WatchOS 3 Dev Beta

[Just_Me_D]

I've installed WatchOS 3 Beta on my Watch, and thus far, everything is stable and working correctly. I love how you can swipe left or right to change the watch faces without having to use the force touch feature first. The breathing reminder is a nice little addition. I'm really going to take advantage of that feature.......The UI is a tad faster, but not enough to wow anyone, in my opinion. Deleting iMessages are quicker, but it still doesn't have a delete-all option therein. Anyway, to those of you who have installed watchOS 3, what are your thoughts of it?

 

[TripleOne]

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Definitely going to be using my Watch more often now

 

[Rob Phillips]

Re: WatchOS 3

I was really hoping for third party watch faces, but the overall improvements, especially with app load times, are awesome.

 

[nikkisharif]

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I have yet to purchase a watch I've come close several times but each time I go in Herm?s, I end up purchasing an accessory or some jewelry lol. Since I just bought a bag the other day, maybe I'll try for the watch this weekend

 

[Just_Me_D]

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I have yet to purchase a watch I've come close several times but each time I go in Herm?s, I end up purchasing an accessory or some jewelry lol. Since I just bought a bag the other day, maybe I'll try for the watch this weekend

Once you've gotten it, you're going to wonder why you didn't get it sooner...

 

[nikkisharif]

Re: WatchOS 3

Once you've gotten it, you're going to wonder why you didn't get it sooner...

That's usually the case LOL

 

[Snoweagle]

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Don't forget you're using a beta, the final release version will be better.

 

[Castigatore]

Re: WatchOS 3

Nice update and it worsk smooth! But is it only me or I can't find the old friends screen? Was it completely removed? I really liked that function

 

[Bionicspyder]

Re: WatchOS 3

From what I can tell it looks like the app dock is limited to ten apps. Anyone else confirm this?

 

[dejanh]

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Any excess battery drain so far? I'm a heavy watch user since I bought it a few weeks back and I'd hate to have it not work, but at the same time I want some of the speed improvements since the currently app loading is brutally slow.

 

[mattdistro]

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Performance is iffy with me, apps seem to load quicker but there's still a lot of laggy bits when I'm working with Messages.

Anyone get auto unlock to work with their Mac yet? I'm thinking this feature isn't available yet.

 

[TechnologyTwitt]

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Once you've gotten it, you're going to wonder why you didn't get it sooner...

I'm in the same boat.

I know you're a frequent poster and always have good advice/intentions...that being said, is that REALLY true?

 

[dejanh]

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I'm in the same boat.

I know you're a frequent poster and always have good advice/intentions...that being said, is that REALLY true?

I was a skeptic, but I am finding the Watch to be tremendously useful now. I rely on my phone a lot less. Having said that, everyone is different. I realized within the first 3 days of owning it that it was handy.

 

[bamf-hacker]

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Installed it on my test watch and so far so good. It is nice and I do like the new launch button and how it lets you add apps to the launch list right from the watch. I also like all of the new fitness complications. With the swipe watch face feature you can have a watch face for daily use and one for fitness and its super easy to switch back and forth. I wont be able to give it a real test though until I install the beta on my primary watch.

I will do that once the iPhone beta gets smoothed out a but since i have too many things that I count on with my phone and watch.

 

[Just_Me_D]

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I'm in the same boat.

I know you're a frequent poster and always have good advice/intentions...that being said, is that REALLY true?

Yes sir. My honest opinion was posted above. It's been a full 24 hours since I installed watchOS 3 on my Watch, and I can honestly say that I've not experienced one hiccup as of yet. My notifications have been plentiful, as always, and the alerts seem a bit different...but different in a good way. The Breathing thingy popped up to remind me to de-stress. The overall experience thus far has been great. Hopefully, it'll continue to be great...

 

[Just_Me_D]

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Any excess battery drain so far? I'm a heavy watch user since I bought it a few weeks back and I'd hate to have it not work, but at the same time I want some of the speed improvements since the currently app loading is brutally slow.

I think I took my  watch off the charger around 8ish this morning, and now almost 11 hours later, it still has 70% remaining battery life. Like you, I use it all day everyday.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Re: WatchOS 3

Nice update and it worsk smooth! But is it only me or I can't find the old friends screen? Was it completely removed? I really liked that function

The Friends option is gone. The side button now launches the "Dock" where you can peruse various items.

 

[eyecrispy]

Re: WatchOS 3

I think I took my  watch off the charger around 8ish this morning, and now almost 11 hours later, it still has 70% remaining battery life. Like you, I use it all day everyday.

Is this better, same or worse then previous OS?

 

[Just_Me_D]

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Is this better, same or worse then previous OS?

The Battery life is on par with how it's always been for me.

 

[Peligro911]

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Pretty stable so far .. My watch face changed back on its own a couple times and find friends does not work but other than that it's ok