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Is the honey comb app screen still there ? did not catch it whether they just try to hide it or axed it alltogether
So, if just holding down the side button would call SOS, then to turn off the watch would you have to cancel it first? It sure looked that way from the demo.
That doesn't sound any better. Imagine doing some kind of exercises in the gym where that button might end up against your wrist for a little bit. Hope you can just disable it.
I think we need to temper our hopes as giant leaps in performance have been promised before only to be discovered as much smaller in reality.
I'm rather underwhelmed by it. Not that I had unrealistic expectations and I know apple does things incremental, but I think that some things that people have been clamoring for have been ignored.
Custom watch faces is what comes to mind. Yes, instant open apps are great, except for the fact that apps on the watch are a virtual non-factor. People are not buying the apple watch to play candy crush. Apps are not having the affect on the watch as they had on the iPhone. I'm ok with that, but what it does do great, is changing the watch faces, so why not build on its strength?
I'm sounding a bit ranty, and I suppose I am, but I really was hoping in this incremental update, that apple would throw us bone, but they didn't.
I'll still use my watch, and its a nice piece of technology.
Custom watch faces is what comes to mind. Yes, instant open apps are great, except for the fact that apps on the watch are a virtual non-factor. People are not buying the apple watch to play candy crush. Apps are not having the affect on the watch as they had on the iPhone. I'm ok with that, but what it does do great, is changing the watch faces, so why not build on its strength?
I'm sounding a bit ranty, and I suppose I am, but I really was hoping in this incremental update, that apple would throw us bone, but they didn't.
I'll still use my watch, and its a nice piece of technology.
The Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) guys had a live show last night and Marco Arment said he thought Apple did a major rethink on the Watch software (he was very pleased with the changes). I'm not sure I agree. I welcome all of the and think they're good but to me it just proves something I've thought all along - the Watch software isn't even close to being as bad as the rap it's gotten from the tech press and some users. It didn't need a major overhaul it, it just needed some tweaking. And what it needed more than anything was no latency when opening apps. People consider apps useless now because whenever they launch one it either doesn't launch or takes forever. If we really do get instant open apps I think people's impression of the Watch will change in a big way. As far as watch faces go I believe Apple just doesn't want to have to police a watch face store and all the hassles that go with it. I've seen Android Wear watch faces stores and most of the stuff in there doesn't impress me at all, especially the skeuomorphic faces trying to look like an expensive mechanical watch. But I can understand why some would want this option. I just don't think we'll get it anytime soon.
EDIT: something else I'm seeing a number of people say: that force touch was demoted on the watch. Not sure I agree with that either. It looks like the way you change watch faces is now a swipe but other than that Appe didn't say anything about force touch going away. And outside of changing watch faces it was never something heavily demoed on stage.
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I really hope the instant launch for apps is actually true. Currently, the watch feels quite crippled. I stopped using most of the apps months ago, and the one I do use, Runkeeper, crashes all the time - very annoying. Essentially all I do with this think is look at the weather, use it as a step tracker, and pay for things. That is all well and good, but I was hoping for more functionality.
The guy demoed the change in speed. Instantaneous.
Do you know how crazy people would get if apps didn't really load as promoted?
Is this the next thing we need to be paranoid about? First, expecting a new watch every Apple keynote, and the flood of "buy or wait" inquiries. Then, whether watch bands will work with a newer watch or Apple will completely screw us by seriously releasing new bands that will not work with a watch released a couple months after.
It never ends, LOL.
The apps do load right away. Who knows how great the beta will turn out to be, but so far, I have been impressed with all the little updates and changes. We also have to give the app developers time to update their apps for the new version to handle staying in memory or any additional work that needs to be done.
I noticed with new watch faces, some of my favorite complications aren't available or don't perform the same as the layout is different. ESPN loaded on the dock did not load instantly but it was a terrible app and wasn't native. Carrot and Dark Sky were instant with the current time and weather. After a reboot, it took about 2 seconds to load the first time for Carrot... again, we have to give the developers time to update their software too...
Favorite changes might be the analog and digital activity watch face, reminders app, the dock and instant loading, the new complications that just load instantly - having my workout app complication is nice and the animation. Finally having a seconds hand that many wanted - though just one face so far that I saw. The Apple App on the phone allows you to make changes to watch faces and even switch to that face without using the watch. Breath is a nice app that people have mocked or loved. Changing the favorites button to dock is always better than trying to swipe up... less failures.
The workout app adding an auto pause for two runs, the additional information on the workout app screen during a workout. Battery not taking a hit with all the background updating is a great surprise.
WWDC is about software, not hardware. It was like that even when Steve was still alive ;-)
Not necessarily as they've debuted new hardware at WWDC even when Steve was still alive.
It was obvious we weren't going to get an updated AW anyway because we've gotten no real leaks in the last few weeks.
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From my point of view (user, not a dev) the watch OS improvements were the most interesting thing shown at the keynote. Really looking forward to trying it.
If you bend you wrist up for extended period of time such as picking up a barbell it goes to the power off screen, we'll see but it is a bit of a concern
I think I read you can lock the watch while on the wrist so simply lock it during such activity.
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Maybe I was hoping for a button combo, but then if you want to call 911 you probably don't want to be messing with street fighter moves on your watch
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Maybe but not sure about you but my watch is t on that tight that it has t got a little bit of movement, add a little sweat and a big workout and it probably moves around more.
Anyway just a thought, I'd hate to accidentally alert 911 and not realising
didnt know you can lock it, interesting
Maybe I was hoping for a button combo, but then if you want to call 911 you probably don't want to be messing with street fighter moves on your watch
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Maybe but not sure about you but my watch is t on that tight that it has t got a little bit of movement, add a little sweat and a big workout and it probably moves around more.
Anyway just a thought, I'd hate to accidentally alert 911 and not realising
I tighten my Sport band at least one hole for workouts. It doesn't move anywhere.
Speaking of which, the sport band's easy adjustment makes me reconsider my interest in buying a link-type bracelet. I switch between three different holes on the band without a second thought; doing the same on Apple's link bracelet would mean carrying the unused links.
Very few, if any, wear their link bracelet during workouts. Most switch out to the Sport band for that purpose.
Otherwise, the link bracelet does need to be worn slightly looser to allow for normal wrist expansion throughout the day.
Yeah I like the sports bands too, I'm a three hole kinda guy myself, if I out it on 2 holes it way too tight, 4 holes sometimes. I'd like to get a link band at some stage, I'll probably wait until the gen 2 model arrives
I have a question. do not work me the complications of third parties in the Apple Watch. someone more happens? Fantastical, MoreCast, GoodTask... does not work me Airmail (app)
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Can anyone answer me this please
If Apple, in all their godly wisdom, last year before they released the Apple Watch, surely some Apple nerd would have asked the question in the QA department "why does it take so long for Apps to open?"
Then suddenly this year at the WWDC, we suddenly have Apps which can *spring open* instantly....does anyone think Apple really should have had this process of software learnt and applied at first or second update release?
I'm pretty sure they also had plenty of public user feedback at the time of release stating the software was slow and sluggish, why now after a year do we now have this happening
I just can't get my head around why a year later they suddenly have a brain wave of doing X with the software which allows the Apps to open quickly...when really this should have been dealt with at first release. You can't say they have probably used all this time in testing the watch, because how many years did they say the Watch had been in development before it was spoke about?
Just seems strange !
If Apple, in all their godly wisdom, last year before they released the Apple Watch, surely some Apple nerd would have asked the question in the QA department "why does it take so long for Apps to open?"
Then suddenly this year at the WWDC, we suddenly have Apps which can *spring open* instantly....does anyone think Apple really should have had this process of software learnt and applied at first or second update release?
I'm pretty sure they also had plenty of public user feedback at the time of release stating the software was slow and sluggish, why now after a year do we now have this happening
I just can't get my head around why a year later they suddenly have a brain wave of doing X with the software which allows the Apps to open quickly...when really this should have been dealt with at first release. You can't say they have probably used all this time in testing the watch, because how many years did they say the Watch had been in development before it was spoke about?
Just seems strange !
I'm no Apple engineer (and nobody on MR is an Apple engineer, either, or at least they're very good about being quiet) but I've got a few guesses --
- Remember how some apps -- Apple's own apps in particular -- had extra permissions not given to third-party apps? Weather, for one, was able to receive data updates from the phone more frequently than other apps. I wonder if Apple was testing real-world usage of these updates before letting outside devs get access.
- Or maybe Apple overestimated the speed of Bluetooth and Wifi when apps could only update when they were brought to the front.
- Or maybe they wanted to ensure that they could keep third-party apps sandboxed properly so they wouldn't steal secure data or bring down the OS.
Rather than continually shouting, "Why?!", as if the state of watchOS determines whether or not you can sleep in a bed tonight, try to put yourself in the chair of a software engineer working on Apple's newest platform.