They can be happy that Steve Jobs is no longer alive - he would have fired them after an update like that.
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Apple Releases watchOS 10.4 With Fix for Ghost Touch Bug
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so a hard shut down of watch and phone fixed it. here's how, reboot watch, start update again only on watch, keep the phone off until done. watch is now updated. switch phone back, go to watch settings, it tries to start downloading again , exit watch app, open watch app again and now it sees it at 10.4 so that took about 3hrs, never had any apple OS update glitch like that ever on any apple device.
1: Delete the update in Watch App on iPhone. Under general and storage settings.
2: Restart both iPhone and Apple Watch.
3: update again.
That will make it work
I agree the watch is slow to update, but does anyone start the update while still wearing the watch to "save" time?
Step 1: Initiate the update while you're wearing it. This can be done from your phone or watch and it'll do the download and preparing stages. This can take about 15-20 minutes or more. The watch (and phone) is still fully functional while this is happening, so carry on about your day or do something else.
Step 2: When the above is completed, pop the watch on the charger to do the install. It'll automatically start right away if the battery is above 50%...no need to go back into settings to start the update again. This could be done later when you get home (even hours later), when you hop in the shower, or when you have some time to spare.
This is how I've always updated my watch and I'm only without my watch for 5-10 minutes while it's on the charger.
Step 1: Initiate the update while you're wearing it. This can be done from your phone or watch and it'll do the download and preparing stages. This can take about 15-20 minutes or more. The watch (and phone) is still fully functional while this is happening, so carry on about your day or do something else.
Step 2: When the above is completed, pop the watch on the charger to do the install. It'll automatically start right away if the battery is above 50%...no need to go back into settings to start the update again. This could be done later when you get home (even hours later), when you hop in the shower, or when you have some time to spare.
This is how I've always updated my watch and I'm only without my watch for 5-10 minutes while it's on the charger.
The watch finally finished updating. That took too long of time.
took me about 3hrs,... wise are the ones who stuck with OS 9.
Thought I would do this the 'best way possible'
After a Fitness+ Workout and cooling down I found this thread.
Restarted the iPhone 15 Pro & Apple Watch 8
Phone at 75% Watch at 90%
10:46 am: Initiated watch update and placed both on Belkin 3 in 1 charger. (So very close)
10:47 am: Downloading update. Estimate 3 minutes
Had a shower, brushed my teeth and checked my smile 😊
10:53 am: Watch is preparing update
11:01 am: Still preparing update.
11:06 am: (20 minutes gone). Still preparing so made a fresh coffee. Mmmm coffee.
11:11 am: still going. Time to watch Formula 1 Academy Qualifying in Saudi
11:20 am. Seems to be stuck on 'Verifying'.
This is a joke.
11:36 am: Press install.
11:44 am: Woohoo. That didn’t even take an hour! Now when my watch cools down I can put it back on! 🔥
After a Fitness+ Workout and cooling down I found this thread.
Restarted the iPhone 15 Pro & Apple Watch 8
Phone at 75% Watch at 90%
10:46 am: Initiated watch update and placed both on Belkin 3 in 1 charger. (So very close)
10:47 am: Downloading update. Estimate 3 minutes
Had a shower, brushed my teeth and checked my smile 😊
10:53 am: Watch is preparing update
11:01 am: Still preparing update.
11:06 am: (20 minutes gone). Still preparing so made a fresh coffee. Mmmm coffee.
11:11 am: still going. Time to watch Formula 1 Academy Qualifying in Saudi
11:16 am: It’s 30 minutes now so trying this.
11:20 am. Seems to be stuck on 'Verifying'.
This is a joke.
11:36 am: Press install.
11:44 am: Woohoo. That didn’t even take an hour! Now when my watch cools down I can put it back on! 🔥
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The bug I’d like them to fix is that I very often can’t swipe down, which very often (daily) happens when there is a notification. My OCD doesn’t handle it well that there is a red dot and I can’t see why. Usually, a few hours later, it works fine. In the meantime, swipe down doesn’t work, while swipe up does.
and of course after updating (with the same "Preparing" issues everyone else has discussed here) the battery drain is worse today.
Is anyone else experiencing the time initially displaying "10:09" then quickly fixing itself to the current time when switching watch faces? This has been a bug for me since I bought my Ultra 2 months ago. I've never seen this on any of my previous Apple Watches / watchOS's, and for the past 5 or so updates to watchOS 10, it's still there. It's real annoying and I'm starting to think I'm the only one.
Terrible update. Both via the iPhone app and on the watch itself, it got stuck in Preparing....
Then I rebooted both the phone and watch. Tried again from the phone. It worked, but the watch got stuck on the Apple logo. So had to press the crown and the button, then the Watch worked.
Thanks again to the wonderful SW people at Apple. This was in beta right ?
Then I rebooted both the phone and watch. Tried again from the phone. It worked, but the watch got stuck on the Apple logo. So had to press the crown and the button, then the Watch worked.
Thanks again to the wonderful SW people at Apple. This was in beta right ?
A couple of weeks ago, my Apple Watch began draining the battery at a very fast rate. It would be totally dead within a couple of hours. I contacted Apple, and the person I spoke to said it was because I was on the beta WatchOS. She had me send the watch in for repair, and they removed the beta WatchOS, replacing it with the regular WatchOS. When the watch came back, it worked perfectly! This morning I woke up to discover that my Apple Watch updated on its own overnight to the latest (non-beta) WatchOS. Guess what? It's draining the battery again like it did on the beta! I've been an Apple fan since 1985, and I'm getting really disillusioned with the quality of its products and, most of all, its operating systems and other software.![]()
Apple today released watchOS 10.4, the fourth update to the watchOS 10 operating system that was released in September. watchOS 10.4 comes over a month after watchOS 10.3, a minor update that brought a new watch face.
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watchOS 10.4 can be downloaded for free through the Apple Watch app on an iPhone running iOS 17 or later by opening it up and going to General & Software Update. To install the new software, the Apple Watch needs to have at least 50 percent battery and it needs to be placed on a charger.
watchOS 10.4 adds support for new emoji characters that were also added to the iPhone, including lime, edible brown mushroom, phoenix, broken chain, shaking head vertically (as in a "yes" nod), and shaking head horizontally (a "no" head shake).
There is also a Setting to disable the Double Tap feature on Apple Watch when using Vision Pro, and an option to double tap to show an expanded notification. Apple also included a fix for a bug that could cause some users to experience "ghost touches" on the display, a problem that was affecting the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2.
Apple's release notes for the update are below:
More on the features that have been added in watchOS 10 to date can be found in our dedicated roundup.
Article Link: Apple Releases watchOS 10.4 With Fix for Ghost Touch Bug
Wow, that was a painful update. Used the watch to start the update then put it on the charger around 11. Got up at 8 this morning and the phone was still “preparing update.” I restarted both phone and watch but it didn’t seem to go anywhere. Restarted both again and it finally finished. I’m glad I read this thread before I started the update last night.
I don’t like the way the timers now indicate time - I use them a lot and have some that are seconds and some that are minutes. I found it easy to spot the difference between 00:21 and 21:00 but now I have to read a second line in a different color to see whether it says 21 sec or 21 min.
I don’t like the way the timers now indicate time - I use them a lot and have some that are seconds and some that are minutes. I found it easy to spot the difference between 00:21 and 21:00 but now I have to read a second line in a different color to see whether it says 21 sec or 21 min.
Some of my contacts say that a notification appeared in the their iMessage app saying I might have added an unrecognized device, so now my chat with them has a warning ⚠️ beside my name for contact key verification.
It started happening after I updated the watch.
It started happening after I updated the watch.