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Why is time travel gone in Watch OS 5?
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Is this for certain? I'm using it right now for meetings and to see if it's going to rain on my commute home!
Yeah I'm pretty disappointed they chose to remove this. Used it all the time to see which room my next lecture was scheduled it, and to see the weather for the day.
Even if people were accidentally activating it, it's been off by default for a while now so I doubt that was a massive issue.
A shame.
Even if people were accidentally activating it, it's been off by default for a while now so I doubt that was a massive issue.
A shame.
Mad Mac Maniac
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Always a chance it’ll show up in later betas, but it’s very possible that apple either just doesn’t like it anymore, or has some future plans that could replace the functionality or utilize the crown scroll for other features. Also possible that they realized it was just used by very few people.
Still there. Just turned off after update.
Apple Watch App -> Notifications-> Clock -> Time Travel
Correction:
I still have the series 0 and it got me there (still on WatchOS 4). Not on the series 3.
Still in the search, but then it comes up empty. Sorry for the confusion.
I am missing it too ...
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You are correct.
I still have the series 0 and it got me there (still on WatchOS 4). Not on the series 3.
Just updated and realized one of my most used features is gone. What the hell apple.
Oh man this is awkward, I didn’t want you to find out this way. This is the thing bbates123 at MacRumors was the only one using it, they hoped you wouldn’t notice. See Tim I told you.
Really bummed that Time Travel was removed. It was a great feature and my fingers are crossed that Apple will bring it back soon.
This reminds me of when Apple removed the ability to control the music on your iPhone from the watch on watchOS 4. Lots of users complained and they eventually brought it back with wOS 4.3.
I’m hoping they bring it back, it was a damn nice feature I used almost every day. But if it was slowing down the performance in wOS 5, then it’s likely gone for good.
I’m hoping they bring it back, it was a damn nice feature I used almost every day. But if it was slowing down the performance in wOS 5, then it’s likely gone for good.
I really hope they bring it back too. Love my new Apple Watch Series 4 but already keep getting frustrated by lack of time travel. It was always handy for getting the clock hands out of the way of a complication as well as checking upcoming calendar items, weather, etc. Can’t understand why they removed it.
This is infuriating. I used Time Travel every day. Multiple times a day. I am regularly on calls with people in different times zones. Was so convenient to quickly figure out what time it would be in London and NY at a given time in Sydney.
I guess not many people used it but why take away the option!!??