watchOS 10 is great – but it’s ruined the Apple Watch Fitness app

[iMore.com]

The Apple Watch’s latest operating system, watchOS 10, is full of neat features. But it’s changed the Fitness app beyond recognition, and that’s a bad thing.

watchOS 10 is great – but it’s ruined the Apple Watch Fitness app : Read more

 

[devonair]

For me, the biggest frustration with watchOS 10 was removing the customizable Dock -- which was also how I accessed the Fitness app. I prefer to not have many complications on my watch face, as it was too easy to accidentally launch those apps with an unintended tap. The Dock was the perfect way to quickly access the handful of apps I most often used -- but now that's gone in favor of mapping the side button to the quick settings menu (something that used to be easily brought up with a swipe).

 

[oprospero]

Great article! Captures the essence of the problem.

I agree that watchOS 10 Fitness app feels like a step backward and no longer intuitive. Why remove the depth of information. As the most used app on my watch I feel like they need skins or a way for us to go back… This felt like a change for the sake of change to make a more colorful display, not a more usable app.

 

[Annie_M]

I completely agree that it's "clunky". I do miss the dock, and I've found that starting a workout has gotten more difficult than in previous versions.

 

[EdwinG]

I really wish they would revert to the previous design’s behaviours for the Fitness and Workouts apps.

I loved having more information and the ability to easily finish or add a workout.