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watchOS 4 on S0 - Sluggish
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Yep- that may help me to make up my mind about upgrading to an S2 or S3.
Good to know, I'm still on 3.2.3 and it's slow enough! Guess I'll need to buy a new watch in the future.
Remember that updates involve more then just installing the new OS. Your watch has to re-sync some previously cached data, databases have to re-index, etc. I would give it a couple of days. Hopefully performance will improve. I'm going to hold off until i hear how things are going after a few days.
Give it some time. Mine was really slow and didn’t work well for about an hour. I even rebooted it once and it didn’t help. But a few hours later and it is just fine. Was probably still updating apps and doing cleanup.
I'm not finding that to be the case. If anything it seems to be a bit better than 3.2.3 on my S0. Have to live with it a bit and see how it develops.
Vertical dock is a big improvement in usability IMO. Much faster to navigate the list.
Vertical dock is a big improvement in usability IMO. Much faster to navigate the list.
This is correct and my experience as well. At first I was frustrated but then noticed that it was loading and reinstalling a ton of apps. AFter 30-45 minutes, it was working fine again, or at least as well as it used to.
I'm not installing it on my S0. I may sell it and if I do, I want to try to leave that option to the new owner (though not sure I can wipe it without it getting upgraded in the process.)
OS4working really smoothly on my S0 but battery life is taking a big hit. I love the Siri face.
I too assume that the battery hit is because of all of the install activity and that I've been playing with it a lot more. I'll give it a day or so to settle down.
I too assume that the battery hit is because of all of the install activity and that I've been playing with it a lot more. I'll give it a day or so to settle down.
I think everyone's situation will vary, depending on what they have for applications, etc. I don't use any third-party applications, I just use mine for notifications and fitness. But I don't update my Watch on day one, as I usually wait a few days.
I find the vertical dock to be MUCH worse - MUCH slower. The left/right swiping felt more natural, the up/down is awkward, and I'm not accustomed to seeing apps that way. Most everywhere you go, carousels are implemented left/right not up/down.
In theory I liked the horizontal dock better, but in practice I found swiping between the apps really cumbersome. It was slow and somewhat unresponsive at times, and I always felt like I had a hard time locating the app I wanted if it wasn't one of the first ones in the list. The vertical dock is much more responsive for me and I'm finding it really natural to hit the side button to launch the dock and then move directly to the scroll wheel to navigate it rather than having to make relatively large swiping gestures.
upgraded to OS4 , and now today the watch is just constantly rebooting on its own...should have waited
Ughhh I’m d’loading it now. This is Apples way of trying to entice you to buy the newer models. I guess I didn’t need to upgrade to os4 but still. Oh well..I will not bite. I’m holding out for series 4 when Apple improves LTE signal and battery life. Also can’t justify upgrading a Watch now every year or other year. I already do that with my phone.
I don't notice it being sluggish or using battery on my S0. Some things are definitely faster, like Siri.