Apple Watch's Toy Story Face Goes Live in watchOS 4 Beta 2 With Numerous Characters and Animations

[MacRumors]

During Apple's WWDC keynote this year the company debuted new features coming in watchOS 4, some of which include fresh watch faces for Apple Watch. Following in the footsteps of the animated Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse faces, watchOS 4 is gaining new Disney characters for Apple Watch wearers in the form of Jessie, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and more from Toy Story.

The Toy Story characters weren't available in the first developer beta of watchOS 4, but with yesterday's launch of beta 2 for the Apple Watch software all of the characters have appeared as watch face options. These include multiple poses and animations of Jessie, Bullseye, Buzz, Woody, Hamm, Rex, and the Pizza Planet aliens.

While the watch faces are animated when the Apple Watch is raised, similar to Mickey and Minnie, as of now they don't speak when tapped upon. Two complications are available for the Toy Story watch face, one above the time in the top right hand corner, and another at the very bottom of the face. The color for these complications changes automatically to match the character on screen and can't be customized.

In the Watch app on iPhone users can choose from Buzz Lightyear, Woody, or Jessie, and after that the Apple Watch will depict a new animation for that character every time the user raises their wrist. For anyone who wants to completely randomize which character and animation they'll get when they check their Apple Watch, a "Toy Box" option is also accessible. Specific faces for any other character -- like Rex or Hamm -- are not available as of watchOS 4 beta 2, and the only way to see these characters is by choosing Toy Box.

Check out the MacRumors watchOS 4 roundup for more information on what's coming to Apple Watch when the software launches to the public later in the fall.

Article Link: Apple Watch's Toy Story Face Goes Live in watchOS 4 Beta 2 With Numerous Characters and Animations

 

[Mlrollin91]

If someone could make a video of them all, it would be greatly appreciated!

 

[ckurt25]

Get some Marvel or Star Wars characters and I'm on board. Toy Story is cute but I don't know if many people are really excited about this.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Fun fact that seeing the watch face with Jessie made me feel like sharing:

In the early drafts for Toy Story 2, Jessie's role was filled by Señorita Cactus. Jessie's character was introduced when Joan Cusack objected to voicing a talking houseplant.

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Señorita_Cactus

 

[scottct1]

I wish that they had sound like Mickey or Minnie.

 

[BadMelonFarmer]

I wish that they had sound like Mickey or Minnie.

Is it just me or do they drain the battery like crazy?

And slow my Series 0 SS down to a crawl.

Not sure if the battery issue is just Beta 2... but had no such issue on Beta 1 with Siri face

 

[kyleh22]

Toy story is a great franchise but these watch faces seem silly to me. Why buy such a high-end device and put something like this on it. Maybe I don't represent Apple core demographic anymore or something.

Edit: Thanks everyone for pointing out that Toy Story was Pixar's first movie with Jobs at the helm. That being said, I still wish Apple would push out more sophisticated watch faces.

 

[michaelant]

Tim Cook should stop horsing around with Watch faces for kids and give us new Macs! Tim Cook out! </sarc>

 

[ThaRuler]

Ok, now this is a game changer

 

[happydude]

I guess I like toy story...or at least did several years ago. Could they pick a more relavent franchise?

 

[SoN1NjA]

I guess I like toy story...or at least did several years ago. Could they pick a more relavent franchise?

Toy Story is classic, don’t want to pick anything trendy

Maybe Nemo could work though

 

[satchmo]

Cute...for about a week or two.

I suppose it's only natural for Apple to offer these exclusives given their Pixar affiliation.

 

[44267547]

Toy story is a great franchise but these watch faces seem silly to me. Why buy such a high-end device and put something like this on it. Maybe I don't represent Apple core demographic anymore or something.

I don't disagree and I To would appreciate more sophisticated Watch Faces. But interestingly enough, Jobs was behind Pixar and Toy Story was affiliated with that. I sometimes wonder if Apple brought Toy Story because Of Jobs and his past contribution with Pixar. And of course license agreements had to made in order to achieve the Toy Story Watch faces.

 

[mr.bee]

Eh maybe for upper middle class teenagers. I recently bought my S2 and was kinda hoping for more variety of faces...already after a moth of use.
I also can’t see the mosaic thing being used a lot...

 

[convergent]

I don't get why they are doing this. Its not a kids product. There are so many other things they could be doing around watch faces that the masses would see more value in. I tried the Mickey face back when I got the watch to just see what it did, and then promptly switched back to something that was more practical. If they would produce a watch face developer kid and store; that would solve the problem. Not sure why they are being stubborn on this point.

 

[bluespark]

I like Mickey and Minnie because of the historical connection to a classic watch face, but adding other characters cheapens the device IMO. That's especially problematic here because of the lack of other elegant faces in this release (even if you like the Siri face, that's only one).

 

[Bawstun]

Time to kill the Apple Watch. It has not caught on, and has had several years to do so. It is an extremely niche product, that makes Apple PENNIES, even less the their Mac lineup nowadays.

Concentrate on fixing iOS and some fresh, new design and stop wasting resources on a product that isn't growing.

 

[Lacasse]

Toy story is a great franchise but these watch faces seem silly to me. Why buy such a high-end device and put something like this on it. Maybe I don't represent Apple core demographic anymore or something.

I don't get it either. Unless it's paid for by Disney? What's the motivation? Strange.

 

[69Mustang]

Toy story is a great franchise but these watch faces seem silly to me. Why buy such a high-end device and put something like this on it. Maybe I don't represent Apple core demographic anymore or something.

This statement is not a knock on the Apple Watch... at all, but how is it you consider the AW a high end device? It's a commodity smartwatch that can be had for as little as $250 retail. It seems to be the perfect platform for these, and other watch faces, both novelty and customer created. Should have a 3rd party watch face choices, but that's a whole other topic. Again, not knocking the AW, just piqued by the high end comment.

 

[Mlrollin91]

Toy story is a great franchise but these watch faces seem silly to me. Why buy such a high-end device and put something like this on it. Maybe I don't represent Apple core demographic anymore or something.

I don't get it either. Unless it's paid for by Disney? What's the motivation? Strange.

Its because of Pixar. Jobs created Pixar. This is Pixars first movie.

 

[sos47]

trumplandmenia (regardless of pixar)

 

[44267547]

Time to kill the Apple Watch. It has not caught on, and has had several years to do so. It is an extremely niche product, that makes Apple PENNIES, even less the their Mac lineup nowadays.

Concentrate on fixing iOS and some fresh, new design and stop wasting resources on a product that isn't growing.

This is completely false and is logical fallacy without evidence.

And why are you comparing a Mac to an Apple Watch? What does iOS have to do with WatchOS?

 

[Bawstun]

This is completely false and is logical fallacy without evidence.

And why are you comparing a Mac to an Apple Watch? What does iOS have to do with WatchOS?

It’s been two years to the day since Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the Apple Watch, the company’s first new product line under his leadership, but revenue figures suggest consumers still aren’t sold.

Apple’s biggest launch since the iPad in 2010, the Apple Watch was expected to be a hit: Given the massive financial success of the iPhone, it stood to reason that a companion device might be something customers craved.

Not so much. Apple has never shared hard numbers on how many wearables it has sold, and doesn’t even break out Watch sales in its quarterly earnings report. Instead, the device is bundled into Apple’s “Other products,” which the company says includes, “Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, iPod and Apple-branded and third-party accessories.”

In the April-June quarter of 2015, the first quarter that the Apple Watch was on sale, “Other products” revenue jumped to $2.6 billion from around $1.7 billion in the preceding quarter. But after that initial spike, plus a slight bump the following quarter, “Other products” sales have been on a downward trend, and currently represent just 5% of Apple’s overall revenue. An updated version of the Watch, which debuted in September, doesn’t appear to have significantly impacted sales.

Of course, a multibillion-dollar revenue stream is nothing to scoff at. But “Other products” is Apple’s smallest revenue stream, and only part of it is comes from the Watch. Even in quarters that saw a record number of iPhone sales, Apple could not entice a comparatively larger group of people to try the Apple Watch.

Two years and two iterations after its launch, the Apple Watch has not proven to be as indispensable as the iPhone, or even as lucrative as the Mac, the iPad, or Apple’s services businesses. It’s unclear whether an iPhone-like overhaul, or attempts to market the watch directly to athletes or millennials, will ultimately make a difference.

https://qz.com/967256/two-years-aft...-a-difference-at-apples-revenue-streams-aapl/

 

[Larry The L]

Get some Marvel or Star Wars characters and I'm on board. Toy Story is cute but I don't know if many people are really excited about this.

I would much rather have these than the Star Wars crappola.

 

[Mlrollin91]

Two years and two iterations after its launch, the Apple Watch has not proven to be as indispensable as the iPhone, or even as lucrative as the Mac, the iPad, or Apple’s services businesses. It’s unclear whether an iPhone-like overhaul, or attempts to market the watch directly to athletes or millennials, will ultimately make a difference.

https://qz.com/967256/two-years-aft...-a-difference-at-apples-revenue-streams-aapl/

Well obviously its won't be as indispensable as the iPhone, Mac or iPad. Its an accessory and not a stand alone product. Thats been known from the beginning.