If a "Minimum Deployment Target" is updated to WatchOS7 on a product(iOS app with a companion watch app) that is already available on the App Store, watches running WatchOS6 will obviously no longer get updates. However, what is the experience for a user who has a WatchOS6 (maybe they own a Series 2) connected to an iPhone with iOS14? Will both the iPhone app and the Watch app stop getting updates? Will the Watch app stop getting updates, but the iPhone app continue receiving them and we have to manage this? Something else? Thanks in advance!

I am unable to get past pairing with apple watch without signing in using apple id to connect messages to the watch but cant sign in with apple id because the watch is not updated but the watch cannot update because it is too old (series 3). And it did do an update when I first paired it. And now it's not attempting to update anymore. And there is no way to access settings on the watch. And there seems to be no way around the messages apple Id screen.

Hi to all, I'm new to WatchOS development and trying to install the default Xcode 'Hello World' app on my Apple Watch Ultra. I've enabled Developer Mode on my iPhone and did the same on my Apple Watch. After enabling Developer Mode on the watch it asks me to restart the watch. After a restart it asks me again if I want to enable Developer Mode. Of course! I don't succeed in installing the app on my watch because Xcode is "waiting for first unlock" of my watch. When I look in Settings > Privacy > Developer Mode the toggle switch is disabled. I can enable the switch but the watch asks me to restart and this is the loop I'm in. Anybody suggestions for 'permanently enabling' Developer Mode on my Apple Watch? Thanks in advance!

I am working with Apple HealthKit, and I need to add functionality to my app that allows a user's Apple Watch to automatically send the relevant data for their workout session (e.g. vo2 max, start timestamp, end timestamp, heartbeat, duration etc) as soon as they end their workout. This would need to work for any type of workout they do. E.g. if they are doing a running session, when they end their workout my app needs to receive the data for that running session almost instantly. I know that enableBackgroundDelivery allows my app to listen to changes in Apple Health in the background, but I'm not sure which method in HealthKit will allow me to implement the above use case. Does anyone have any pointers? I just want to know what methods in HealthKit will allow me to achieve this.

Hi, I'm the developer of Open Water Swim, and I have had multiple reports and have also confirmed with my own testing that the WatchOS 10 update has seriously degraded GPS data during open water swimming, both with the native Workout app and with Open Water Swim. The data provided by CoreLocation is no longer accurate or trustworthy. I will post several pictures showing before and after update swims: Here's the raw data (mapped) of a swim done with watchOS 9 on the Ultra. Same swim today: From another pair of users: These two went TOGETHER, one with watchOS 9 and one with watchOS 10. You can probably guess which is which. Watch OS 9 swim: SAME SWIM WITH A PARTNER ON WATCHOS 10 (beta here) And another, again, two people swimming together, one watchOS 9 and one watchOS 10. watchOS 9 Same swim, same time, watchOS 10 I have filed two feedback assistant reports with APPLE. One when it was still a beta issue: FB12587468. This one has zero response from apple. And now a second one filed with watchOS 10 release: FB13192409 Apple devs, I know you're here and listening, so please let's get this fixed ASAP. Thanks

Has someone else already noticed a massive battery drain under the stable version of WatchOS 10? Normally I had about two full days of battery life on my Watch SE2. And now I barely got one day of battery life. Hopefully a fix is rolled out soon.

When an iPhone is paired with an Apple Watch and receives a critical alert, no sound is played. This makes it very easy to miss such notifications and defeats entirely the purpose of critical alerts. For context, we build an app that improves the care coordination of heart attacks. We send critical alerts to notify healthcare professionals of such emergencies. These events may occur at night, when the user does not wear the Watch, and will therefore be likely to miss the notification entirely, which can be catastrophic. I have searched online thoroughly for work-arounds but have not found anything. Others have asked this before elsewhere but have not found definitive answers: link. Is there anything we can do as developers to force critical alerts to be handled by the phone, or at least to force the phone to ring when receiving a critical alert? Edit: I am aware that in the Watch app, it is possible to prevent notifications from being mirrored by the Watch. However, this requires the end user to exit my app and navigate their settings. It is also impossible for my app to check if this was done correctly. As such, I am completely in the blind as to whether the user has set up their notifications correctly.

Hi, Is it possible to turn on airplane mode on watchOS using swift? or possible to know the state of airplane mode? thank you

After all these years I'm STILL getting this message. WHY hasn't Apple fixed this yet?! I'm on version Version 14.3.1. Is there any way to get this working? Developing for Apple Watch has been a total nightmare from day 1, I don't understand how it hasn't gotten any better. This error keeps me from testing my app on my Watch. My Watch is obviously unlocked. I tired every troubleshooting step I've read in the dozens of other posts about this issue.

When I run watch app I got crash because I am using CMFallDetectionManager but I have added key in .plist Fall Detection Usage Description , when I run the watch app I got this error Fall Detection entitlement is required for this API so I read the documentation it says To apply for the entitlement, see Fall Detection Entitlement Request but when I click on the clink Fall Detection Entitlement Request I got this message The Apple ID you signed in with does not have permission to view this page.

Hello everyone. My app has been rejected in App Store review multiple times due to improper use of HKWorkoutSession, but I see no way around this, and I haven't gotten any feedback from Apple telling me how I can get around this, they just say to remove it because the intended use of HKWorkoutSession is to read fitness data, which they say I am not doing. My app is designed to help induce lucid dreams, and it uses constant heart rate readings to do this. It reads the user's heart rate throughout the night (that is, the app is running for around 8 hours). Thus it needs to run as the frontmost app, and it needs to run for 8 hours continuously without user input. The only way I know of to do this is by using HKLiveWorkoutBuilder and HKWorkoutSession. Extended run time sessions do not work because of the 1 hr time limit. I would really appreciate any help with this problem. It is frustrating that Apple's review is providing no suggestions and will not accept my app if it uses HKWorkoutSession, which is essentially the backbone of the app. Thank you.

I have an iPhone 14 Pro and Apple Watch SE. My phone is connected via Bluetooth to my car (it is NOT CarPlay). This feature has been working for at least a couple of iOS versions, however, I'm currently running iOS 17 Public Beta and WatchOS 10 Public Beta. When I start my car, my watch tells me how far I'm from home and if it's light/heavy traffic. As far as I can tell, Apple Maps is telling me this info. I do have Google Maps installed as well, but don't think it's that. This is NOT the "Find my car" feature. I recently moved (in the last few days) and updated my "Home" on both Apple Maps and Google Maps, however, when I start my car from my new address, it tells me how far I am from my old address. When I'm away from both addresses it still tells me the old address as well. I need to figure out how to update the new address so it'll tell me that distance when I start my car.

Hello, I would like to built a phone app (or watch app if it is easier) to get raw data of ECG, spO2, accelerometer... Is it possible with all phone and watch models? Any recommandation ? I am looking for updated feedback compared to this one for instance https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article/42/12/zsz180/5549536 Thanks

Hi I just got my Apple Watch Ultra and I am trying to access depth and water temperature with the new CMWaterSubmersion api and I am getting CMErrorDomain 110 (which is CMErrorNotEntitled). Not sure exactly what this means, I am guessing I there is an entitlement missing? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coremotion/cmwatersubmersionmeasurement

Professor said I can get RAW data from apple watch, but he didn't know specific data what we can collect. Can I get RAW data from apple watch? and which datas can I get?

I'm stuck on Watch os beta1. Checking update saying it's updated. On my iphone have correctly uptadetd to beta 2

Hi, My middle schooler is working on a project for National Science Fair competition to estimate blood pressure from ppg signals. While he is using external database to develop his algorithm, it would be very useful to test it with real time data. I have a Series 6 watch and wondering how I can access my ppg sensor raw data.

Hi, I just want to confirm that is it possible to make/receive VoIP calling through Apple Watch without pairing with iPhone

Anyone got a fix? I’ve tried multiple iPhones all are updated. I reset the watch multiple times and still stuck on the error Unable to Check for Update Checking for a software update failed because you are not connected to the Internet.

Hello, I'm having a problem on my watchOS app where even though I have instantiated a WKExtendedRuntimeSession the app stops logging IMU data a few seconds after the watch has gone to sleep. This happens on my Apple Watch Series 6, but does not happen on the latest Apple Watch Series 8. CPU usage in both cases does not exceed 70%, so I doubt my app is exceeding the limits thus cancelling the WKExtendedRuntimeSession. To back that up, I am not getting the WKExtendedRuntimeSessionInvalidationReason trigger I was suggested to put in place form the documentation. I have tested a couple of different sample rates, this does not seem to happen with a sample rate as low as 1, but does happen already with a sample rate of 30. Could it be a watch limitation, or am I forgetting something? P.S. I have also set the background mode to physical therapy and ticket the workout processing box.