My series 2 starting to have notifications to upgrade to watchOS 6.1. Is it worth it to upgrade? The series 2 has been working great with warchOS 5. I wonder if there’s any legitimate advantage going watchOS 6 at all. I don’t really care about an App Store on the watch. Any comments?
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WatchOS 6 on Series 2. Worth it?
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I upgraded my Series 2 and it actually improved my battery life and no significant difference in performance that I've noticed.
The only really noticeable changes are:
1. Two new watch faces, Numerals Duo and Numerals Mono
2. App Store, though I never saw the point--I don't need more apps on my Watch
3. Siri can show web replies instead of directing you to iPhone; Can bring up webpages
Other features are confined to Watch Series 4/5 though entirely possible on the Series 3- because IMO the mic on the 3 is far better at noise cancelling than my 5 is:
1. Noise app to measure dB levels to prevent hearing loss
1. Two new watch faces, Numerals Duo and Numerals Mono
2. App Store, though I never saw the point--I don't need more apps on my Watch
3. Siri can show web replies instead of directing you to iPhone; Can bring up webpages
Other features are confined to Watch Series 4/5 though entirely possible on the Series 3- because IMO the mic on the 3 is far better at noise cancelling than my 5 is:
1. Noise app to measure dB levels to prevent hearing loss
It's listed as one of the features of WatchOS 6. Doesn't specify that it's exclusive to certain models. It doesn't offer a web browser, it's a Siri feature. Such as certain searches can show on the watch as web pages instead of directing to iPhone.
From Apple.com:
From Apple.com:
watchOS 6 is totally fine on S2. Also, no issues with battery life.
Of course the OP and everybody else should upgrade.
Ever since updating to OS6.1, my S2 has been a nightmare trying to wake up. If you don’t bother it for 5 minutes or more, it’ll take at least 30 seconds (or more) to respond. Never had any 3rd party apps and no music/podcasts onboard. Watch is almost unusable. Any suggestions to get rid of the lag or will I simply have to upgrade?
Yes, but after changing the watch face to just a basic face showing just weather, time, and date, it’s been working perfectly. Guess I’ll have to plan a new watch on the near future...
Pretty impressive, Huh? The Series 2 Apple Watch Launch in 2016 and it still supported through watchOS 6. And the fact that it Is decently stable in terms of OS performance, Shows Apple tribute to how efficient their software really is.
Too bad you gain literally nothing from updating to watchOS 6 on an earlier model though. Other than the version number none of the new apps/faces/features are there on any model earlier than a Series 3.
If they bring new apps, it will slow the watch ...
I think it's better to keep the watch "light" and usable, the series 2 have a very limited hardware.
It was quite smooth with watch OS3, but it started to struggle with watch OS4.
It's nice that apple continues to support it.
I think it's better to keep the watch "light" and usable, the series 2 have a very limited hardware.
It was quite smooth with watch OS3, but it started to struggle with watch OS4.
It's nice that apple continues to support it.