Apple Watch Update Process is from Hell

[spinstorm]

I cannot think of a worse way of updating the Apple Watch as the method Apple have chosen.

It takes hours to download an update and then transfer it to the phone. It is beyond stupid. And I believe that many Apple Watch owners will never update their watches unless it auto-downloads in the background - which it doesn't.

The way it should work is that the watch directly connects to WiFi and download the update directly.

Android Wear is significantly faster with its updates and does auto-download. I love my Apple Watch but the update process is from hell, it is by far the worst experience Apple could chose.

 

[Newtons Apple]

They must be having server problems as the update can not be that big. I have not heard anyone else complain about the download speed so it could be on your end

 

[WarHeadz]

Meh. Doesn't really bother me. It'll go faster eventually.

 

[parseckadet]

I would withhold all judgement until it's released. They might throw more bandwidth at the servers when they release to the public.

 

[spinstorm]

WatchOS 2 GM is a 555MB update over 1.0.1

Have fun transferring that over bluetooth...

 

[Newtons Apple]

WatchOS 2 GM is a 555MB update over 1.0.1

Have fun transferring that over bluetooth...

I doubt the entire 555MB is downloaded to the watch.

 

[spinstorm]

Well then they make the update take hours for no good reason. Just wait until you try it next week.

 

[omgitscro]

WatchOS 2 GM is a 555MB update over 1.0.1

Have fun transferring that over bluetooth...

Bluetooth 4.0 is just a local Wifi connection. It's plenty fast. The bottleneck is just the server.

 

[dvdlovr24]

Mine took about 15 minutes to download and then about 20 minutes or so to update on my watch. It takes longer than I would like to update the watch, but it definitely didn't take "hours".

 

[Drumjim85]

Mine took about 15 minutes to download and then about 20 minutes or so to update on my watch. It takes longer than I would like to update the watch, but it definitely didn't take "hours".

Mine took hours to download, and I haven't installed it yet. But I think that was all from a bad wifi connection.

 

[basher]

Mine took hours to download, and I haven't installed it yet. But I think that was all from a bad wifi connection.

My initial download of the GM from Apple was fast. After that it took about 90 minutes to install and complete the update. Not perfect IMO, but not ideal either. Just kind of meh.

 

[Hoek_NL]

2021, still a hell.