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WatchOS 5.2: All The Little Things!
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It's a beta!
Don't want weird bugs, don't use a beta!
Although I do appreciate that you appreciate it's a beta!
As a general comment...
Contacts are listed as fixed in the latest beta release notes, but that doesn’t mean it’ll start working again if you just upgrade from the existing beta to the new one without resetting everything, because you’re going from a version where the feature is broken and in an unknown state to a version that expects the state to be sensible from the start.
I’ve experienced plenty of issues where a beta causes something to be messed up somewhere, and that results in a feature not working properly or an app crashing in the final release, due to the same reason.
Part of running betas is that you may have to reset everything again after installing the new beta (or the final release) to ensure things work as expected.
And, of course, always run the latest beta on both devices (phone and watch), as changes made in one might be relying on changes made in the other, and unlike final releases, betas make little consideration for ensuring compatibility with prior beta versions.
Godspeed, testers!
Contacts are listed as fixed in the latest beta release notes, but that doesn’t mean it’ll start working again if you just upgrade from the existing beta to the new one without resetting everything, because you’re going from a version where the feature is broken and in an unknown state to a version that expects the state to be sensible from the start.
I’ve experienced plenty of issues where a beta causes something to be messed up somewhere, and that results in a feature not working properly or an app crashing in the final release, due to the same reason.
Part of running betas is that you may have to reset everything again after installing the new beta (or the final release) to ensure things work as expected.
And, of course, always run the latest beta on both devices (phone and watch), as changes made in one might be relying on changes made in the other, and unlike final releases, betas make little consideration for ensuring compatibility with prior beta versions.
Godspeed, testers!
Your mileage may vary, but I would say so. I have a S2 & S3 and ran it on the S2 for a few weeks before committing it to my ‘main’ watch. I’ve just put it on my S3 as well now and have no real issues. Fluid and responsive with comparable battery life to OS4.
As I say though everyone is slightly different.
Walkie-Talkie not working for anyone else in this Beta?
Says "Connecting..." for quite a while and then the person is "Not responding"
Says "Connecting..." for quite a while and then the person is "Not responding"
The battery life is improved on B4 - I am closer to what I used to see on WatchOS 4.
Is anybody else having issues with the apple watch storage with this beta. I received a couple of messages this morning saying my storage is full on my watch. I checked and it is indeed full but there are 0 songs, 17 pictures, and 1 application, how can that be full? Could it have held the previous watchOS versions?
Looks like an unpairing and re-pairing worked. It is all freed up now.
Looks like an unpairing and re-pairing worked. It is all freed up now.
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I'm halfway through two competitions with some friends and have figured out the current scoring mechanism is as follows:
It’s a percentage of the three rings per day maxing at 600%=600 points (ie logically doubling of each ring).
However the cap isn’t per ring ie 200% for stand, 200% for exercise etc. you could do 0% for standing but 600% for exercise (3 hours) and it’d get you the 600 point max. On one day I got >600 points vs one person but for another person it capped at the 600 points but hey it's a beta..
It would be good to see if they did some logical caps on this to avoid excessive gaming plus encourage a healthy approach to things such as:
1. Limit standing to 130% (otherwise you are getting less than 8 hours sleep which is not great).
2. Limit exercise times to 200% (otherwise someone just going for a three hour walk would get 600%/600points)
3. Have the residual 270% go towards the move goal so you really need to go above and beyond to get the 600 point max for a day. You could game it by setting a crazy low daily move goal, but your friends would easily be able to call you on this.
I loaded walke talkie on my watch and now i constantly get the walkie talkie dot where the notifications are. (It blinks every once in a while)
Anyone know how to stop this?
Anyone know how to stop this?
Some of us old timers really appreciate the work that many of you do with these betas and the feedback here. So I must say thank you to all of you. I try to stay on top with the betas and updates, but I am slow. 
This beta has been solid for me, and charging works better, but battery is still not great.
This beta has been solid for me, and charging works better, but battery is still not great.
Yes. I cannot figure out a way to scroll through the songs on playlists in WatchOS5.
Now you say it, yep you’re right. That’s what I get. And now I’ve seen it, I can’t undo it!
Activity detection seems hit and miss at the moment. Here are my results:
Friday: Walked for hours outside and inside (nothing detected)
Saturday: Walked for hours, had lunch, walked a few hours. Walked an hour (detected a walk) for 38 mins. More walking, nothing
Sunday: Walking all day. Nothing automatically detected.
Using an AW S3 LTE.
It's a beta so I kinda expect this. Hopefully the full release will be better. No cycling detecting at all though (which a Fitbit detects).
Friday: Walked for hours outside and inside (nothing detected)
Saturday: Walked for hours, had lunch, walked a few hours. Walked an hour (detected a walk) for 38 mins. More walking, nothing
Sunday: Walking all day. Nothing automatically detected.
Using an AW S3 LTE.
It's a beta so I kinda expect this. Hopefully the full release will be better. No cycling detecting at all though (which a Fitbit detects).
That's weird, mine is always prompting me when I'm walking around on the commute...
Very weird! It's a beta so, if yours works, I suspect mine will maybe in the next beta or final.
I walked so much Friday (22,000 steps at least) so it's weird, nothing was detected.
Last week it detected an indoor run when I was outside. I will wait till the next update
I have AW series 3 lte (but lte not activated). I find the exercise detection when I am walking around inconsistent. Sometimes it will detect exercise in 5 minutes, and sometimes after 15 it will not detect it at all.Very weird! It's a beta so, if yours works, I suspect mine will maybe in the next beta or final.
I walked so much Friday (22,000 steps at least) so it's weird, nothing was detected.
Last week it detected an indoor run when I was outside. I will wait till the next update