Just wondering what everyone‘s thinking. Things you like, things you don’t? Any surprises?
Some of the changes that stand out most to me:
- different dock
- no more side-swipes to change watch faces
- different home screen
- control center via button press
- the widgets when swiping up
- new app design
Control center via the side button has been persistently frustrating to get used to. Feeling like a boomer (in my 20s?!) but I consistently swipe up, get to the useless screen below the face, curse at my watch, and then hit the side button to open control center.
Every. Single. Time.
And I’ve been using this since the betas started.
Been running it for a few months now. I like it, but it’s been slightly harder on my S7’s battery, and I’m still struggling to adapt to the UI changes.
Several years of muscle memory is tough for me to break. After 2 months I’m swiping up to get to the control center, then saying “damn it,” because my stupid brain hasn’t learned yet.
Unimpressed. It’s advertised as “the biggest update since the introduction of Apple Watch” and I haven’t actually noticed any improvements. A few rarely used features are slightly different but I can’t think of anything I use that’s substantially improved.
There are a few features exclusive to the Ultra hardware that I want, but I’ll have upgrade to get them (I probably will, but I’m not particularly happy about having to spend so much money especially since the features I want clearly would be possible without the premium price).
id like the digital crown turning to always control iphone volume. id like a minimum font size system wide of like 6 pixels so i can know the high temperature of the day. id like shortcuts to the watch like setting theatre mode and brightness to be reliable. id like the stocks complication to be up to date before i click it. id like the now playing screen to be more compatible with 3rd party streaming services instead of pushing apple music on me. id like a live transcription app of people talking to me, with translation. id like to be able to find the now playing screen after this update. id like to be able to control the airplay settings of my phone and home from my watch.
I really really need swipe to change clock faces back. It’s made the entire experience that much worse.
So do I. If you press and hold your current face, you can swipe from face to face.
