watchOS 2 beta 5

Hello,


I opened this thread to talk about the new beta (5) of watchOS 2. Let's hope this one will finally be stable.


When the beta 5 will be installed in your Watch, if you notice any notable differences (positives or negatives), post them in the thread, this will help us to discover the new beta and to avoid eventual bugs. 😉

So far it works well for me.. It's stable, at last..)). Don't doubt, install and enjoy. Trainings, music, watch faces, contacts and messages works much faster, no lags found..

I agree, Siri works sometimes, not others. Hey Siri is not working at all. They may have turned it off, which is why battery life is better.

Update: Siri and Hey Siri now both working. Suspect yesterday was a network problem. Beta 5 seems vey stable now.

created bug reports for the shimmering second hand and for the weather glance and app not being able to update. Also my battery performance is very bad, but I suspect this is always a general beta issue, so filing a bug didn't make much sense. I know these are beta's, but I still wonder why things that worked in the past all of a sudden stop working. My guess is that keeping battery working for a full day is a challenge throughout almost every line of code. Saw similar effects on pebble watch from the early start. Seemingly small update shortens battery life with factor 2 To 7. Since Apple watch has no spare battery capacity I still think that is by far the biggest challenge. However I'm positive this will be fixed in the final release :-)

Now in xcode 7 beta4, watch os 2 beta 5, when i wonder debug my app on watch, the xcode shows that "no symbols for paired apple watch" . Does anybody have the same problem like me?

some of my 3rd part watchapps says "unlock iphone to view" since beta5. but it is unlocked. also reboot and reinstall did not help

Same for me, and also new Paris timelapse watch face doesn't seem to animate like the others😕

At first it was quite buggy, a full factory reset after upgrading seems to have made it more stable. The issue I see most often right now is that I have exchange set up on my iPhone linked to my google apps for work domain. Whenever I get an email, I get a double notification on the watch (not on the phone). Super frustrating. Unpairing and repairing didn't help.

watchOS 2 beta 5
 
 
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