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WatchOS 11 Beta Thread
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Came on here to see what others are saying, as i have a more extreme version of that, and now i think my watch might be rendered unusuable. i am trying to charge it direct from the wall on the official cable with it switched off to see if this might make it charge.
SE2022. never any issues with it.
Installed betas on everytihng, mac, iphone, ipad, watch. risky i know....
watch i think but cant say for certain, think it was okay for the first night, or maybe i didnt notice it not charging.
I have a 3rd party from amazon little stand that does phone/watch/airpods. had it for two years without problem.
couple of nights ago. charged fine but in morning, was stuck in a 'your charger is not official' type warning, when it wasnt charging, it was on my wrist. restarted watch and all fine.
two nights ago, kept pinging on and off like you said. didnt charge overnight. had warning about unofficial charger but went away when i pressed it. charged in work fine, on official cable plugged into laptop usb.
last night pinged on and off so i left it off charge. came into work with it about 5%. put it on the official cable. hour or so later, on 3%. took it off and on. showed charging. hour later still on 3%. guessing it pinged off straight away. Plugged into wall charger on its side, looked like charging but screen went off. 30 mins later still 3%. Now ive turned it off, with it plugged in, to see how that gets on. not looking good.
EDIT: phew. charged again.
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Potentially stupid question... sorry, first time contemplating a watch beta. I have the iOS18 beta on a secondary device (14 Pro Max - no Sim), so can easily associate the Series 9 to that. My daily driver is AW Ultra 2 associated with my 15 Pro Max. Could this confuse the data within the Fitness App overall? I'd only wear the Series 9 while I'm at home.
Yes, depends on what watch face you have, it will remain the same and shrink when u go to the small stack page!
In the watch app in your iPhone, go to smart stack. Turn off "auto-launch live activities"
Super silly question, but on Smart Stack, how does one change the watch face? I see some people have the simple time in numbers while mine is stuck on the old school watch face.
It changes based on your active watch face, mirroring the same style.
Pretty sure that one will be related to the Modular Ultra face. It's the same font and style.
Thanks for all of the battery drain updates. For me it's a hard pass until at least 11.3 at this stage.
So far I've had very minimal issues on ios18 and watch os11 beta. Not battery drain and just a few expected glitches. One slightly annoying one my heart rate recovery data is not showing on the watch and I've got a feeling its not recording in general.
I am typically using my polar HR band connected via bluetooth, for the most part. The HR data is being recorded during a workout, but not sure the recovery rate is being properly recorded.
I am typically using my polar HR band connected via bluetooth, for the most part. The HR data is being recorded during a workout, but not sure the recovery rate is being properly recorded.
Is there a way to not have a watch face at all and just have this be the only thing that shows?
So you want the widget view only, or set as a face… I’m of the opposite, I want to turn widgets off all together
But if you’re backpacking and away from cell service, the downloaded maps can be fantastic to have, on a phone and on the watch
my battery drain has suddenly showed up, was ok for the first few days, now it barely lasts a bit more than a day, no settings changed, all apps closed , restarted etc. Looks like there is something in there that does make the battery start draining really quickly.
Wow...literally only just seen it.
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of course. That doesn't mean it's not well implemented. But its just Beta 1 so who knows where it will go from here.
Another test, ran 45 minutes with cellular on and music. Left phone at home, watch was 100% before run… after 45 minutes battery was down to 10%. Hopefully beta 2 fixes this. 😬
Hm, I'm surprised beta 1 was released like this. The battery issues are universal, and very crazy. I saw Shazam mentioned, so I removed that just now to see if that improves anything at all
My nightstand charger now CRAWLS in charging as well..
If things play out, beta 2 should land next Tuesday. That's the hope!
My nightstand charger now CRAWLS in charging as well..
If things play out, beta 2 should land next Tuesday. That's the hope!
It’s a beta 1 for developers who can test it on a dev watch, not for end users…
Why installing a beta 1 on your main watch if you need it
Why installing a beta 1 on your main watch if you need it