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Home > News > WWDC 2015 – watchOS 2

WWDC 2015 – watchOS 2

June 8, 2015 by Kien Tran

While the Apple Watch has only been available for a short time, Apple is already hard at work iterating the next version of the operating system, watchOS 2.

New Faces

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To provide a more personalized experience, watchOS 2 now lets you pick an image or album for your watch face.

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Additionally, a new Time-Lapse face shows iconic locations around the world shot over a 24 hour time lapse. You can see what the current time at your location would look like at the location you pick.

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watchOS2 also now supports “Complications” or the watch equivalent of widgets. App developers can provide targeted information snippets that will appear on your customizable watch faces.

New Features

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The time travel feature allow you to use the digital crown to scroll forward and backward though your calendar. You can see your upcoming appointments and related information such as future weather forecasts.

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A new nightstand mode provides an optimized view mode for leaving your watch on the nightstand charging.

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Your friend list also gets an update with multiple groups of friends. Now you can separate your personal, professional or other groups of friends into sections, giving you more than the standard 12 friend limit.

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Drawing also gets an update with multiple colors.

New Native App APIs

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The biggest new feature of watchOS 2 is a new WatchKit update provides more hardware access to developers. You can now access the microphone and speakers of the Apple Watch directly. Additionally, developers can now access the digital crown directly to build even more interactive apps.

Final Thoughts

While limited in scope, the new watchOS 2 is a good next step for the Apple Watch. As more developers and users gain familiarity with the wearable, I can expect watchOS 2 to provide some new interesting possibilities in the wearable space.

The watchOS2 beta is available to developers now in the developer portal, and will release to the public in the Fall.

Check out all of our WWDC 2015 Coverage here!

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apple, Apple Watch, watchOS, WWDC

About Kien Tran

Based out of of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Kien is a long time technology and internet enthusiast. With a background in corporate IT and software development, he spends much of his time freelancing as an IT consultant and is currently the studio engineer for Livid Lobster. You can reach him via @kientran or via +KienTran

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