watchOS 26 Beta Thread

[michaelward82]

Y’all got the splash screen when you updated your watches? Seems like they added it on my S6

Also my cyclists has the cycling bug been sorted ✔️ on beta 5?

Any of my Hermes Apple Watch beta users seen it’s still going well?

Got it lmk how it goes! Hope no more glitches!





Everyone is agreeable! It took me three hours to download, and I wasted time pressing the install button to get it to install beta 5. It’s not as fast as it used to be when I first started wearing an Apple Watch. It finished when I just started working.

All good on the cycling workout after today's rides.

 

[michaelward82]

Tip from several threads ago: Turn off Bluetooth, which forces it to download via WiFi. Silly that it has to be that cumbersome, but it works.

Will be trying that. I wonder if it improves getting symbols from the watch in Xcode too, as that can take months...

 

[stumpapi]

This beta has totally broken Carrot weather for me.

Yep, the Developer has confirmed this and is working on a fix. It also affected many other weather apps as well as I was looking for a temporary alternative until the update is released. I also see the Apple Weather complication is not updating with the app. This beta is also is causing me playback issues with Apple Music and Spotify. This beta seems a step backwards in usability.

 

[goldmac2006]

All good on the cycling workout after today's rides.

There you go! Apple listened to y’all’s Feedback! Thanks for doing your part everyone!

 

[MrGimper]

Mine is accurate. Did you try rebooting your watch?

Thanks

Sure did. I’ll let it drain to zero and charge again, see if that works.

 

[Broken Hope]

Had a few occasions where sound and haptics haven't worked, e.g. my alarm this morning the screen was showing the alarm was going off but no sound or haptics, I set a timer which finished but no sound or haptics, hopefully fixed next beta, glad we should be on weekly releases now.

 

[goldmac2006]

Had a few occasions where sound and haptics haven't worked, e.g. my alarm this morning the screen was showing the alarm was going off but no sound or haptics, I set a timer which finished but no sound or haptics, hopefully fixed next beta, glad we should be on weekly releases now.

Sounds strange. What beta are you on now on your Apple Watch, and did you have silent mode 📴 on in any way?

 

[MacManiac76]

Finally jumped on the beta bandwagon a couple weeks ago and all has been going smoothly except the Carrot Weather bug. Really liking the Liquid Glass on the Watch. The Face Gallery is nicely organized now. The Wrist Flick gesture has come in handy so many times already.

 

[goldmac2006]

Finally jumped on the beta bandwagon a couple weeks ago and all has been going smoothly except the Carrot Weather bug. Really liking the Liquid Glass on the Watch. The Face Gallery is nicely organized now. The Wrist Flick gesture has come in handy so many times already.

Testing it on the ultra or series 10?

 

[MCKLMT]

Hello all, what’s your feedback on beta 5 (public beta 2)?

 

[MacManiac76]

Testing it on the ultra or series 10?

Both. I went all in.

 

[goldmac2006]

Hello all, what’s your feedback on beta 5 (public beta 2)?

Not bad so far. Battery’s been good on my series 6.

Both. I went all in.

How’s it going on both the series 10 and the Apple Watch Ultra?

 

[TheByteSmasher]

Does anyone feel like calorie tracking is off? I used it for a cycling workout yesterday and the calorie count is normally decently close to my bike stats, but they are way off now? Maybe a bug in the heart rate sensor software or something.

Does not really bother me, but thought I would see if I am the only one?

On wOS 11.x (Apple Watch 5), out of the blue, I couldn’t close my move ring no matter what I did.
Jump forward a few months and i got an Ultra 2 and during the swap pairing it said check your info.
Turns out, I only weighed 47lbs. Awesome! But, gross. Fixed that and boom! everything went back to normal. Moral of the story, check your weight in the settings.
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