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Watch OS 10 Beta Thread
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Battery drain on the current Beta is pretty bad. Using an Ultra, started my run with 50% battery, was listening to music via LTE.. The run nearly done at 2hrs battery was down to 5%. Put it into limp mode and it almost made it home. That's 50% battery usage in a little over 2hrs.. So now I have to make sure the battery is close to 100% before a long run.. I am sure this will improve as time goes on, but I won't make the same mistake again by being a beta tester..
Yep and everything is fixed and battery is GREAT! Swipe watch faces is BACK!!!
J/K - fingers crossed.
J/K - fingers crossed.
The issue with the external heart rate monitors is fixed. 
Just tried an outdoor run with the external hrm attached and the internal monitor disabled correctly.
Just tried an outdoor run with the external hrm attached and the internal monitor disabled correctly.
I finished the update at 2:50 PM at 73% and at 2:51 PM it is still holding strong at 73%;-)Any update on battery life with the new beta?
It’s already there!
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Watch seems great today so far after beta 7. I’m still pissed that Apple took away the weekly stats in the activity section. It’s just daily now, unless I’m missing something.
Weekly stats are here, see pic.
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The removal of the Weekly Steps total is going to annoy many for sure though.
I meant the total amount of steps. I knew about the other ones. Thanks though 😊Weekly stats are here, see pic.
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Quick update on battery life. Just back from a 50min run with external heart rate monitor, cellular on whilst listening to a podcast. It used 25% which is a massive massive improvement on previous betas. I was easily clocking up 60% usage on similar runs.
Small sample update here, but encouraging. Just did a 30 minute Peloton class. Watch connected to the bike, heart rate monitor on and watch tracking metrics. Lost 1%.
After my 90 minutes run with LTE and listening podcasts I lost 18% of battery. Thats seems to be similar to watchOS 9 days.
I still hope Apple will release Ultra 2 with better battery life.
I still hope Apple will release Ultra 2 with better battery life.
Going to test drive the battery life on my S7 that is on WatchOS10 Beta, if all good I may put my Ultra on it today. Been holding back as I love the 36-40hrs battery life I get with about 1 ½ hours of exercise a day and listening to podcasts etc.
My S7 on OS9 would last about 18-20 hours tops (battery health 85%), so if I get near to that I will go down the one way street of WatchOS10 on the Ultra
#FirstWorldIssues
My S7 on OS9 would last about 18-20 hours tops (battery health 85%), so if I get near to that I will go down the one way street of WatchOS10 on the Ultra
#FirstWorldIssues
Might be in for a okay'ish release after all
This Beta might be where I'm jumping in to see what it's like
Update #2, after Peloton at home, hit the gym at 97%. Launched a Functional Training Workout and Streamed Music from the Watch to APP2's for an hour. Left the gym at 85%. I think we are getting close to final release candidate expectation on battery. Probably three more beta's before the RC.
For any watchface interactions such as the number stretching on the Metropolitan face you now have to tap the watchface first. Without a tap it just scrolls to widgets as you say.