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Apple Watch users have started collecting the biggest wearable upgrade – watchOS 10 and we are sharing the entire changelog of this software. The company has baked this development with several new improvements, optimizations, and additions to enhance the user experience of this smartwatch.
Consequently, Apple watchOS 10 brings a fresh look to every app and new ways to navigate throughout your wrist gadget. On the other hand, the tech giant has introduced a variety of capabilities for cycling workouts and hiking, a new mental health experience in the Mindfulness app, and more.
Note that some of these features may get delayed and arrive until later this year. Don’t worry as you will still fetch these enhancements to your device. By that time, let’s check the Apple watchOS 10 features and the full changelog.
Apple watchOS 10 Changelog
Experience
- Use redesigned apps that utilize the rounded corners as well as the full surface area of the display.
- View timely information that is adaptive to context like time of day and location with the Smart Stack by turning the Digital Crown from any watch face.
- Access the Control Center by clicking the side button
- Push Digital Crown once to access all apps and twice to access recently used apps.
Watch Faces
- Snoopy features over 100 different animations with Snoopy and Woodstock that respond to the time of day, local weather, and activities such as workouts.
- The palette depicts time as color using three distinct overlapping layers that shift as time goes by.
- Solar Analog features classic hour marks on a luminous dial with light as well as shadow that shift throughout the day in response to the position of the sun.
- Modular Ultra utilizes the edges of the display for real-time data through three user-selectable options and seven different complications (Available on Apple Watch Ultra).
Messages
- View Memoji or photos of contacts.
- Pin favorites.
- Edit, Undo Send, and sort by unread.
Workout
- Cycling Workouts now support Bluetooth-enabled sensors like power meters, speed sensors, and cadence sensors with new power and cadence metrics.
- The Cycling Power view displays your power output during your workout, measured in watts.
- Power Zone view uses Functional Threshold Power, which measures the highest power you can maintain for a 60-minute session, to create personalized zones as well as show time spent in each zone.
- The Cycling Speed view shows current and max speed, distance, heart rate, and/or power.
- Cycle metrics, workout views, and cycling experiences from your Apple Watch can now appear as a Live Activity on your iPhone, which can be mounted to the handlebar of your bike.
Activity
- Icons in the corners provide quick access to Weekly Summaries, Sharing, and awards.
- Move, Exercise, and Stand Rings are visible on individual screens by scrolling the Digital Crown along with the ability to adjust goals, view steps, distance, flights climbed, and activity history.
- Weekly Summary now includes Exercise as well as Stand totals in addition to the Move total.
- Activity Sharing shows photos or avatars of your friends.
- Trainer Tips from the expert trainers at Fitness+ provide guidance on areas like workout techniques, mindfulness, healthy habits, and staying motivated in the Fitness app on iPhone.
Applications – Fitness+
- Create a workout and meditation schedule with Custom Plans.
- Choose your selected activity days, workout durations and types, trainers, music, and plan length and Fitness+ will automatically create the plan.
- Build a queue of workouts and meditations that you want to do in a row with Stacks.
Compass
- Last Cellular Connection Waypoint automatically estimates the last location on your route where your device was able to connect to your carrier’s network.
- Last Emergency Call Waypoint automatically estimates the last location available for you to connect to any carrier’s network to contact emergency services.
- POI Waypoints display points of interest you have saved in Guides within Maps.
- Waypoint Elevation is a new view that uses data from the altimeter to create a 3D representation of the elevation of your saved waypoints.
- Elevation Alerts notify you when you have passed a particular elevation threshold.
Maps
- The walking radius shows roughly how long it might take to walk to nearby restaurants, shops, or other points of interest with rich information for places like hours, ratings, and more.
- Offline Maps downloaded on your iPhone can be viewed on your paired Apple Watch when your iPhone is on and within range.
- Routes for driving, cycling, walking, or taking public transit are supported in offline maps including estimated arrival time based on predicted traffic.
- Topographic maps display features in national and regional parks in the US like trails, contour lines, elevation, and points of interest.
- Hiking trail information in the US with detailed information such as trail length and elevation information.
Weather
- See weather information quickly with background and contextual visual effects.
- Access important information like Ultraviolet Index, Air Quality Index, and Wind Speed in one view.
- View data like Condition, Temperature, Precipitation, Wind Speed, UVI, Visibility, Humidity, and AQI by swiping right.
- Scroll to see Hourly and Daily views.
- View Humidity complications on your watch face.
Mindfulness
- State of Mind reflection allows you to log your momentary emotions or daily mood.
- Contributing factors such as work, family, and current events can be included, and you can describe your feelings, such as joyful, content, and worried.
- Reminders to log your State of Mind are available through notifications, watch complications, and prompts following a breathing session, reflection session, or audio meditation from Fitness+.
Medications
- Follow-up reminders notify you to log a medication if you haven’t logged on 30 minutes after the scheduled time.
- Option to set follow-up reminders as critical alerts so they can be seen even if your device is muted or you have Focus enabled.
Other features and improvements:
- Time in Daylight is now measured using the ambient light sensor (Available on Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 6 and later, and Apple Watch Ultra).
- Grid Forecast in Home app as well as watch face complication use live data from your local electric grid to show when it’s running on cleaner sources so you can plan when to charge devices or run appliances (The contiguous US only).
- Communication Safety now detects if kids are sending or receiving sensitive videos.
- Sensitive Content Warning for adults brings Communication Safety technology to all users by blurring photos and videos containing nudity, and allowing you to choose if you want to see them.
- Notifications to emergency contacts after an Emergency SOS call will be delivered as critical alerts.
- Group FaceTime audio calls are now supported.
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