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WatchOS 5.2: All The Little Things!
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I am running iOS 12 beta 2 and macOS Mojave beta 2 without large issues. Especially battery life on both my iPhone X and MacBook Pro remains the same. - Can anyone comment on battery life on an Apple Watch Series 2 with the beta? I'd like to do some testing but I do not have a spare watch. Thank you for any input.
My utility watch face doesn’t update my activity for some reason. If I change my watch face with a different one, the activity shows up. I removed the utility watch face and added it again. Hopefully that fixed it.
But my main issue is my battery on watchOS 5 beta 2. I’m sure I put it on the charger last night, and now I got a warning to put my watch in low power mode. This was at 10%, it went down to 6% when I put it on the charger. This is after 4 1/2 hours of wearing my watch.
Anyone else notice poor battery issue? I wonder if it was my utility watch face causing the battery drain?
Watch on wrist now for 10 hours, 65% left. Background app refresh is turned on for all apps.
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And I use the Siri watch face
WatchOS 5 looks outstanding.. But It looks like us original owners of Iwatch will not be able to update to it when it comes out..My watch is only 3 years old and won't be able to go past 4.3.1
Is it me or is messages in the cloud screwed? My other devices aren’t updating, or only sporadically and I’ve missed a few messages sent to me too.
Tried a running workout and the gps got stuck at 3.00 km...Everything else was running...distance and pace.
So no...the gps is not fixed for me. SS3
You need to sign into your Apple ID in the FaceTime settings of the phone.
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You’ll need to sign with your Apple ID in Settings > FaceTime and tap your Apple ID as the main way to send and receive FaceTime calls.
Restart your watch and you’re golden.
After waiting thru the no internet issues yesterday, I finally got Beta 2 on my watch around 5PM Eastern time. It was not easy (sadly updating watch is not for some reason) but done. First thing I noticed, is that Batt life is majorly better in this build. Beta 1 cut my battery life in half, and I could not make it thru an entire day. Beta 2 has mostly fixed that. Still a ways to go on quality issues but it's only beta 2, so much more time before release. I'm liking it so far.
Question: About location reminder...
If you have a Serie-3 LTE watch and create a location reminder like
“Remind me to buy milk when I leave home”
Let’s say you leave home with the LTE watch but your iPhone stay at home.
Is the reminder will remind me on the watch when I leave home while my iPhone is still there... ?
If you have a Serie-3 LTE watch and create a location reminder like
“Remind me to buy milk when I leave home”
Let’s say you leave home with the LTE watch but your iPhone stay at home.
Is the reminder will remind me on the watch when I leave home while my iPhone is still there... ?
When a watch bricks, you still get something show up on the display, right?
I was running the second beta without issues but my Gen.2 watch has just died.
Nothing on screen, can’t hard reset, and it’s fully charged.
I was swimming earlier with my nephew in a 1m pool. I noticed the watch was off so it looks like the pool has killed it. I’ve been swimming with it many times before so it’s very frustrating!
I was running the second beta without issues but my Gen.2 watch has just died.
Nothing on screen, can’t hard reset, and it’s fully charged.
I was swimming earlier with my nephew in a 1m pool. I noticed the watch was off so it looks like the pool has killed it. I’ve been swimming with it many times before so it’s very frustrating!
Just had a 2 hour Walkie-Talkie session. It works pretty well.
There are some bugs like issues connecting, sometimes AirPods will disconnect, and just some general instability. Overall it's quite usable though. It used about 25% of my battery, and my iPhone went down about 30%. Both were really hot, so battery/power usage isn't great currently. To be expected with a beta, obviously.
There are some bugs like issues connecting, sometimes AirPods will disconnect, and just some general instability. Overall it's quite usable though. It used about 25% of my battery, and my iPhone went down about 30%. Both were really hot, so battery/power usage isn't great currently. To be expected with a beta, obviously.
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All I know is I used to get 2 days of battery life out of my series 3 LTE (with 2 hour work outs both days) no problem (LTE turned off obviously)....now I can barely get a day.