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WatchOS 5.2: All The Little Things!

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Alhagar said:
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.
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Same here. Maybe just affecting the LTE ones.
 
S3 LTE here, not detected one bit of activity yet in over a week. I walk the dogs every night at about 11pm for 2 ½ miles or so. It does detect though the end of the walk if I eventually manually start it.

Beta though, so hopefully get better :)
 
Coming from a Series 2, are there any differences (be them minor or major) (be it features, bugs, or anything else) between watchOS 5 on that device and the Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) that I should know about?
 
This is new.
I was asked if I wanted to install a software update for watchOS 5.0. This request came from my Apple Watch. The choices were install tonight or remind me later. I chose the install option. Then I typed in the passcode of the Apple Watch. At night, I set my disconnected yet nearly fully charged iPhone nearby. I set my Apple Watch on its charging cradle. The next morning my Apple Watch was updated. This was all done without doing anything on the iPhone.
 
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Solver said:
This is new.
I was asked if I wanted to install a software update for watchOS 5.0. This request came from my Apple Watch. The choices were install tonight or remind me later. I chose the install option. Then I typed in the passcode of the Apple Watch. At night, I set my disconnected yet nearly fully charged iPhone nearby. I set my Apple Watch on its charging cradle. The next morning my Apple Watch was updated. This was all done without doing anything on the iPhone.
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I experienced this as well. Quite nice.
 
I have a brand new Series 3 LTE here with me, and it downloaded the watchOS 5 beta 4 just fine, but now it's stuck at the Preparing... stage.

EDIT: Force quit of Watch app and force restart of the watch itself did the trick.
 
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I have series 3 LTE and i noticed walkie-talkie has been gone from.the last few betas and same with beta 5 some people say its still there how comes mine has vanished
 
Sports scores finally working. Off day for the Yankees today, that’s why it’s just showing tomorrow’s game

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Really hope sports scores is 100% working in this beta. I love the Siri watch face but its inconsistency has been the one thing that's annoyed me. I'm aware such is life as a beta user though.
 
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TechByJosh said:
Make sure the FaceTime app is installed on your phone. Even though it is a redundant app from the phone app, it is required for walkie talkie to work. If you deleted it, you can redownload it from the App Store
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Can confirm this worked. Facetime was not installed on my phone, nor was walkie-talkie showing on the watch. Downloaded Facetime on my phone and BOOM - Walkie Talkie showed up on my watch seconds later.
 
dan9700 said:
I have series 3 LTE and i noticed walkie-talkie has been gone from.the last few betas and same with beta 5 some people say its still there how comes mine has vanished
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Is FaceTime set up on your iPhone? The walkie-talkie app uses FaceTime audio.
 
TechByJosh said:
Make sure the FaceTime app is installed on your phone. Even though it is a redundant app from the phone app, it is required for walkie talkie to work. If you deleted it, you can redownload it from the App Store
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Omg thank you so much it works all this time I thought I didn’t need FaceTime app thank you so much
 
Walkie talkie bubble notification at the top of main screen won’t go away for me now after briefly using it.

Edit: Nevermind. Set myself to not available and it’s gone. First time I’ve messed with the app.
 
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