This years WWDC is no exception.
Some more watch faces!
And a Pride band!
Photo: (Apple)
Apple Watch still doesnt have as many watch faces as its Android-friendly competitors.
That said, the company did introduce a number of new watch faces this year.
you’re able to also get something Apples Kevin Lynch described onstage as taptic chimes.
Screenshot: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo)
In the demo, Lynchs watch chimed to the sound of birds chirping.
Cool, I guess?
Corporate, but sure.
Screenshot: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo)
Instead, you could purchase and install apps from the watch itself.
Another important distinction: Developers will now be able to develop watch-only apps.
Previously, Apple Watch apps were dependent on a main iPhone version.
Screenshot: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo)
Lynch also demonstrated some examples of what watch-specific apps might look like.
First off, Apple introduced a brand new design for the Health apps homepage.
Currently, the home page is a mish-mash of colorful blocks that display your stats.
Screenshot: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo)
Its not that its hard to understand, it just doesnt present your data in an easily contextualized way.
If youve been crushing it, then great.
Notably, Apple said the Noise app was designed with privacy in mind.
Screenshot: Andrew Liszewski (Andrew Liszewski)
That means while it periodically samples audio, it will reportedly not record or save any audio data.
Another tidbit: Apples also adding more comprehensive menstrual tracking.
However, its a fairly straightforward, overly simplistic interface.
Youll be able to log symptoms and get notified when your period is about to begin.
you could also opt-in to notifications of when your fertile window is approaching.
Thats a lot of sensitive data that Apples gathering.
To address that, Apple said onstage that all that information will be encrypted and available to users only.
All-in-all, the updates were partly incremental, somewhat overdue, but also intriguing.
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