Watch OS 6 - Series 3 - How is it?

[honglong1976]

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On my Series 3 there are subtle changes everywhere. Like the red notification dot is slightly bigger. And colors seem more saturated. For instance, here is a comparison of the message app buttons. The left is watchOS 6 and the right is watchOS 5. You can see the blue is deeper in 6 and the microphone is bolder.



Here is an App Store shot on a 42mm Series 3. Note, this is how you download your apps now. You can no longer do it from the watch app on the iPhone.

There’s also new options in the settings. Like screenshots and beta profiles. You can also check for software updates right from your watch without your iPhone.
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Oh, and the reminders on Series 3 gets the new updated style.
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Thanks for all your effort. I have a 38mm S3 LTE. Seems like most features are there.

Will be nice to see how it progresses
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The noise app and complication exist on my Series 4 watch. From another thread it looks like Noise is going to be an S4 feature only.

That's one of the reasons I posted this thread. What's on the S4 and revealed might not be on the S3 or below.

It may appear, who knows!

 

[perezr10]

I’m real happy about this one. When I would lift weights I would have to reverse orientation so my gloves wouldn’t trigger SOS.
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Here’s some of the new complications in old Modular face. Note, Apple brought Series 4 style favorites to the older watches.

The E4 is the new wind complication. AQI=Air quality
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When you’re on cellular, the cell complication switches to show strength. Otherwise, it takes you to a toggle to turn off cellular.

 

[eliza014]

I feel like we are being cheated. Surely the s3 can at least do noise. All it needs is a mic. If it can do voice memos, it can do noise. This is a big deal for me because I'm blind and need my ears. If something is messing with them, I want to know, and upgrading to s4 isn't an option. Hello, no job. I'm only in this because someone helped me. A friend of mine helped out this year. I could never afford a developer account. I know, let's bombard Apple with emails until we get what we deserve. They made this out to be a feature for everybody, not just s4, same with the watch faces. This is misleading advertising.

 

[permar]

Installed on both my s3 and s4. S4 is totally FU. S3 is getting worse. Do you know any way to restart from scratch?
//Per

 

[rbart]

You have to bring to apple support to put WatchOS 5 back.
Impossible to downgrade yourself

 

[ledzepfan1981]

Where did the Apple Pay option in the Control Panel on WatchOS 5 come from? I have a S3 Watch and can’t see it.

 

[perezr10]

I thought I should mention that battery life with beta 1 has been horrendous thus far. I held off making a comment hoping that it would slow down after the first day or two but it hasn’t. My watch is getting to 50% between 5am and 12:00pm. I used to get from 5am to 10pm with about 40-60% left.

 

[perezr10]

Here is the new “Numerals Duo” on the 42mm watch.

 

[cezar.cretzu]

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[macOS Lynx]

I feel like we are being cheated. Surely the s3 can at least do noise. All it needs is a mic. If it can do voice memos, it can do noise. This is a big deal for me because I'm blind and need my ears. If something is messing with them, I want to know, and upgrading to s4 isn't an option. Hello, no job. I'm only in this because someone helped me. A friend of mine helped out this year. I could never afford a developer account. I know, let's bombard Apple with emails until we get what we deserve. They made this out to be a feature for everybody, not just s4, same with the watch faces. This is misleading advertising.

To be fair, the microphones on the Series 4 are a HUGE upgrade over the ones on the Series 3, and the Series 3 (and older’s mics) probably didn’t offer the level of accuracy they desired.

 

[Kboy250]

Watch OS 6 running fine on Series 3 cellular. Battery life doesn't seem much different that when OS 5. I'm getting about 36 hours off of a full charge. I did leave it on the charger for 24hrs right after the upgrade to OS 6. It seems my Ecobee app on the watch has stopped working and I lost Carrot Weather complicaions. Other than that Watch OS 6 seems to be pretty stable.

 

[park_it]

Anyone having issues with Calendar app not syncing?

 

[Hoosier317]

The only issue I have encountered is that I have auto-launch audio apps disabled, but they still do every time. I dislike it being on and usually get annoyed when I expect to look and see my watch face, but instead I get whatever music or podcast I’m playing on my phone at the moment.

 

[perezr10]

Anyone having issues with Calendar app not syncing?

My calendar seems to be working ok.

Although I’m using 2 watches and “auto switch” is kind of flaky. It doesn’t want to switch sometimes which will block synchronization, including calendar.

 

[perezr10]

Someone asked me to to show a comparison of the List view for the dock. Here you go...

 

[xDKP]

View attachment 841995 Someone asked me to to show a comparison of the List view for the dock. Here you go...

Way better in WatchOS 6 IMO

 

[Bornee35]

I thought I should mention that battery life with beta 1 has been horrendous thus far. I held off making a comment hoping that it would slow down after the first day or two but it hasn’t. My watch is getting to 50% between 5am and 12:00pm. I used to get from 5am to 10pm with about 40-60% left.

Yeah my battery life has been halved. Chalk that up to beta software and background diagnostic logging.

 

[ErikGrim]

Yeah, battery life is indeed appalling on this beta.

 

[dimzen]

I still have over 50% battery lige at the end of the day on my S3

 

[KarimLeVallois]

Way better in WatchOS 6 IMO

I agree, much better use of space.

I emailed Craig complaining about Series 3 owners not getting the California watchface, as the original Hermès watchfaces looked great on the Series 1/2/3 and obviously not related to space limitations. No reply lol

 

[Bornee35]

I still have over 50% battery lige at the end of the day on my S3

Nice! I've done all i can to mitigate my issues, so here's hoping that beta 2 is kind to me.

 

[perezr10]

I still have over 50% battery lige at the end of the day on my S3

I assume you’re on watchOS 6 right? Is your watch cellular?

 

[jacklivehere]

I think with Watch os 6.0 , Apple Watch no longer need iPhone .
I think Apple is heading in that direction

 

[jonnyb098]

Can we see some of the new watch faces on series 3 please?

 

[perezr10]

There’s only 2 new watch faces for the Series 3. Post #33 is Numerals Duo and here is Numerals Mono.