watchOS 10.1 Beta Brings NameDrop to Apple Watch

[MacRumors]

With the watchOS 10.1 beta that came out today, Apple Watch owners can use the new NameDrop feature to share contact information with another Apple Watch owner or with an iPhone.

Using the feature can be done by tapping into the Contacts app, selecting your profile, and then tapping on the "Share" option. From there, an animation directs you to bring the Apple Watch next to another Apple Watch or next to the top of an iPhone to initiate the contact information transfer.

NameDrop was introduced in iOS 17, but it did not make it into the initial watchOS 10 release. Apple has instead added it in this beta to make exchanging contact information simpler. NameDrop is part of AirDrop, and it sends out your Contact Poster, name, and phone number when you use it.

NameDrop requires two iPhones running iOS 17, two Apple Watches running watchOS 10.1, or an iPhone running iOS 17 and an Apple Watch running watchOS 10.1.

There are also signs of the new Double Tap feature Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 feature in the watchOS 10.1 code, but the function is not enabled and Double Tap remains inaccessible for now.

Article Link: watchOS 10.1 Beta Brings NameDrop to Apple Watch

 

[MacMastermind]

Really wish the Apple Watch had the ability to read NFC tags.

 

[LightProtector]

Anyone else having a lot of trouble with NameDrop? It worked well the first time, but I tried it with someone else at my college and it was an epic fail. Tried so many times, but it didn’t work.

 

[joecomo]

That is a cool feature - really useful

 

[DotCom2]

Sooooooo waiting for double tap.

 

[Archmage]

NameDrop is very underwhelming. It’s either phone number or email address and no other info. And only once—can’t do it again with the same contact to get the more info.

 

[Bigkool2inSC]

That is a cool feature - really useful

will say.... no one ever..

 

[jz0309]

can care less about namedrop personally, would like to see what double tap really brings to the table

 

[Risco]

Does it fix the weather complication bug?

 

[Morgenstern82]

So they fixed the issues with the Hermes watch faces (lucky horse face completely dead) with the general update yesterday, and they are broken again with this update.

 

[dmccombs]

I see how to enable Namedrop on the iphone. Do we need to do anything on the watch (or watch app), to enable Namedrop on the S9/Ultra watches?

 

[phenste]

this really is such an Apple-esque feature- cool to see it officially expanding to the Watch

 

[ShabbaRanks]

This feature currently overshares information by default and the settings are esoteric for Apple.

 

[elimporta2]

I see gestures but only tap to mute. 😔

 

[mattopotamus]

much easier to put two iPhones together.

 

[joshmcx]

Sad double tap didn't make it in yet. I would really like to test this function and see if it's a game changer before my return period is up on my Ultra 2.

 

[ksnell]

NameDrop is very underwhelming. It’s either phone number or email address and no other info. And only once—can’t do it again with the same contact to get the more info.

Wow. You should really be able to set up the default attributes you'd like shared whenever NameDrop is used (thinking something like when you Share a contact and select the attributes).

 

[LarryJoe33]

Meh, Apple just running out of crap to add. Easier to just "share Contact" via contacts/share. Yeah, let's have 16 different ways to do the same thing.