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  1. chiltern14

    Apple Music needed to make the most out of Apple Watch?

    I’m currently with Spotify Premium and am looking to get the Apple Watch 5 when it comes out in September (will be my first AW). I’ve heard that Apple Music is leagues ahead of Spotify and its competitors when it comes it Apple Watch integration, with it being the only service that allows music...
  2. Joesg

    Apple Card not supported on 1st gen Apple Watch

    I wasn't able to add my Apple Card to Apple Pay in my Watch, so I called support. After about 3 hours of back and forth with various techs and two case escalations, a senior technician informed me that the new Apple Card is incompatible with the 1st gen Apple Watch. There is no information about...
  3. W

    iPhone XS Max XS Max range to Apple watch worse than iPhone 6.

    This seems weird and I want to be sure that i'm not doing something wrong. So, I have an Apple watch series 3 and an iPhone 6 and I can leave the phone in my room, go down a flight of stairs and well into my garden and I still get notifications and calls. On the other hand, my girlfriend has a...
  4. W

    Major difference between Series 3 and Series 4

    Want to check what's the major difference between series 3 apple watch and series 4 apple watch. thinking to get one but if there's no major change so why not go with series 3 which is cheaper than series 4. What's the actual price of both nowadays?
  5. kirbyrun

    WatchOS 5.3 killing battery on Series 3

    Anyone else having this problem? I tried rebooting the watch, un-pairing and re-pairing, and I'm still losing something like 5% battery in less than an hour. My watch used to make it from 7am to 11pm with half its charge remaining. Now it's dead by 5pm since updating to 5.3. Just wanted to see...
  6. Buadhai

    Insufficient Storage To Install 5.3 Update

    Although I was able to install the 5.3 update on my Apple Watch 2, my wife can't install on her Apple Watch 3 because she has insufficient storage. According to the Watch app on my iPhone my AW2 has a storage capacity of 5.2 GB with 2.3 GB free. On my watch I have zero songs, 24 photos and 17...
  7. J

    Question about specific Apple Watch suitability

    Hi, Watch is the one area of Apple products I have never really taken much interest so excuse my lack of knowledge. I was wondering whether anyone could let me know whether they think the following use case would work well with this product. My girlfriend’s father is elderly and suffers from...
  8. AMTYVLE

    iPhone Want to do a clean install of iOS, been a while, question regarding Health data.

    Hello - Sorry in advance if this has been posted/answered in the past. I searched and could not find anything. Anyway, I'd like to totally Erase All Content and Settings on my iPhone XS Max and start fresh again. It's been a while since I did this and now that I have an Apple Watch paired I have...
  9. M

    Does Apple Pay on Apple Watch work without iPhone passcode?

    Hello, Iˇd like to ask if it´s possible to use Apple Pay on Apple Watch, which has the passcode set up with iPhone, which has no passcode set up and therefore has no cards added in Wallet? Thank you.
  10. R

    iPhone iOS 13 Public Beta and Apple Watch

    Hello all, can anyone confirm that an iPhone running iOS 13 PB works as usual with Apple Watch running watchOS 5? There is no watchOS public beta, and I don't want to lose the connection with my watch. Thank you in advance!
  11. holysmokesbatman

    How do you keep the sport bands from getting stuck?

    Hey guys, So I recently bought an OEM Rose Red sport band from someone and I just love the color, but the band is quite difficult to put on and take off. It almost feels like I have to force it in and yank it out. All my other bands go in and out with ease, so I’m not sure what I can do to make...
  12. tkmcdon

    Space Gray Apple Watch Turned Pink

    Im wondering if any else has had an issue with their Apple Watch (space gray) turning pink. I purchased 4 in September 2018 for my family and they’ve all turned pink. I took them to the Apple Store and was basically told it wasn’t their problem. I guess we got a batch of bad Apple Watches. I’m...
  13. dead_smed

    O2-UK now support Apple Watch

    https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Welcome-News/Apple-Watch-launches-on-O2/m-p/1231615 Looks like O2 in the UK now finally support the Apple Watch. I can't find prices or configure via the app because I'm a business customer.
  14. honglong1976

    iOS13 health app - improvement over iOS12?

    Hi everyone, is iOS13 health app - an improvement over iOS12? Are there still multiple apple watch data sources? or are they now merged into one. I only have one watch and yet have about 10 watch sources. Could anyone post screenshots? thanks
  15. honglong1976

    Watch OS 6 - Series 3 - How is it?

    Hi everyone, WatchOS6 looks great! Anyone with a S3 model, are their any new watch faces? how is it? thanks :)
  16. F

    Apple Watch Airplane Mode Only Use?

    Can I use Apple Watch when the device is in Airplane Mode and not receiving or sending wireless data? For example, to use the clock and fitness tracking, can I turn off wireless and still use the device? (For those interested, if I can avoid it, I’d rather not expose my wrist or body to a...
  17. flogga

    Apps Pedometer app that can work as a trip meter

    I'm chasing an app that can show me the steps for a certain trip, not all day. So I press Start walk for hoewever long and then press Stop and it gives me how many steps. I have downloaded many apps but none that I have found seem to have this feature. It seems that it would be simple to...
  18. cc00lltt00nn

    RIP My Watch

    There I was, enjoying a nice Memorial Day weekend at the lake house. Jumping off a rock cliff, rocking my series 2 like I do all the time. I hop back on the boat to expel the water from it and realize it's about 50 feet deep in Lake Lanier. The "Sport" band failed, big time. I have jumped off...
  19. tonoboon

    I"m still happy with my first gen, but worried about battery.

    As I know if first gen battery capacity lower then 80% , we can pay for battery replacement just a few buck. Many customer get higher version of Apple Watch after battery replacement , I'm curious what happen to Apple Watch Edition all models, gold - ceramic , Any clue ? If Apple use precious...
  20. shankar2

    Any news sugar testing will be in next series Apple watch?

    So I know it’s a very complicated technology to get a watch to monitor blood sugar, but i read a few months ago companies including Apple, Google are doing this cutting edge research as it’ll be a blockbuster money minting watch. Anyone come across any related news for this?