WatchOS 3 Dev Beta

[Tartarus]

Re: WatchOS 3

Double clicking the crown while in an app switches to the previous app you were using. Don't know if this is a known feature.

 

[robertk328]

Re: WatchOS 3

Bully.

Beta 2 is on just in time for beta 3 to be released.

Updated to beta 3 last night, so far so good

I do notice when I get notifications, mostly from Twitter so far, the text stutters as it scrolls up the screen. Didn't do that before. Anyone else seeing that? It was on beta 2 and still on beta 3.

 

[dejanh]

Re: WatchOS 3

It appears that battery life has taken a bit of a hit in Beta 3. Normally I take my watch off of the charger at 7-7:30am and I am still sitting at 99%-100% around 9:30am. Right now I am already down to 95%. A few more notifications than normal in that time span this morning, but nothing to account for added drain. No usage pattern change. I expect that I will be around 40%-50% battery by the end of the workday, where as normally I would be sitting somewhere around 65%-70%.

 

[loribinca]

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I've seen twice now where after i engage airplane mode, when it comes back it's still stuck on the wrong location .. also when i've come out of low-power mode it put back the default watch faces -- anyone else seen that?

 

[bamf-hacker]

Re: WatchOS 3

Taking the plunge on my daily driver watch. T-minus 2 minutes and counting on the download.

 

[robertk328]

Re: WatchOS 3

Taking the plunge on my daily driver watch. T-minus 2 minutes and counting on the download.

I really like it, it's worked quite well for the last few days.

 

[bamf-hacker]

Re: WatchOS 3

I really like it, it's worked quite well for the last few days.

Yep so far so good. I am doing my battery test today to see how it compares to watchOS2.2.2. When I leave the office I used to be around 70%-80% so I will see where it is today.

 

[Scatabrain]

Re: WatchOS 3

80% in afternoon now. Very impressed.

 

[bamf-hacker]

Re: WatchOS 3

At 5:30pm I am normally at 70-80%, I just put my watch on the charger at 3:30 at 67%.

I was also using the watch more today playing with stuff, breathe app every few hours, the new message stuff, etc. so I will not determine the battery usage until I am running it for a few days.

 

[mumfoau]

Re: WatchOS 3

I'm gonna have to start using the breathe app. I've played around with it some. Might just use a complication in the event I get annoyed at work, I can quickly jump off a breathe session!

 

[robertk328]

Re: WatchOS 3

At 5:30pm I am normally at 70-80%, I just put my watch on the charger at 3:30 at 67%.

I was also using the watch more today playing with stuff, breathe app every few hours, the new message stuff, etc. so I will not determine the battery usage until I am running it for a few days.

I think with more background refresh to keep the dock active/up-to-date, it's going to use more. But I've never run out, so I'm not worried!

 

[robertk328]

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I'm gonna have to start using the breathe app. I've played around with it some. Might just use a complication in the event I get annoyed at work, I can quickly jump off a breathe session!

I have to use it any time I talk to @tartarus

 

[Donkichot]

Re: WatchOS 3

For me beta 2 was bad on my iPhone for battery life and bad on my watch with lot of bugs. But beta 3 is super for the battery life of my iPhone and watch and fewer bugs !!!

 

[Tartarus]

Re: WatchOS 3

I have to use it any time I talk to @tartarus

If I had the ability to throw a rock across the big ocean, I'd do it while using the breathe app.

 

[dejanh]

Re: WatchOS 3

Anybody else having an issue with Time Travel in beta 3? It does not work for me at all.

 

[Tartarus]

WatchOS 3

Anybody else having an issue with Time Travel in beta 3? It does not work for me at all.

You have to enable it in settings.
I thought they removed it but it is still there.
It is on your iPhone in the Watch app, under clock.
Took me a while to figure this out.

 

[robertk328]

Re: WatchOS 3

You have to enable it in settings.
I thought they removed it but it is still there.
It is on your iPhone in the Watch app,
under clock.
Took me a while to figure this out.

Yeah, I think enough people complained of accidentally rolling the crown and activating time travel that giving the toggle was the best bet. I know I never use it, so I leave it off.

 

[dejanh]

Re: WatchOS 3

Yeah, I think enough people complained of accidentally rolling the crown and activating time travel that giving the toggle was the best bet. I know I never use it, so I leave it off.

Funny. I use it all the time because I always need to look ahead what's coming up in my day. Goes to show you how varied usage patterns are

 

[robertk328]

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Funny. I use it all the time because I always need to look ahead what's coming up in my day. Goes to show you how varied usage patterns are

I never thought to do that. I use the modular face and tap the complication to see the list ... . I just like to see everything. but that may be a cool way of doing it too; I'll try it!

 

[Donkichot]

WatchOS 3

You have to enable it in settings.
I thought they removed it but it is still there.
It is on your iPhone in the Watch app, under clock.
Took me a while to figure this out.

Some watchfaces like Solar and Astronomy always have it even when TimeTravel is set off...