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watchOS 26 Beta Thread

eyespy03 said:
I installed it last night. So far, so good. My only missed notifications are because I left theatre mode on after being at a seminar yesterday. My only issue is the 3 Unknown Senders it says I have in Messages that are not there - on my watch or phone. And I can't seem to get it to show as 0.
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Battery life on ultra is still good as 26.4 public release right?
 
Fr. Guido Sarducci said:
I installed it and charged to 100% at 8 this morning. Since then, I did a 2 hour workout (20 miles on bicycle) with music playing through the watch to Beats and 6 hours later (now) I’m at 68%.
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Nice that sounds good, I use Nike Run Club which takes significant energy than the native workout app so that’s a plus for battery life. I am going to get watchOS 26.5 beta 2 installed this evening ❤️
 
On 26.4 public release, watch's notifications are silenced after a scheduled focus is turned off.
For example, I don't have my watch silenced at all, but after sleep focus is turned off in the morning, watch stays silenced until I turn that off. Even the focus itself does not have silence notifications turned on. I'm not sure under what section do I even report this. Focus mode issue? Notifications issue?
 
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Fr. Guido Sarducci said:
I installed it and charged to 100% at 8 this morning. Since then, I did a 2 hour workout (20 miles on bicycle) with music playing through the watch to Beats and 6 hours later (now) I’m at 68%.
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To follow up - it’s 4am, time to rise and shine. With sleep focus running all night (7 hours sleep) and 20 hours since charge to 100%, battery level is at 40%.

No issues, everything works as expected.
 
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goldmac2006 said:
Battery life on ultra is still good as 26.4 public release right?
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I installed on Monday night, had 100% charge coming off the charger. I am at 56% at the time of this writing, so 36 hours or so in. I havent used either my WOD or Nike app in that time to drain it more. I also have a cellular watch and our internet was out all last night for "system updates". I would say battery life is as good as 26.4
 
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eyespy03 said:
I installed on Monday night, had 100% charge coming off the charger. I am at 56% at the time of this writing, so 36 hours or so in. I havent used either my WOD or Nike app in that time to drain it more. I also have a cellular watch and our internet was out all last night for "system updates". I would say battery life is as good as 26.4
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Nice 👍 got it installed on my series 6 yesterday night before bed. 🛏️ let’s see how it goes
 
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watchOS 26.5 beta 2 battery test. Morning charge after sleep tracking and up until it almost died at 7pm, I charged it at 5%. Logged a two hour workout, 1.5 hours on Nike Run Club and 30 minutes of fitness+
 
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I installed the 26.5 Beta 3 on my Apple Ultra 2 and when I navigate to Settings > My Name I’m prompted to sign in to my Apple iCloud account but I get a verification failed error every time.

I’ve tried restarting my watch and iPhone and resetting network settings, but I’ve also tried different WiFi networks and nothing seems to work. I’m not sure if this issue existed before I installed the beta version and I’m worried about unpairing in case I can’t complete the setup process.

EDIT: I unlinked the watch and this fixed it.
 
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