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WatchOS 11 Beta Thread
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Their ongoing patent dispute with Masimo:
Apple Watch health monitoring patent dispute - Wikipedia
Ah, that’s right. Totally forgot about that and assumed it was settled by now. I feel special to have it.😉Their ongoing patent dispute with Masimo:
Apple Watch health monitoring patent dispute - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Us outside the US still have it - so all watches should have it, but just deactivated for now in the US while the dispute is ongoing
Lost track on this bizarre issue. Wasn't it even the case that only watches sold by Apple in US directly were affected? So watches sold by retailers were ok?
I think that was in a limited time where watches that had already been shipped to the retailers still had it activated.
But as I'm from Europe I don't really read that much about it.
My AW8 is about 18 months old and battery health is down to 90%. Gps only, and never use low power mode.
I'm on the betas for both the watch and iPhone and i am rarely getting any message "pop-ups" on my watch. It just is there. Is this a beta issue?
Which Betas? I'm on 11.1 Beta 2 on my AW7 and 18.1 Beta 5 on my 15PM---all notifications come through my watch.
And as a FYI, beta 3 of watchOS 11.1 developer beta has been taken down by Apple. It bricked 🧱 hundreds of Apple Watch users.
Thanks god I did not update as well. I also downgraded my iPhone to iOS 18.1 beta 4 as my iPhone kept automatically quitting my long Fitness+ workouts (only on the 30 minute or longer ones). Apple Watch wearers who did the update to watchOS 11.1 beta 3 complained about freezing apps, and boot loops. Some had to go to the Apple Store to get their watches checked out by the geniuses and put them back to normal as it is rendered unusable!
Yeah, I got lucky and missed the last one, I figure they learned their lesson. Could it really happen again, lol! Just finished, not bricked.