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watchOS 26 Beta Thread
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RC has been a buggy mess on my U2. Water lock wouldn't enable, graphical glitches through the roof, and horrendous battery life. Pulled the trigger and unpaired and repaired. I can happily report that its significantly better. Time will tell on battery but water lock works again.
An hour later, it got down to 1 minute remaining.
“Update failed”
Any idea what to do to fix it?
edit.
deleted the update, restarted phone and watch. Failed again.
“Update failed”
Any idea what to do to fix it?
edit.
deleted the update, restarted phone and watch. Failed again.
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Yeah, battery life tanked for me today.
Restored at 9am PT, then charged to full. Its 1:45~pm PT now, so almost 5 hours. Used the watch as normal, battery is at 96%. Much better then yesterday after installing the update. I unpair, repaired and restored from the backup. Took about 30 minutes, but its running significantly better.
For the fist time ever, my S10 dropped to 10% while in bed (about 7:30AM.)
I put it on charge, as I didn’t want to torture the battery.
It probably would have lasted with LPM.
I hope this is just because it’s indexing.
I put it on charge, as I didn’t want to torture the battery.
It probably would have lasted with LPM.
I hope this is just because it’s indexing.
I think it is - it takes a day or two to settle down. My S10 is easily on course for 24 hours with normal use - on WatchOS 11 it was around 20. S7 not only had a battery health jump form 82% -> 86% (lol so annoying as looking forward to a replacement), but battery life is probably back to how it was a couple of years ago. I am pretty sure the increased battery life claimed on the new models is something to do with software rather than hardware.
I’ve been holding off until RC since there’s no way to downgrade. Battery seems to have taken a hit and it’s quite laggy especially in the Control Center.
SECURITY FLAW:
Wearing a BSL.
If I unlock my AW, then put it on quickly, the watch remains unlocked.
I've done this twice, in about half an hour.
Let me know if yours does, too.
Wearing a BSL.
If I unlock my AW, then put it on quickly, the watch remains unlocked.
I've done this twice, in about half an hour.
Let me know if yours does, too.
Oh hey guys welcome to my watchOS 26 beta community!
Indeed y’all have to wait a minimum of 24-48 hours to get its actual battery life stabilised after an update especially RC and betas, as the heat and battery drain is normal to experience it abnormally at the start. I have a S6 so it’s 18 hours of battery life as advertised by Apple, on non betas it would take in a full charge in over 17 hours last time I done the test.
Sounds like a wrist detection flaw. It should lock immediately if no skin contact is detected underneath your watch.
Restart your Apple Watch, and if the issue persists file feedback on your iPhone.
Jumped from 11.6 to 26RC and I must say double tap gesture is FAR more easily detected now. On watchOS 11 I sometimes had to do it so dramatically, I looked like a clown
I didn't notice any difference compared to 11. I wear my watch from 6:30 to 23:30 and I usually have around 35% left at the end of the day.
Anyone else still having an issue with Messages notifications not syncing properly between the Watch and iPhone? I provided Feedback and it says potential fix identified for a future release, but doesn't seem it's fixed in the RC.
Cute design when the Flow face is on the hour.
Bad spelling on color selection.
Bad spelling on color selection.
Went for a walk today and tried out Workout Buddy - have to say it made me more motivated to push myself but whether it’s a gimmick longer term…
Hey there,
how do I set up Workout Buddy in Germany / Non-English speaking countries?
I tried to change region and language on both the iPhone (16 Pro, Apple Intelligence activated, iOS 26 RC) and the watch (series 10, watchOS 26 RC) to English, but the Workout Buddy just showed up very shortly and then disappeared again completely.
how do I set up Workout Buddy in Germany / Non-English speaking countries?
I tried to change region and language on both the iPhone (16 Pro, Apple Intelligence activated, iOS 26 RC) and the watch (series 10, watchOS 26 RC) to English, but the Workout Buddy just showed up very shortly and then disappeared again completely.
It must be in US English for both language of Siri and region
I like it too. More personalised and I have the Sam Sanchez voice for workout buddy on it.
Oh yeah I forgot about that. Workout Buddy voices also offer the British fitness+ trainers voices to download, the other one is Jamie-Ray.
Both the voices are from the treadmill trainers from fitness+
I must be going mad but I can’t see how to change the voices.
Voice 1 is Sam Sanchez
Voice 2 is Jamie-Ray (only UK based trainer on there)
Voice 3 was added in a later beta; UPDATE: it’s Sherica
You can switch the voices out by pressing the dialogue bubble icon on the workout app menu on a supported workout type (walking, running, weightlifting) on the bottom right corner on your Apple Watch, and tap on a voice on the list
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