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watchOS 6 > What features are you most excited about?

johnyslats said:
Been up and running a couple of hours
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I hope it didn’t brick my device :( I’m afraid to remove it from the charger now.

Edit: I was able to hard reset it and everything seems ok now. I’m so relieved
 
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So they updated the California watch face:

  • "Off-white" has been renamed to "Cream"
  • The Cream watch hands color has been changed from orange to white
  • They've added a "Pink" face option (see screenshot)
  • They've added all colors as options for the pills and text (but only with a black background - screenshot attached)
That last one is so annoying!! If we could change the background color to whatever we want, and then change the pills/text to anything as well, this face would be amazing.

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Probably been covered but I'm getting like 6 hours of battery life on my 2.5 year old Series 2 with PB 2.

(Not complaining just sharing for others who might not want to make that compromise)
 
Huge battery drain. Went to bed with 95%, woke up 6h later, with 45%, beta 2, series 1. I'll update to beta 3, when I get home
 
mavis said:
So they updated the California watch face:

  • "Off-white" has been renamed to "Cream"
  • The Cream watch hands color has been changed from orange to white
  • They've added a "Pink" face option (see screenshot)
  • They've added all colors as options for the pills and text (but only with a black background - screenshot attached)
That last one is so annoying!! If we could change the background color to whatever we want, and then change the pills/text to anything as well, this face would be amazing.

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Looks like the outer pills have been sharpen up a bit. Quite a bit actually. I like it !!
 
Ludatyk said:
I had to type my iTunes password from the Apple Watch itself. It gives me the option to insert text via iOS device.

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It is a thing in beta 2 already. Not new for beta 3.
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cebixd said:
Now im stuck at this lol
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Ludatyk said:
Yeah, I had that issue. I even tried to install it via the Apple Watch itself. But unlocking the Apple Watch helped my cause...

I don’t know why it wasn’t reading that I was on WiFi, but it’s beta... so I can’t really fault it being buggy.
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cebixd said:
Nope. I need to go to setting and general, software update and it says that it will resume when i connect to a wifi
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It seems that in beta 3, or watchOS 6 in general, your Apple Watch, instead of your iPhone, must connect to a wifi network. It can be a new one, or a network used by iPhone. I believe what the notification tells is Apple Watch needs to be connected to Wifi, whereas in watchOS 5 and before, the software is transferred via Bluetooth (or wifi, after using that disable Bluetooth trick, but basically Watch is connected to known Wifi).
 
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Battery drain seems about the same as beta 2. Ending the day with roughly the same amount on my series 4 stainless steel 40mm.
 
I just installed beta 3 on my Series 4. Third party apps now load instantly. Used to be a little bit of a loading time for Messenger or Outlook but now it just opens almost like the native apps do. This is how it should have been from the beginning!
 
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dereknas said:
Battery drain seems about the same as beta 2. Ending the day with roughly the same amount on my series 4 stainless steel 40mm.
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I’m seeing some more than usual, but to be expected on a beta.


jonbravo77 said:
They really borked this Beta 3. Bunch of complications stopped working that were working in Beta 2.
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Try restarting the watch. Whenever I lost any complications on a beta, they came back.
 
watchthisspace said:
Second that, none of the features they're adding will benefit me.

I was kind of hoping for some performance gains, the workout app on my Series 2 is lagggggy
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And battery life!! iOS 13 is supposed to be lighter with memory. I have been wondering if the same applies to watchOS 6 but with all they’re adding, I doubt it.
 
Battery with noise app on a aw 4, 44mm. From 4:49 pm with 59% battery it went to 52% at 5:50pm and 45% at 7:40 pm (then turned off.). Still drains a lot of battery, but in B2 was dropping almost 20% battery in an hour, so it’s getting better. Apple Watch with modular compact face and one circle complication is the noise app.
 
Lol, I went to check the time today on beta 3 and noticed my watch had randomly started re-pairing itself to my iPhone. Let that finish and everything was normal
 
krishnajha said:
Battery with noise app on a aw 4, 44mm. From 4:49 pm with 59% battery it went to 52% at 5:50pm and 45% at 7:40 pm (then turned off.). Still drains a lot of battery, but in B2 was dropping almost 20% battery in an hour, so it’s getting better. Apple Watch with modular compact face and one circle complication is the noise app.
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As I said, betas have a more drain that stable builds, so it’s really pointless to judge until GM. This happens every year. People never learn.
 
Beta 3 seems quite good for me, no major issues so far...
yes, a bit of battery drain, some display glitches in watch app on iPhone, i.e. the new solar face does not display nicely in the iPhone watch app preview

Only thing I found, I can't switch between list view and cloud view for apps anymore, stuck on list view, force touching does nothing

EDIT: solved by a forced restart!
 
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