Entries in Apple watchOS (8)

Tuesday
Jun102025

Apple revamps OS names to the release year

Source: Apple

Apple overhauled its operating systems and one of the newest changes is the naming convention for them. Instead of sticking with using the version number, the numbers will reflect the year when the OS was released. The change will be coming to all of its software, including iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS.

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Thursday
Jun052025

Snapchat comes to watchOS (finally)

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The Apple Watch has been around for more than a decade but this is the first time we're getting a Snapchat app on it. The watchOS version of the app allows you to preview and reply to your messages. Preview was the only option available before.

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Sunday
Jun162024

Apple Watch gets smarter and healthier with WatchOS 11

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Apple unveiled its latest Apple Watch software update, WatchOS 11, at its annual WWDC event. The update focuses on fitness, health, and improved usability.

WatchOS 11 introduces "training load," a metric that measures the intensity of your workouts and their impact on recovery. It uses heart rate, pace, elevation, weight, and height to provide a score (1-10) reflecting your training effort. You can adjust the score if it doesn't match your perception.

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Monday
May012023

Apple is reportedly looking to bring back a bit of its old Glances feature

Apple might be ready to overhaul watchOS. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports the company is working on redesigning the Apple Watch user interface, making widgets a "central part" of how you will interact with the smartwatch. Gurman reports that Apple plans to bring back elements of the Glances system it introduced in the original watchOS while borrowing the "style" of widgets Apple introduced with iOS 14 last year.

Gurman describes that the new interface will be "reminiscent" of the Siri watch face introduced with watchOS 4 in 2017. But the functions will work as an overlay for whatever watch face you want to use. It works similarly to widget stacks on iOS, so you can scroll through widgets you've placed on top of one another.

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