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watchOS 26 Brings the Notes App to Apple Watch
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It's an online RPG, but this for example why it'd be good to have a web browser on a watch. They asked, I answered why would I need a browser on a watch. A friend of mine uses it all the time and she has a Samsung Watch. Looks comfy.
Like others, this is the app I most wanted added to the watch. Pity I'll be changing jobs in a few months and probably won't need to access the notes app constantly like I do now...
Ah okay. I rarely see watches other than Garmin and Apple Watches (sometimes FitBit) and don't know anyone with a Samsung,
So far I'm liking my new Forerunner, with very limited smartwatch functionality.
Finally, I can migrate my workaround "notes" I've kept in Reminders for years. (Padlock combinations, etc)
This is long overdue. We share a grocery list note and I've always wanted to be able to at least see it on my watch instead of holding my iPhone while trying to maneuver the cart carefully around clueless people at the grocery store.
FINALLY!!!! No more iPhone or iPad in the grocery store to check my shopping list. Very good apple…. Love it!
Starting with watchOS 26, the Notes app is available on the Apple Watch.
With the Notes app on the Apple Watch, you can finally view your notes right on your wrist. You can also create new notes with Siri, or by using the on-screen keyboard, and they will sync to your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud.
Other available functions in the Notes app on the Apple Watch include pinning notes, unlocking notes, and completing checklist items.
This is a smaller yet very useful change coming with watchOS 26, which is now available in beta. The update will be released to all users later this year for the Apple Watch Series 6 and newer, Apple Watch SE 2, and all Apple Watch Ultra models.
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Reminders makes a much better grocery shopping list. If even organizes the items by section/department.
I still write mine down on scrap paper 75% of the time, however.
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Actually, I will continue to use the Reminders app for my grocery list. I keep that list showing completed items, so adding something to the list most often means one click from the completed items on the list sorted alphabetically.
I agreed to let the app apply categories once, but hated them and went back to the simple list.
It's a toss up, IMO, with both having advantages and different use cases. The fact that checklists are a prominent feature of Notes, means that if you or your family use the app you'll inevitably be using it for this purpose at some point. Not having it available on my watch has been a minor annoyance on more than one occasion.
So this is a welcome addition. But what I really want is the ability to embed a Reminders list into a Notes note (and vice-versa).
Totally useless, because the screen itsy-tiny - and I carry my iPhone anyways.
And yet another App, which you cannot delete (unless deleted from the iPhone), and which makes scrolling down the list to WORKOUT even longer. Gee thanks, Apple!
For years, I've been raising my wrist and telling Siri to add items to my grocery list --before I forget.
Using the list view is awful (to me) so I recommend trying grid view with your most used app(s) in the center, or perhaps a face that could accommodate the workout complication, and if not, perhaps second watch face for workouts.
P.s. Siri can start/pause/end workouts
So so so overdue. I hope the crown can be used for scrolling. I use Snipnotes for that right now, but it would be nice to just use the stock Apple app.
And now... bring BOOKS to the watch, how hard can than be?
And now... bring BOOKS to the watch, how hard can than be?
This feature has been a glaring gap since WatchOS 1. And it's the only exciting(ish) news I've heard in the past two days.
Time? On the watch?
Messages? On the watch?
Calendar? On the watch?
Weather? On the watch?
What, you don't carry your phone with you? useless.