What the h#%^ did they do to my complications

[mpavilion]

Is this not just the color setting in your watch face? I keep mine on Infograph during the day, with the corner complications white and the interior blue. But I can change the corner complications to be the colors that you show, if I wanted to.

That’s only possible on certain watchfaces.

 

[usagora]

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complication_(horology)

The complication name comes from mechanical watches and my guess is that the name comes from the fact that they make the mechanism more complicated. The more difficult a complication is to engineer and make, the more status is attached to it!

Well, I guess you can tell I'm not a connoisseur of time pieces. All this time I thought Apple came up with that terminology 😂

 

[Mr. Awesome]

For those who are curious on what exactly happened, Apple updated all of the original Watch faces with OS 9 to use the new Infograph-style complications instead of the older original complication styles. This makes it much easier for Apple and third-party developers to maintain complications.

This is also the reason why the original Modular was replaced with Infograph Modular, now rechristened just Modular.

 

[mpavilion]

For those who are curious on what exactly happened, Apple updated all of the original Watch faces with OS 9 to use the new Infograph-style complications instead of the older original complication styles. This makes it much easier for Apple and third-party developers to maintain complications.

This is also the reason why the original Modular was replaced with Infograph Modular, now rechristened just Modular.

Why are these easier to maintain?

 

[Mansu944]

I wonder if these complications were redesigned to take advantage of the Ultra's larger screen size.

It’s barely larger

 

[ANDJOE]

I will say OP, I agree with you. This is an unwelcome change. At least give us an option to have a single bright uniform option.

 

[usagora]

It’s barely larger

Are the actual display dimensions (mm x mm) published for the Ultra so we can calculate the % increase? When dealing with watch screens, obviously it doesn't take as much as a phone screen to pretty significantly increase the % difference, and I'm sure it's VERY noticeable in person.

 

[ndouglas]

This one is so funny to me… why not just say “WED 14” on a single line? I think we all know how numbers work. View attachment 2062735Is the idea that if it’s the last day of the month, you’ll be reminded that tmrrw is the 1st?

I like this actually. I don’t know how to explain why. Maybe the symmetry involved, maybe having the peek ahead to the next date, perhaps something to do with teaching 5 classes on MW and TuTh, so I’m always mentally half-planning what’s going on the next day.

 

[BigBlur]

Are the actual display dimensions (mm x mm) published for the Ultra so we can calculate the % increase? When dealing with watch screens, obviously it doesn't take as much as a phone screen to pretty significantly increase the % difference, and I'm sure it's VERY noticeable in person.

Not sure about the actual physical display dimensions, but we do know the sq mm and pixel dimensions. Keep in mind, the 49mm refers to the height of the Ultra’s case, not the display size; and it also has thicker bezels.

49mm Ultra is 1164 sq mm and 410x502 pixels
45mm Watch is 1143 sq mm and 396x484 pixels
41mm Watch is 904 sq mm and 352x430 pixels

So the Ultra’s display is only 1.8% larger than the 45mm watch (or 21 sq mm and 14x18 pixels). For comparison, the 45mm watch is 26.4% larger than the 41mm watch (or 239 sq mm and 44x54 pixels).

 

[usagora]

Not sure about the actual physical display dimensions, but we do know the sq mm and pixel dimensions. Keep in mind, the 49mm refers to the height of the Ultra’s case, not the display size; and it also has thicker bezels.

49mm Ultra is 1164 sq mm and 410x502 pixels
45mm Watch is 1143 sq mm and 396x484 pixels
41mm Watch is 904 sq mm and 352x430 pixels

So the Ultra’s display is only 1.8% larger than the 45mm watch (or 21 sq mm and 14x18 pixels). For comparison, the 45mm watch is 26.4% larger than the 41mm watch (or 239 sq mm and 44x54 pixels).

Where are you getting these numbers? I don't see a tech spec page for the Ultra (or S8 for that matter):

Watch Manuals and Downloads - Apple Support

Manuals, technical specifications, downloads, and more for Apple software and hardware

support.apple.com

 

[BigBlur]

Where are you getting these numbers? I don't see a tech spec page for the Ultra (or S8 for that matter):

Watch Manuals and Downloads - Apple Support

Manuals, technical specifications, downloads, and more for Apple software and hardware

support.apple.com

On the Compare Models page for the Apple Watch.

 

[robfoll]

I actually love that they updated them. Those older complications were small and bland. The new ones are fresh and I am super glad they did. Utility is my favorite watch face and I like the refresh!

You are lucky, I use Utility and cannot easily read the new complications. Also hate the forced intro of colour YMMV

 

[usagora]

On the Compare Models page for the Apple Watch.

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Thanks. I don't get why they haven't updated the page I linked then and also why they don't have a "Tech Specs" link on the "https://www.apple.com/apple-watch-ultra" page (or any of the AW pages) like they do for other products.

 

[rcarter3636]

For those who are curious on what exactly happened, Apple updated all of the original Watch faces with OS 9 to use the new Infograph-style complications instead of the older original complication styles. This makes it much easier for Apple and third-party developers to maintain complications.

This is also the reason why the original Modular was replaced with Infograph Modular, now rechristened just Modular.

What’s the reason for shrinking the metric fonts while using the workout app

 

[Saturn007]

Apple: Today's date is the 14th, I wonder what the date was yesterday.
Apple: Codes complication to indicate that 13 is the number that comes before 14.
Apple: It isn't much, but it's honest work.

Schiller: “Can't innovate, anymore, my &%#!”

 

[9646829]

I'm still salty they ruined the rain complication, it still shows the old style when you pick it from your phone Watch app which is even more annoying.

 

[usagora]

. . . it still shows the old style when you pick it from your phone Watch app which is even more annoying.

"old style" for which complications? In the Face Gallery for me it doesn't show the weather complication at the top right position in the previews like the OP has, nor does it show the battery complication at all in the previews in order to compare. It shows the weather complication at the bottom, which displays in a more barebones format (as I mentioned in post 10 - this is still the current style for the bottom position).

 

[9646829]

"old style" for which complications? In the Face Gallery for me it doesn't show the weather complication at the top right position in the previews like the OP has, nor does it show the battery complication at all in the previews in order to compare. It shows the weather complication at the bottom, which displays in a more barebones format (as I mentioned in post 10 - this is still the current style for the bottom position).

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I'm talking about this:

Watch:

App on phone:

 

[usagora]

I'm talking about this:

Watch:
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App on phone:
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Ok, that's a different watch face ("Infograph") than the OP has ("Utility"). I thought you were talking about the Face Gallery for this particular watch face . Strange, though - the "Infograph" preview for me that I see in my Watch app is not the same as what you're seeing 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[9646829]

Ok, that's a different watch face than the OP has. I thought you were talking about the Face Gallery for this particular watch face ("Utility").

No I was just generally talking about Apple changing how complications look and the fact the rain complication looks different in the app on iPhone than on the actual watch.

I don't like the new way it looks on the watch.

 

[usagora]

No I was just generally talking about Apple changing how complications look and the fact the rain complication looks different in the app on iPhone than on the actual watch.

I don't like the new way it looks on the watch.

See my edit to my post above. Odd.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

Why are these easier to maintain?

Just because now there’s less of them. Developers no longer need to support/update the original complication styles.

 

[mpavilion]

Just because now there’s less of them. Developers no longer need to support/update the original complication styles.

But the ones that just went away were Apple's own... they didn't need to do anything to support them, could have just kept them(?) It'd be fine if the new ones were added as other options.

 

[Mr. Awesome]

But the ones that just went away were Apple's own... they didn't need to do anything to support them, could have just kept them(?) It'd be fine if the new ones were added as other options.

I’m talking about the actual complication styles, not the individual complications. The old styles hadn’t been used on any new watch faces in years, so when developers added complications they had to add all sorts of old styles that were only used on maybe 7-8 faces.

 

[9646829]

See my edit to my post above. Odd.

It’s not the default preview, it’s when you edit the face to put your own stuff on. I was purely saying I don’t like how it looks on the watch vs in the app.