I installed b4 and the watch is slow and actually locks up now requiring a force reboot. When it first launches, it works just fine but after a few minutes, it starts to bog down and eventually requires the force reboot. Unpairing and repairing doesn't fix it.
I wonder if there is a weird process causing this. Is anyone else seeing this?
Not sure why people are asking about QA - its a developer beta (as usual).
Each beta addresses some bugs - some fixes may cause other bugs or they may just be focusing on specific things in a specific beta - this is why there is a big statement to say only install in development devices. People do really seem to think that a beta is just a pre release version. In development terms beta is where all the main work is done and its just for findingt and fixing bugs.
From my experience in fact its all much smoother and is certainly better than beta 2
Update. It's been 25hrs and watch is at 37%.
Guys, I've found that most crashes will happen when I use Simple watchface with complications:
- Weather
- Calendar
- Date
- Activity
- World Clock
Changed to Modular watchface with same complications and haven't faced any lockups so far.
Same here, several lockups a day, fresh install with setup as new device didn't help. Trying modular face now. Used 'utility' before.
You're exactly right that expectations need to be tempered for a developer beta.
However, it's fairly impossible to test the device with our own apps when the device can't even maintain a connection to the watch for more than 30 seconds at a time.
A non-functional beta isn't useful for us at all.
You aren't using the Simple watch face are you? I've read that using Simple can/does cause issues.
I've found that Modular works well (as long as you don't use the weather complication) and Utility.
I'm using the Utility face with sunrise/set, weather, and calendar. I've been having the random lock ups and slowdowns since wOS2B4 install as well. I notice often the temperature isn't loaded on the Utility face and sometimes the sunrise/set info on the Utility face is not populated.
I have not tried to use another face yet.
Yesterday, I had the watch lock up at least 4 times which required a hard reset to get it responsive again.
I had the same issues as people are describing here until I switched to X-LARGE watchface. I noticed that all the very simple watch faces with just the time or time and date on them will make the watch a lot more responsive. Siri always responds fast when pressing the crown (which is not the case with any watchface that has complications on it). So there's definitely a bug with complications that drains the battery and slows down the processing a lot.
