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Watch OS 10 Beta Thread

none of my apple pay cards are working for NFC cash any more here in Germany.
on 2018 AW4 tried Debit, Credit and Cash-Card on two different terminals :-(
with iP12Pro all cards are working....
 
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Sorry need to make a huge clarification regarding a previous battery report:

I realized watchOS 10 introduces optimized battery charging to Series 8, previously limited to the Ultra. So my watch has actually been charging to only 80% ever since getting the beta. So what I thought was a 30-40% battery drop compared to watchOS 9 is more like 10-20%, not a dramatic amount considering this is the first beta.
 
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zakarhino said:
Sorry need to make a huge clarification regarding a previous battery report:

I realized watchOS 10 introduces optimized battery charging to Series 8, previously limited to the Ultra. So my watch has actually been charging to only 80% ever since getting the beta. So what I thought was a 30-40% battery drop compared to watchOS 9 is more like 10-20%, not a dramatic amount considering this is the first beta.
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I actually never really used the optimised charging as I just top it up before going to bed and tracking sleep as well

But did wonder why it just wasn’t available for all watches before
 
Only semi-regret so far on diving in on beta 1 is that it’s a major PIA getting Apple Music to stream from my ultra and to switch/disconnect from the phone. Takes me like 10 minutes of trial and error before I begin my workout each morning. I still don’t know how I actually accomplish this eventually. You click the top right icon and nothing happens. Fuss around with AirPlay in the CP. Select AirPod Pros. Getting to that screen where it says Apple Watch or iPhone is a mystery.

Fingers crossed Beta 2 makes some headway. Frustrating but comes with the territory of agreeing to be a beta tester.
 
nightmare28 said:
none of my apple pay cards are working for NFC cash any more here in Germany.
on 2018 AW4 tried Debit, Credit and Cash-Card on two different terminals :-(
with iP12Pro all cards are working....
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It was not a Beta watchOS issue. Yesterday prior to the update I had enabled „Touch Assistant“ for paying. After disabling everthing is working Fine again!
 
Dog Bone Malone said:
Not sure if it's an OS 10 thing or I'm missing something, but I have noticed today that I can't adjust my alert volume to more than 50% on my AWU. I've tried adjusting the alert volume on the watch, and the phone. it moves to 100%, but when I go back into the settings, it's at 50% again!
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Just report it in the Feedback App pls. Use Screen Recording to demonstrate the issue.
 
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oMc said:
Can’t remember it it’s on by default. But in mine, it’s definitely a bit random. Sometimes it’s quite dark where I am and still doesn’t trigger.
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This feature currently doesn’t work on my AWU.
 
NME42 said:
Is Apple Pay still triggered with a double click on the side button?
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You might have to go into Accessibility settings in the watch app to adjust the speed that the double press for Apple Pay uses. I have seen several complaints from those who were not able to get it to trigger until they did so.
 
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So, the text on my Smart Stack calendar widget is barely visible. I happened to be watching a YouTube video about the beta, and their calendar widget displayed info in a completely different way.

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Any ideas? Nothing major; just curious.
 
zakarhino said:
I'm with you, mostly. I think this change was to prevent accidental changes of watch faces (has happened to be a few times) but I use it more intentionally than I do unintentionally. This will probably be back in a future beta unless Apple want to reserve the edge left/right swipes for some different function in the future.
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Oh man! I thought the lack of face swiping was an unfortunate bug! I hope they bring it back.
 
oMc said:
Have you tried doing a hard reboot of the watch? (pressing both the crown and side button for 10 seconds until the watch reboot itself)
For me, it seemed to help.
I got my Ultra on release day, still 100% battery health.

I usually charge my Ultra before going to bed, and only need to charge it every other day. On WatchOS 9.5 or before, I always had 20-35% minimum left after 48h of use (two nights and two full day), depending on how many workouts I've done or none.

Now under WatchOS 10 the watch was already at less than 50% after one night and one day, so definitely a bigger drain. Just losing 4-5% an hour, doing nothing, or losing 10-15% during the first night while before it was only 5-7%.

Did a hard reset and things seems better now (only 2-3% drain in the last two hours, more in line with what I've had before), although maybe it's too early to draw conclusions.
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Yes, I tried reboot but still same. I charged yesterday, picked at 20:50 from charger at 100%. At 4:00 I had 87% (so 13% over night sleep) and after halfmarathon I have 52% on 7:05.

I hope for new beta today that fixes it.
 
nheilweil said:
I have an Ultra on the beta. Went into the watch’s Bluetooth and it found my Quark power meter which I added and it shows it’s connected.

Unfortunately Workout, Outdoor Cycle doesn’t have a data field for the power meter and no new power screen was added.

Did you have to do anything in the Workout app to get the power meter fields to show up?
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I can't remember TBH. ;-) But if you choose Outdoor Cycle and then go into preferences, you can add the fields there. But I can't remember if I had to do that or not.

I went for a very slow ride with my son yesterday and it dropped connection to one of my crank arms.. It doesn't look like it will actively try to reconnect.. More testing required.
 
ErikGrim said:
I really don't understand the change to make ending workouts a two tap process now. Also why move the new workout button into this screen instead of having it separate? I'm constantly misclicking due to how they've moved the UI around for no discernible benefit. Guess my muscle memory should just die.

And if swiping between faces doesn't come back there will be rage. It's probably my most used gesture.
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Yes and on the Ultra, you actually have to scroll up so that the end workout button is fully visible and therefore actionable. I reported this as a bug..
 
LarryJoe33 said:
Only semi-regret so far on diving in on beta 1 is that it’s a major PIA getting Apple Music to stream from my ultra and to switch/disconnect from the phone. Takes me like 10 minutes of trial and error before I begin my workout each morning. I still don’t know how I actually accomplish this eventually. You click the top right icon and nothing happens. Fuss around with AirPlay in the CP. Select AirPod Pros. Getting to that screen where it says Apple Watch or iPhone is a mystery.

Fingers crossed Beta 2 makes some headway. Frustrating but comes with the territory of agreeing to be a beta tester.
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THIS!!! Let me know if you figure things out. The main reason I carry the watch is so i could stream music from my watch (downloaded) while leaving my phone in the locker.
It's all but impossible after this beta. Most days it will either give me an error while trying to play, or it wont find my downloaded playlist, only the stream from the Iphone (which is useless since it stops once I'm out of Bluetooth range). Most days I just get frustrated and bring the phone along, defeating the purpose.
Hope things get better in the next few betas.

Edit: Clarity
 
pbateman said:
THIS!!! Let me know if you figure things out. The main reason I got a watch was so i could stream music form my watch (downloaded) while leaving my phone in the locker.
Now its all but impossible after this beta. Most days it will either give me an error while trying to play, or it wont find my downloaded playlist, only the stream from the Iphone (which is useless since it stops once im out of Bluetooth range), its a mess, most days I just get frustrated and bring the phone along, defeating the purpose.
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If you put your phone in Airplane mode before you workout, everything will be forced to the watch!
 
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Anyone had luck connecting to Captive portals with the watch?, its the main item on my wishlist for the watch so I can access the gym wifi and stream apple music...
 
pbateman said:
Ahh great idea, thanks!!!
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It works! Great work around for now. I may just continue to do this going forward. Even under OS 9, I had to click around on the watch to get it to play from the watch before my workout. 10 is just a mess right now for this.
 
LarryJoe33 said:
It works! Great work around for now. I may just continue to do this going forward. Even under OS 9, I had to click around on the watch to get it to play from the watch before my workout. 10 is just a mess right now for this.
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I had not thought about that at all, can't wait to try it tomorrow.
Still wish i could connect to the wifi at the gym so i could stream apple music directly and not be limited to whats on my watch but, this will definitely work until then. Thanks again for the tip
 
pbateman said:
I had not thought about that at all, can't wait to try it tomorrow.
Still wish i could connect to the wifi at the gym so i could stream apple music directly and not be limited to whats on my watch but, this will definitely work until then. Thanks again for the tip
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You can’t stream over WiFi or Cell with your watch? Is this something 10 related or just a weakness of the WiFi signal?

I don’t keep any music or playlists on my Ultra. It’s all streamed. This is working fine for me.
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