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WWDC 2025: New Features We Could See in watchOS 26
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I'm betting that it'd make a loud siren type noise, bit like on the Ultras. (Maybe it'll be exclusive to Ultras?)
Watch faces would be great, and battery optimization, that's pretty much it for my list these days.
I think it would help their sales if they allowed people to design/sell their own watch faces, it would be a lot of fun.
That’s an app not a Watch facesFor years I've been using something called "Clockology", I have literally THOUSANDS of custom and awesome faces on it and they're all incredible. Here's a look at the interface and some of the faces...whatever category you're looking for, I can promise you'll find it
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Some of us like the fact that not every corner of tech has been infected with the AI virus yet. Enjoy it while it lasts.
They need to let users hide/remove the plethora of Watch apps they keep adding. I don't like having to scroll 22 pages to find the workout app, past all the stuff that I never open. I don't take medications nor do I track mensural cycles, for example.
Which probably means that the patent dispute is still going on, which means that watches have to ship with the feature disabled still
Most certainly not me
I'd prefer to not have to wake up the next morning trying to find where one or both of them went if they somehow fell out of my ears
I have HomePods for this reason; get them playing music and have it do a sleep timer
Oh, this would be so nice
This may be a stretch to think, but once Apple has their own built-in thing for this, this could be how some apps that are out there like MyFitnessPal and others could be sherlocked
Surprised Apple still underestimates the one use case for AI. All these pretty useless features and Siri is still as dumb as a brick. "Siri, will it rain today?" "There is a slight chance for rain today." "Siri, when will it rain today?" "There is a slight chance for rain today."
I’d love a digital watch face equivalent to the Simple analog one. Centered time is predominant on the display and have four small complications in the corners. I really dislike how all the digital either have a ton of complications and the clock relegated to a small corner or the whole face used for time with no complications.
When you fall you are in the ground and emergency services can help you if notified. If you drown … is this so they can find the body? Unless someone is seeing you drown and can intervene the watch knowing you are drowning doesn’t help you at all. If a parent gets a notification their child is drowning in their pool that might be useful if the parent was just inside neglecting a weak swimmer child. Other than that…I lack the imagination to see how a drowning notification is helpful.
I just did this on my watch and it gave me the times for the rain and the actual probabilities.
I do. I like falling asleep to sleep sounds and not have to hear external noises. I am pretty sure I am not alone in doing this.
I just want mile/segment alerts on custom workouts... especially for running.
I do run/walk intervals and would like mile alerts to still show on a custom workout... they did when they first introduced the custom workouts with early beta builds of watchOS 9 but then removed when it came time for the release candidate for whatever reason.
This is an essential feature that every other Fitness device and/or app has, but Apple doesn't for some reason.
The main reason I use WorkOutDoors for my runs.
I do run/walk intervals and would like mile alerts to still show on a custom workout... they did when they first introduced the custom workouts with early beta builds of watchOS 9 but then removed when it came time for the release candidate for whatever reason.
This is an essential feature that every other Fitness device and/or app has, but Apple doesn't for some reason.
The main reason I use WorkOutDoors for my runs.
Rather than adding more I'd rather see a wider refresh of the existing faces many of which have just been abandoned since they were first introduced and are looking quite dated with limited functionality. That non of them were updated to support the always on second hand gives me some hope this maybe something we see (ie they weren't updated as they were waiting for a wider refresh of the existing faces).
Also a better way to organise the faces would be nice, having them categorised by say Analog, Digital, Sports, Design etc would make them easier to discover.
I would like to continue to phase out my need to carry an iPhone. The inability to pair the Apple Watch with my CarPlay is one of the few remaining reasons I carry my iPhone.
Instead of CarPlay Ultra, which I just don’t see happening widely during my lifetime, we should have been given “CarPlayOS” built into our cars and use the Apple Watch to switch profiles depending in the driver. Simple’s?
Or that it's just Ghostware. I can see a special watchband to do the constriction but my experience with wrist measurement is spotty at best. But we'll see (or not).
Allow me to check if my Bluetooth sensors are connected from the freaking workout app. It is so annoying to have to go to the settings every time to double check.
Probably, but the question remains how audible the alarm will be.
I’ve seen my fair share of people drowning, I am not convinced their wrists are outside of the water long enough for the speakers to be heard, as they need to clear of water first.
Thinking about it, it will probably be an Ultra exclusive feature with a new model with a louder speaker/alarm.
But even when not, people drown among other people, hearing a strange high pitched sound coming from the water a couple times, even if it’s just for the shortest of moments, would be better than nothing.
Maybe the watch will be able to send a distress signal to rather nearby devices in the future, like a localized amber alert.
I don’t know, we will see. I appreciate the vision though, I’m certain some bright engineers at Apple will eventually work something out.
Might be time to get a new watch finally. Series 3 is what... 8 years old now? Still running fine, albeit slow. I honestly never expected to get this much life out of the Apple Watch.