Apple Will Not Release watchOS 2 Today Due to Significant Bug

[ekrueger24]

Disappointing for sure, as I was looking forward to the new watch faces, but I would rather, like many others, have a version working as best as possible with as few bugs as possible (if any at all) than one that would potentially render a device useless.

 

[Lennholm]

That's very unlike Apple, even after months of beta testing!?

Yeah, usually they just release the software anyway.

 

[SHNXX]

any idea what the bug is?

 

[Rafterman]

"but the company will need to make some final tweaks to address the discovered bug before it feels comfortable releasing the updated operating system to the public."

So, this is a new policy for Apple?

 

[DaveMcM76]

This sucks. iOS 9 is incompatible with watch OS 1.0.1. I get no notifications

I ran watchOS 1.01 on my Sport through all the iOS9 betas and had no issues at all - I only went with 2.0 when the GM came out last week - so is this a new issue with the iOS 9 GM?

 

[vintimus]

iOS9 not compatible with watch02 1.0.1?

 

[fearcake]

This sucks. iOS 9 is incompatible with watch OS 1.0.1. I get no notifications

I hope this isn't official and just something you are experiencing cause that's going to piss a lot of watch owners off.

 

[umflyer2112]

Really? I'm glad I read that before the 9.0 update came out. I can see a lot of annoyed people tomorrow if that's the case.

I am running the public beta on my phone and watchos 1.0.1 and it works just fine. But I do not know what will happen when the full release comes out

 

[jamesryanbell]

Good for them for not releasing it until it's ready!

 

[Chatter]

Isn't that exactly what they just said they're doing?

Reading is not his friend!

 

[Goalieed]

I guess the question now is should one update their iPhone or wait till it is ready to avoid watch/phone compatibility issues

 

[navaira]

Whats lame? They found a bug and they're going to fix it! That's how it's done.

Embarrassing would be to release a software with bugs and fix those months later.

*ahem* let me introduce you to Apple Music

 

[Northgrove]

Really lame Apple. I hope this and any other bug is squished before its released otherwise it'll be really embarassing.

All major software is released with known bugs. The question is when to draw the line. When is something good enough for release? Checking software with open bug trackers, you'll see that for example each release of Google Chrome comes with hundreds of known bugs as well as when they deem they should be fixed, depending on severity. It's common to know a bug and schedule it for fixing only by the next two releases or so. Simply because dev teams have their hands full of more important stuff.

 

[Bryan Bowler]

I'm glad they are taking the time necessary to get it right! Thanks Apple!!

 

[Brenster]

38mm black sport owner here. Whilst I'm a teensy disappointed I won't be getting watchOS2 today, I'd far rather have it when it's ready vs now when it's not. Heavy user of Apple Pay for the morning coffee so if there's any possibility of the bug affecting security, especially of Apple Pay, then by all means fix it then release - not vice versa.

 

[forza1976]

Bummer but glad they are waiting on the release. Smart thing to do.

 

[D.T.]

Maybe it was something with the provisioning , but at any rate no biggie, I released a package today, that I was supposed to release yesterday (and the whole Federal government didn't shut down )

To be honest, I was probably going to wait anyway, and do W/OS2 and iOS9 on the 25th ... via a new iPhone 6S+

 

[Razeus]

I think Apple has learned their lesson about releasing buggy OS's.

 

[CmdrLaForge]

Good, then I wait with ios 9

 

[Lustan]

This sucks. iOS 9 is incompatible with watch OS 1.0.1. I get no notifications

Whoa if this is true then to me the watch is already broken.

I love how people are so complacent here. They give Apple cheers but if their own IT at their company told them "we can't give you your new computer today because we screwed up" they'd probably call their IT idiots.

 

[soulsteelgray]

any idea what the bug is?

Unconfirmed but it sounds like watchOS 2 apps failed to open due to FairPlay errors.

https://twitter.com/jamesthomson/status/644167833782517760

 

[mattburley7]

i just hope its out by the time i get my iphone 6s which is september 25th.

 

[guychicago]

It takes guts to say there is something wrong with our product. Kudos to Apple for acknowledging this and letting us know that we are working on a fix.
Like any last minute bugs discovered, I'm sure this has been assigned critical priority, an internal timeline has been drawn to monitor progress and the apple developers are working hard to get a fix out.

 

[goinskiing]

Well, at least now I'll remember to pack my charger. Just found out that you have to have your AW plugged in to upgrade it—even if the battery is fully charged. I was really looking forward to this today. Probably even more than iOS 9 because I've been playing with the beta on my iPad Air 2 all summer.

Same boat here.

 

[bribri99]

Clearly Apple doesn't care about the Watch as a key product line. At wwdc they glossed over the watch, and didn't really highlight anything for it. And now it shows they aren't really devoting resources to it, having been through multiple betas.

I'm starting to regret my purchase of this expensive watch that only shows notifications