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watchOS 3 beta : Our first impressions

watchOS 3 beta : Our first impressions

Posted on July 7, 2016December 7, 2018 By Jarvis

Back at WWDC 2016, Apple announced watchOS 3, the third major revision of its smartwatch operating system, which could land with the Apple Watch 2.

For all the success enjoyed by the Apple Watch (haters back down, it’s the number one selling smartwatch by a country mile) the user experience was sorely lacking in parts. watchOS was slow, confusing to use and apps were prone to crashes. What’s more, it was missing key features. Fitness and workout features were half-baked and the app choices felt stagnant.

Plenty to be cracking on with for Apple, then.

Well, we’ve now spent a couple of weeks using the beta of watchOS 3. But is it the game-changing experience a lot of people are hoping for? Read our thoughts below, although we must stress that currently watchOS3 is in beta, and everything could change between now and September. We’ll keep updating our thoughts as things develop.
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