Watch OS 4 GM

[Garz]

Most of you know, I don’t deal with watch betas. It’s takes way too long to do a watch update and you can’t downgrade the OS without shipping your watch back to Apple.

So with that said, since it’s the GM copy is out now I decided to load it. 2.5 hours later, it’s finally done. They is an awful update experience from Apple. For those of you have the patience to load betas, Apple should give you guys a cookie for having the patience for installing updates.

Time to play with it and see what’s new.

 

[mumfoau]

Wow....2.5 hours to update @Garz?

 

[zachpenguin]

Watch updates are the worst.

 

[John Yester]

Yup loaded mine when I went to sleep last night.....

Hopefully this process gets better over time. It should not take that long...

 

[Tartarus]

My first gen 38mm took 10 minutes to download the update and another 35 to 45 minutes for the update to be finished.
That’s significantly less than the 2.5 hours I read here

 

[Garz]

Wow....2.5 hours to update @Garz?

Yeah. Started it when I started the keynote last night. The watch finished about 30 minutes after the keynote was over.

 

[Garz]

My first gen 38mm took 10 minutes to download the update and another 35 to 45 minutes for the update to be finished.
That’s significantly less than the 2.5 hours I read here

Yeah my series 2 42mm took almost 90 mins to download. And internet speeds was not the problem since I get 300-350 DL speeds at home. Then another hour to install.

 

[zachpenguin]

My OG takes 3+ hrs. I’m not looking forward to the update next Tuesday at all.

 

[Garz]

My OG takes 3+ hrs. I’m not looking forward to the update next Tuesday at all.

Go watch Titanic. Maybe it will be done by the time the movie is over.

 

[zachpenguin]

Go watch Titanic. Maybe it will be done by the time the movie is over.

Now that sounds like pure torture.

 

[Tartarus]

Yeah my series 2 42mm took almost 90 mins to download. And internet speeds was not the problem since I get 300-350 DL speeds at home. Then another hour to install.

Okay.
Well, I hope the update process will even be faster on series 3.

 

[Garz]

Now that sounds like pure torture.

If it is, good for that watch. I’m pleased with my space black SS series 2 and have no intentions on a new watch this year. Only thing I dread is the updating of the OS process.

 

[eb_therebel]

What’s the build number for the GM?

 

[Tartarus]

What’s the build number for the GM?

 

[eb_therebel]

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Thanks. I think mine is still on the beta but I deleted the profile and can’t download it again

 

[TripleOne]

I would’ve thought that the update process is much faster since two years ago... I guess it’s not there yet.

 

[Tartarus]

Thanks. I think mine is still on the beta but I deleted the profile and can’t download it again

If the official build is the same as the one you’re running you won’t get an update.

 

[Garz]

I would generally have about 70-75% battery left at the end of the day in my 42 mm series 2 on the latest official watch os 3 build. My first full day I had 63% left on watch os 4. Time will tell how battery really is but I can’t recall having only 63% left unless I was using the workouts app.

 

[TripleOne]

I would generally have about 70-75% battery left at the end of the day in my 42 mm series 2 on the latest official watch os 3 build. My first full day I had 63% left on watch os 4. Time will tell how battery really is but I can’t recall having only 63% left unless I was using the workouts app.

How’s the performance?

 

[ItnStln]

Does WatchOS have the ability to display your steps as a complication?