Is this a 9.2 bug only? I have never tried these pace alerts (sounds kind of nice) but on my 9.1 software it seems to work fine
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WatchOS 9 beta... anyone try the new running features?
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Is this a 9.2 bug only? I have never tried these pace alerts (sounds kind of nice) but on my 9.1 software it seems to work fine
Yes I think it is - I’ve noticed that first in 9.2 Beta 3, it worked fine before.
I’m not very good at “feeling” and keeping pace by myself (ok - I’m pretty useless in that regard! 🤦♀️), so those alerts are a great help, especially when I want to keep it a bit slower than usually as well as keeping the HR decently low… but this bug would elevate my HR before I even start 😂😂😂
(rant over - fingers crossed that they fix it soon!)
So now that watchOS 9.2 is out: how do I access the „race route“ feature? Did not find it as an option for Outdoor running.
Or do I first have to run a route with 9.2 and previously ran routes are not available?
Or do I first have to run a route with 9.2 and previously ran routes are not available?
While looking at the suggestions page, tap on the filter button < route
It took a while for the Watch to create them, it was not available right away after the update. Now I have around 3 routes, and they are pretty accurate! More than expected.
Thanks! Now the routes are there. Took one night until they showed up.
I don’t have the answer for you, only that I was wondering about this too. The Beta 9.2 didn’t detect the track for me, but I also wasn’t sure how to actually access that option. Now there’s a how-to document available:
Apple Watch User Guide
Here’s everything you need to know about Apple Watch and the Apple Watch app on iPhone, straight from Apple. This definitive guide helps you get started using Apple Watch and discover all the amazing things it can do.
support.apple.com
Thanks.
the5kRunner has an article on it. But the author has not seen the functionality yet, so the article is a little bit pointless:
Apple Running Track Mode Launched with WatchOS 9.2
get access to a few new features including Running Track Mode, which was released today
the5krunner.com
But he also says it works in USA only. If I remember correctly, DC Rainmaker also said something similar and there is no timeline for Europe yet.
But for the US running mates here, please report happily. Still can not imagine clearly how it works, especially in interval workouts.
Boooo 😒 Apple hasn’t mentioned that tiny detail. Ah well, why should they… 🙄 - sorry, just venting. Thanks anyway!
Really strange.
DC Rainmakers video shows some things, but not all and I guess, this beta version is not what has been launched. The part where one can "do something" on the iPhone afterwards is entirely unclear to me.
The "race route" feature is behaving strange for me. Was running a route yesterday I ran multiple times in the past. Today - after having the AW on charger all the night - this route is not available for racing. Not in suggested routes, not when applying the filter.
Is it working for you?
Additional question: what is this "lap track recognition" alert in "race route"?
Is it working for you?
Additional question: what is this "lap track recognition" alert in "race route"?
I am gonna try a route today on my run - been snowing through the night, so no records here.
Regarding the lap track - sounds a bit like the new Track Recognition feature available in the US?
I don't have it here in Denmark, but looks awesome!
Yes someone already mentioned that here… too bad that Apple didn’t bother to. The feature marketing materials are even available in European languages without a single mention that it’s not available here yet! 🙄 (Yeah still grumpy about that…)
Maybe we are all wrong and the feature is available outside US?
Edit: the German AW manual explains track recognition mode without any hint that it is not available outside USA? Strange.
Apple Watch – Benutzerhandbuch
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One should try it out. Sadly, I have no running track nearby in the next days.
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I have also heard, that Apples GPS+Maps approach is the reason it's US only to start. I have a running track not far away - will try it out within a week.
So I visited a running track today, with an Open type of run, but nope, nothing. Based in Central Europe / Czech Republic. So unless it’s broken for me, it seems to confirm the rumour (?) that it’s not available outside of the US.
(Okay at least I’ve snatched the Local Legend laurel crown on the track’s Strava segment, so it wasn’t completely useless 😂)
(Okay at least I’ve snatched the Local Legend laurel crown on the track’s Strava segment, so it wasn’t completely useless 😂)
DC Rainmaker wrote a little bit about the new features:
www.dcrainmaker.com
And track detection is really US only for the moment.
Apple Watch Updates: Running Track Mode, Race Route, and Extended Battery Times
This has been a busy last week or two for Apple, especially in the watch realm. But also in other areas like expanding out iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via Satellite to some European countries. In this quick post, I’m going
www.dcrainmaker.com
And track detection is really US only for the moment.
Not that I’d want to question it, but where does that info actually come from? I was trying to find anything about the feature’s regional availability on the Apple website but didn’t succeed. Various bloggers like this one are mentioning it but no official word on this topic anywhere… 🤔DC Rainmaker wrote a little bit about the new features:
Apple Watch Updates: Running Track Mode, Race Route, and Extended Battery Times
This has been a busy last week or two for Apple, especially in the watch realm. But also in other areas like expanding out iPhone 14 Emergency SOS via Satellite to some European countries. In this quick post, I’m going
And track detection is really US only for the moment.
From apples website.
watchOS 9 is available today
Apple today launched watchOS 9, which brings new features and enhanced experiences to the world’s leading wearable operating system.
www.apple.com
Thanks! I was looking at the 9.2 specific and didn’t think to check the September announcement, my mistake.From apples website.
watchOS 9 is available today
Apple today launched watchOS 9, which brings new features and enhanced experiences to the world’s leading wearable operating system.www.apple.com
DC Rainmaker has good contact to all vendors including Apple.
Also I now found release notes for watchOS 9.2 where Apple states it is US only:
About watchOS 9 Updates - Apple Support
watchOS 9 brings great new ways to keep you active, healthy, and connected with Apple Watch. You have more ways to train and measure your workouts, a completely redesigned compass app, a new app to track your medications, more powerful sleep tracking with sleep stages, and better insights and...
I'll be trying a run at the weekend so can test out this new feature. Has anyone noticed if they've fixed the Average Pace bug where in 9.0 it would just announce the pace of your last lap rather than your average for the distance up until that point, then in 9.1 it announced nothing at all?