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Watch OS 10 Beta Thread
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Did they bring back the button for start new workout then? Because they removed that in 10.0/10.1
Do you mean the Start Workout Reminder? If so, there is a toggle to turn that on/off.
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No, during a workout on the watch, if you swipe to the screen where you can end/pause/section a workout, there was previously a plus button, that would immediately bring you to the workout selection screen to start a new workout. On 10.0, they removed it, and there is just a blank space.
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Ah, got it. I just started a workout and took this screenshot so it looks like it’s back.
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HR tracking on 10.2 Beta 2 is completely broken, only about 30% of a workout has HR tracking, the rest is blank.
And they still haven't figured out how to make it convenient to play Music and hear the Workout notifications through AirPods at the same time. Maybe in 2025.
And they still haven't figured out how to make it convenient to play Music and hear the Workout notifications through AirPods at the same time. Maybe in 2025.
WatchOS 10 has been terrible so far - a pretty big crack in the love of my Ultra, that the battery over night lost 30-40% and not really because of any new cool features. My HR is also not amazing here in the early winter with sections where it looses it and then regains a massively high HR
It's really strange ...
It behaves completely differently for some people.
For most people, there is not noticeable battery drain. At home, with have 3 watches, AWU, AWU2, S7LTE and no battery problem.
My ultra 2 has 72h battery life without any problem.
HR tracking has always been more random in winter conditions.
It behaves completely differently for some people.
For most people, there is not noticeable battery drain. At home, with have 3 watches, AWU, AWU2, S7LTE and no battery problem.
My ultra 2 has 72h battery life without any problem.
HR tracking has always been more random in winter conditions.
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For those that haven't seen it on the front page yet, swiping between watch faces is back as an option in beta 3. You can enable it on the watch in Settings -> Clock. It is not a setting in the Watch app on the iPhone, at least not yet. I have enabled the setting on my Ultra 2 and can confirm it does indeed work.
I just find it bizarre than such a core function can go missing in 2 public releases on watchOS 10. Understandable in betas but not when it’s actually released.
watchOS 10.2 Beta Reintroduces Option to Change Apple Watch Faces With a Swipe
The third watchOS 10.2 beta that Apple released this week reintroduces an Apple Watch feature for swapping watch faces that was initially removed...
www.macrumors.com
Pretty big news (kind of sad, but welcome addition)
watchOS 10.2 Beta Reintroduces Option to Change Apple Watch Faces With a Swipe
The third watchOS 10.2 beta that Apple released this week reintroduces an Apple Watch feature for swapping watch faces that was initially removed...
Pretty big news (kind of sad, but welcome addition)
Why is it kind of sad?
Has the "dim screen at night" been sorted on this Beta? (on the Ultra 2 etc)
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I'm guessing "sad" because the software developer were not able to see how much some people would miss that function and in just one previous upgrade, they look to be reverting course and adding back in that feature.
That a big headline feature addition, is something that should never have been removed in the first place. New nice headline features should be build in navigation in the workout app while running an imported or drawn route from the iPhone. Or maybe just the ability to make the custom runs (intervals etc.) on your phone and push it to the watch - not just being able to create them on the watch
You know, nice new features
Topographical maps would be good too. Any time Apple, let's not wait for iOS 18/WatchOS 11.
That's the problem - they seem to have shifted to almost exclusively give the big features once a year and the .X updates have been very sub-par in new nice features for years