The Official watchOS 7 thread

Feek · 15 Sep 2020 at 21:30

"The difference is like night and day."

watchOS 7 is officially available tomorrow but if you're on beta program, you can get it now - See [url=https://wccftech.com/download-watchos-7-gm/]here to find out how.

I'm keen to see how the sleep tracking goes.[/url]

Broken Hope · 15 Sep 2020 at 23:03

I installed the GM on my series 4, I’m going to test the sleep tracking overnight.

Feek · 15 Sep 2020 at 23:17

Yup, I've removed AutoSleep from the watch. I haven't set up sleep schedules though, will just tell it when I go to bed and when I wake up through the control centre.

Feek · 16 Sep 2020 at 09:12

The built in sleep app naturally syncs with Health. Health has synced with Autosleep so it has all my old data and Autosleep on the phone also syncs with Health so it's got a record of my sleep details. Nice.

Feek · 16 Sep 2020 at 14:29

watchOS 7 seems very quick on my Apple Watch 5 and the battery has barely dropped today, it was fully charged after I showered at about 08:30 and it's only dropped to 86%.

Broken Hope · 16 Sep 2020 at 20:26

They have massively increased animation speed, makes apps open much faster and everything just seems more snappy. Not sure how much faster it could get, but apparently app launch is 20% faster on the S6 watches.

wozza2k · 17 Sep 2020 at 09:18

Broken Hope said:
but apparently app launch is 20% faster on the S6 watches.

Isn't that because the chip is supposed to be 20% faster than the S5?

Feek · 17 Sep 2020 at 10:26

Broken Hope said:
but apparently app launch is 20% faster on the S6 watches.

wozza2k said:
Isn't that because the chip is supposed to be 20% faster than the S5?

That's what was said, yes. If the S6 is 20% faster than the S5 on watchOS7 then it'll be a massive improvement.

aceface57 · 17 Sep 2020 at 17:47

Got a Series 3 here, upgraded to watchOS7 last night, went out for a run today and it failed to capture any GPS information.
I've got location services switched on for Apple watch workout, so not sure if I've missed anything else.
If it's a bug, they best fix it fast considering all the other fitness stuff they are pushing now.

RockLobster · 22 Sep 2020 at 13:46

Anyone finding issues with their battery usage since the update. I finished charging around 9.30am and it's already down to 50%. Series 4 watch.

pepp77 · 22 Sep 2020 at 14:07

aceface57 said:
Got a Series 3 here, upgraded to watchOS7 last night, went out for a run today and it failed to capture any GPS information.
I've got location services switched on for Apple watch workout, so not sure if I've missed anything else.
If it's a bug, they best fix it fast considering all the other fitness stuff they are pushing now.

Its a massive bug, not only have all outdoor workout routes disappeared for a hell of a lot of people, the new workouts are not transferring their data correctly from the watch to the phone (either the fitness app itself or the helath app). For example I went for an 8 mile walk on saturday, the watch showed it all (22 seconds under 2 hours), and yet on the phone it showed 72 minutes and just under 5 miles, it also somehow said that during the one full hour I was walking (9.06-11.05) 10-11 that I hadnt stood.

I have two watches and my 3 is still not been upgraded to ios7 and the issue occurs with both watches, so it appears to be an issue with ios14 and not ios7 - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251801586?answerId=253496721022&login=true

RockLobster · 23 Sep 2020 at 06:46

RockLobster said:
Anyone finding issues with their battery usage since the update. I finished charging around 9.30am and it's already down to 50%. Series 4 watch.

Fixed. If anyone has this issue unpair then pair to your phone.

Feek · 6 Oct 2020 at 22:30

I just noticed that watchOS 7 now has a battery option within Settings with a battery health percentage, the same as iOS. Finally!

Irish_Tom · 8 Oct 2020 at 10:03

Feek said:
I just noticed that watchOS 7 now has a battery option within Settings with a battery health percentage, the same as iOS. Finally!

That's handy.

November 2018 S4 44m Alu watch at 95% battery health.

Launch day iPhone Xs with 500 cycles at 86%.

Not bad.

Feek · 12 Oct 2020 at 22:15

watchOS 7.0.2 is available and one of the fixes is for overly fast battery drain.

whiskycycle · 15 Oct 2020 at 15:38

Feek said:
watchOS 7.0.2 is available and one of the fixes is for overly fast battery drain.

Fairly noticeable difference between that and previous versions and 7.0.2 here on S5 LTE... hit 45% left after 13 hours off charge yesterday. No clue how I got that high! Release of 7.0 I couldn't get through to 6-8 hours mostly, even with unpair/repair.

Broken Hope · 2 Nov 2020 at 21:00

WatchOS 7.1 RC is available with a beta profile.

Feek · 14 Dec 2020 at 19:09

watchOS 7.2 is available.

Feek · 26 Jan 2021 at 19:23

watchOS 7.3 is available.

Feek · 2 Feb 2021 at 23:00

The hourly chirps and other alerts seem louder since watchOS 7.3

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