New Font Sizing for Heart Rate Complication in watchOS 10

[triscuitbiscuit]

Has anyone else been confused by the new heart rate complication on WatchOS 10? Specifically the one that is the arc that will include the heart rate and how many minutes ago?

So prior to version 10 between the number and BPM there used to be a space. Now it is all one blob which in a usability standpoint causes you to take a second to interpret it especially since a B can sort of look like an 8.

Am I the only one sort of bothered by this?

 

[rcarter3636]

Nope.
You are not alone.
It’s been discussed and hoping it is a bug that will eventually be fixed.

 

[acjaco]

Experiencing the same problem on a 3rd party app from Dexcom. Apple says it's a Dexcom problem and Dexcom says its an Apple problem. Font size problem occurred when WatchOS 10 was introduced.

 

[swingerofbirch]

I just found this.

I belatedly ugpraded to iOS 17 which then made me upgrade to watchOS 10 (from watchOS 8).

I've had a number of problems including the missing space, which reduces legibility greatly.

But it also doesn't update the heart rate often. Quite often I'll check and it says the measurement is from 36 minutes ago, but when I tap on the complication it shows there was actually a different reading a few minutes ago.

Also, when I first upgraded the Blood Oxygen widget was just missing from my watch face—like a black space where it should have been. I went in to add it again from the phone and Blood Oxygen was listed twice. One makes it show up, the other is just black.

There is a lot that is really buggy because under the list of complications for that bottom location for a complication there is: 1) Under stocks a really long number other than the actual name of a stock (looks like computer code) 2) Under world clock you can only add Cupertino or NYC (was it always that way?) 3) Under spotify it lists both spotify and also com.spotify.client.watchkitapp

And as I said under the top left spot it lets you add Blood Oxygen twice, with the same exact name, one of which does nothing.

There is so little to the actual experience of the watch—just that tiny postage stamp square—that these "little" things are actually quite big. I don't really trust the heart rate readings right now. I open the heart rate app and it's telling me different things than the complication. And it's all just not as nice to look at.

And I updated to watchOS 10.2 today as well, and it's still the same. Disheartening to see you all were having these issues so far back and they're not fixed.