the concept came across, but that part I highlighted was a bit mangled and the kind of thing non-native speakers might stumble heavily given that, as a native English speaker, I sat there staring at it for far too long, heh.
I really hope the parental option gives a cellular Apple Watch a "gizmo type functionality" being able to use limited calls to mom/dad and a walkie talkie mode would be great.
Will it come with a stylus as well
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The thing is on the "custom watch faces" Apple does not have the time to vet every watch face and using Android as an example, there is some serious copyright infringement going on. Don't see Apple letting developers have free reign on creating complete faces. I wouldn't mind seeing them allowing custom layouts of complications within reason. Three rows of circular complications on the infograph modular would be a mess.
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I wish this article (or the 9to5 one) explained this a little further or explored / guessed at what might be possible.
Does this mean we might get standalone apps for messaging services like Telegram, Whatsapp, etc. or non-Apple map apps? This would be an awesome step forward in being totally untethered to the phone on a day to day basis.
Current behavior when on LTE and away from the phone (at least for Telegram) is that I can reply to new notifications, but can't originate new messages without a notification to interact with.
You will know when Watch OS7 is released to developers and subsequently the public
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How is that underwhelming?
How is that underwhelming?
What’s bad about the crown? I use it constantly and the haptic feedback on it is a nice addition.
People who have nothing to complain about on the iPhone other than the notch have picked up on the crown as the thing to complain about on the watch?
Battery surely will need to improve a lot to allow sleep tracking. Would people use this? Would want my wrist to have a break at night
I use my AW4 for sleep tracking every night! Still get 30+ hours on a charge.
I thought that it might include the ability to show seconds. I was foolish to think that - obviously the tech to do that won't be ready for another few years. I'll have to wait for the Infograph Pro +++XTREEM watch face in WatchOS 9.
I’m hoping it means I can allow my 11 year old to wear my old Series 1 w/o it being attached to my health data, etc.
She doesn’t need her own phone yet and the battery on the old watch is still good.
