This week, Apple introduced the full version of its watchOS 7 operating system, alongside iOS and iPadOS 14 and tvOS 14. If you own an Apple Watch, believe me, you will definitely like watchOS 7. You can find out more in the review of this operating system, which you can find below.
Design, dials and complications
In terms of appearance, the watchOS 7 user interface as such has not changed much, but you can notice useful and functional differences, for example, when editing and sharing watch faces. The individual elements are sorted here much more clearly and are easier to add. As for the dials, new features have been added in the form of Typograph, Memoji dial, GMT, Chronograph Pro, Stripes and an artistic dial. I was personally interested in Typograf and GMT, but I will still keep Infograf on the main screen of my Apple Watch. In watchOS 7, the ability to share watch faces via text messages has been added, with the option to share only the watch face or the relevant data. Users will also be able to download new watch faces from the Internet. Apple has also managed to improve the way watch faces are adjusted and complications added.
Sleep tracking
I was curious about the sleep tracking feature, but thought I'd stick with third-party apps, especially for their ability to provide more detailed sleep data or the smart wake-up feature. But in the end, I only use the sleep tracking in watchOS 7. The new feature gives you the option to set the desired length of sleep, the time you go to bed and the time you wake up, and informs you whether you are meeting your sleep goal. If you set a certain alarm time for all weekdays, it is not a problem to change the alarm time easily and quickly once. You can then find all the necessary data in the Health application on the paired iPhone. A great new feature is the ability to activate nighttime by clicking on the appropriate icon in the Control Center, during which all notifications (sounds and banners) will be turned off, and in which you can also incorporate selected actions, such as dimming or turning off the lights, starting the selected application, and more . On the Apple Watch display, nighttime calm will be reflected by muting the display, on which only the current time will be displayed. To deactivate this state, it is necessary to turn the digital crown of the watch.
Hand washing
Another new feature in the watchOS 7 operating system is a function called Handwashing. It should automatically recognize when the user starts to wash his hands. After hand washing is detected, the obligatory twenty second countdown starts, after this time limit the watch "compliments" its wearer. The only downside to this feature is that the watch understandably doesn't distinguish between hand washing and dish washing. With the arrival of the full version of watchOS 7, a new feature was added, in which you can activate a reminder to wash your hands after coming home.
More news
In watchOS 7, the native Exercise received improvements, where "disciplines" such as dancing, strengthening the center of the body, cooling down after exercise and functional strength training were added. Apple Watch has been enriched with an optimized battery charging function, in the Activity app you have the option to adjust not only the movement goal, but also the goal of exercise and getting up - to change the goal, just launch the Activity app on the Apple Watch and scroll all the way down to the Change goals menu on its main screen. The watchOS 7 operating system was tested on the Apple Watch Series 4.
I have an AW 5. About 8 months old. I installed WatchOS 7 yesterday at about 22:30pm. By 6 o'clock in the morning, my battery was down to 40 percent. At 7:15 a.m., my battery is at 39 percent. I haven't even touched AW yet. It looks like my watch won't even last 12 hours. For me, it's a nice pusher.
I feel the same way. AW 4. Wait for 2 days before updating. Installed WatchOS 7 and after 1 hour of "non-use" (only on hands) loss of 20%.
Did you know that the system often performs countless different tasks and calculations in the background after an update? It's exactly the same with every update. Within a few days, the staying power stabilizes.
I also have an AW5, I tested the whole beta of ios 7, I downloaded the final version the day before yesterday and no problem with the battery in the past few months.
I have an AW3 and after installing 7, my watch started restarting on its own and repeatedly. I couldn't find anything on the net. Does anyone have a similar experience?
My AW3s do this to me several times a day too :-/
Me too..:( hopefully they will release some update that will fix it..:(
Hi, I have the same problem, restart several times a day (AW3)!
Hi, restarting AW3 several times a day is horrible, can't something be done about it?
I have an AW3 and after the update, after training, for example, running or cycling outside, the activity app on my mobile does not show the route map. Does anyone have experience with it?
It's the same for us and I don't know what to do with it.
I had the same problem, I was helped by steaming the watch and steaming it again with the fact that you set it as a new watch (not by restoring from a backup).
AW4 – discharged after a few hours after the update, freezing of the system and individual applications. After several years of using apple, the first such problems with non-debugging.
I have aw 4, after updating to OS7 maybe they also eat the grass in the garden? without any use the battery capacity drops faster and faster. I tried restarting, but no change, it looks like it won't last until the evening (it was 9% at 00:100 in the morning)
Steaming the watch and re-steaming with the fact that you set it as a new watch (not restoring from a backup) helped me.
That's right, I unpaired, so the AW went to factory settings and then paired again, but I restored from the last backup that is created when unpairing. After pairing, the AWs went into normal mode (last about 2 days), during exercise they also record the entire route and not just the starting point. So everything is normal?
Thanks Honzo?
I have aw 3 and I can't download the ios 7 update at all. It still says I have little space. I already deleted everything possible from the watch - and nothing.
Also, after updating to AW5 on Watch OS7, the art face doesn't work for you? It should change when I raise my wrist, but it only changes when I point my finger at it.
I have an AW4 and after updating to OS7 the battery lasts about 6 hours, I really don't understand?. Normally wait 1,5 days before updating. Does anyone know how to go back to the OS6 watch?
You can't go back to WOS6, I was helped by steaming the watch and steaming it again with the fact that you set it as a new watch (not by restoring from a backup).
Thanks for the advice, I'll do it this way and report how it looks
Great, fully functional again after re-pairing like a new watch. The battery lasts almost 2 days again. Thanks again for the advice.