Apple Releases watchOS 10.5 With New Pride Watch Face

[MacRumors]

Apple today released watchOS 10.5, the fifth update to the watchOS 10 operating system that came out in September. watchOS 10.5 is available two months after watchOS 10.4, a bug fix update.

‌‌watchOS 10‌‌‌.5 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.

While watchOS 10.5 is primarily a bug fix update, it does introduce a new Pride watch face to go along with the Pride band that Apple introduced earlier in May.

watchOS 10.5 includes new features, improvements and bug fixes, including a new Pride Radiance watch face to honor the LGBTQ+ community and culture.

For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT201222

For additional details on the features that are included in watchOS 10, we have a dedicated roundup.

Article Link: Apple Releases watchOS 10.5 With New Pride Watch Face

 

[coffeemilktea]

I think that band looks amazing, but that "bubble text" watch face looks like something out of an album cover from the early 2010s. 🙃

 

[Benz63amg]

What is the build number? Is it the same as RC 2 of WatchOS 10.5?

 

[Howard2k]

Topographical maps? Didn't think so.

 

[CarAnalogy]

They finally fixed raised to wake. It's worked every time I tried it. Here's hoping this update doesn’t break it again.

I swear I'm waiting until 18.1/11.1 this time.

Edit: it works. Everything is nice and stable. Just in time for iOS 18.

 

[jz0309]

10.4 is stable for me and battery life great.
I will updates my watches though likely later this week.

 

[Westside guy]

I suppose since emoji aren't particularly useful on the watch, they have to use "new faces" as the highlight for watchOS updates.

 

[Westside guy]

I think that band looks amazing, but that "bubble text" watch face looks like something out of an album cover from the early 2010s. 🙃

Yeah, I believe it was a Coldplay album. 😁

 

[Weaselboy]

Moderator Note:

Apple Unveils 2024 Pride Edition Braided Solo Loop Band and Watch Face

Apple today announced a new Pride Edition Braided Solo Loop Apple Watch band, watch face, and wallpaper. The band features a fluorescent design inspired by multiple pride flags with a laser-etched lug that reads "PRIDE 2024." Black, Hispanic, and Latin communities, as well as those impacted...

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If you would like to discuss the Pride watch face, please use the above linked thread in the Political News section.

No discussion of that topic will be allowed in this thread.

 

[movieator]

Stuck on verifying. Cool.


Edit: Yeesh. Took five restarts to finally get it working.

 

[izzle22]

Wonder if this fixes the issue of recent calls not deleting from the watch even though they were deleted from my phone.

 

[macpanzer]

First update in 10.x which installs without hanging in the middle of the "Preparing" step 🤘

 

[backstreetboy]

Still need to hook it up to a charger to update it even if my battery is above 80%. Is it the year 1999? Lol this company is a joke.

 

[Benz63amg]

Can someone please confirm the build number?

 

[mvdw84]

Can someone please confirm the build number?

10.5 (21T576)

 

[anakinfan8]

Can someone please confirm the build number?

Build 21T576.

 

[Benz63amg]

Build 21T576.

Same as RC2, Thank you.

 

[partirish]

This seems really weird.

 

[parameter]

How about they just fix an actual issue - MAJOR battery drain ever since version 10. I have to force-reboot my watch even sometimes or it'll run out of battery pretty fast.

Watch OS 10.x has been a total mess.

 

[Benz63amg]

How about they just fix an actual issue - MAJOR battery drain ever since version 10. I have to force-reboot my watch even sometimes or it'll run out of battery pretty fast.

Watch OS 10.x has been a total mess.

Which series watch do you have? Make sure background app refresh is off. Battery life is definitely worse compared to WatchOS 9 but i am still able to get a day and half of battery life with my series 4 hermes 44m AW.

 

[parameter]

Which series watch do you have? Make sure background app refresh is off. Battery life is definitely worse compared to WatchOS 9 but i am still able to get a day and half of battery life with my series 4 hermes 44m AW.

Thanks, but I have done all of that and even more. I have a series 9 that I've only had for about a year and a half. The battery lasted a long time under Watch OS 9, but immediately after updating to 10, things started to go downhill quickly.

Many others on here and elsewhere have said the same thing, so I know I'm not alone on this.

I see that I got thumbed-down on my post. I'm not necessarily saying to not do "fun" things. But I think it should definitely be much more of a priority for them to fix actual bugs that have been plaguing users rather than doing what the new Apple has been doing sadly for years, which is to keep adding features to things without fixing the bugs first, across all products and services and OSes.

 

[Lozilou]

My update hasn’t included the new pride watch face. Anyone else missing it?

 

[David1964]

Thanks, but I have done all of that and even more. I have a series 9 that I've only had for about a year and a half. The battery lasted a long time under Watch OS 9, but immediately after updating to 10, things started to go downhill quickly.

Many others on here and elsewhere have said the same thing, so I know I'm not alone on this.

I see that I got thumbed-down on my post. I'm not necessarily saying to not do "fun" things. But I think it should definitely be much more of a priority for them to fix actual bugs that have been plaguing users rather than doing what the new Apple has been doing sadly for years, which is to keep adding features to things without fixing the bugs first, across all products and services and OSes.

Please tell me how you’ve had a Series 9 for a year and a half when it only came out last September?