music on apple watch is pretty good. I had to drop off my 6s at an apple store to get the battery replaced, but I turned on my beatsX, went to music in the watch and just started playing. Normally I wouldn't bother setting music up, but with the new watchOS4 it seems to do it automatically.
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Apple Watch Series 1&2 |OT| Better, Wetter
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Zeyphersan
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Time for the write up about my experiment!
First full day with my series 3, and I decided to spend it without my phone. Just left it at home while I went to school and ran some errands. Off the charger and on my wrist at 10:50am, doing my write up now about six hours later. Lets see how the day went:
Right off the bat, the night before I had synced about 400 songs to my watch. It automatically grabbed My Favorites Mix, My New Music Mix, My Chill Mix, and Heavy Rotation, which includes a playlist of over 300 songs. It took forever but I was sleeping so who cares. The fact that these will auto-update while charging is really convenient.
Goes without saying that podcast support would be that much better. But I guess were waiting for watchOS5 at the earliest.
I was able to pair my watch to the Bluetooth receiver in my car. I know at the moment the watch isnt able to pair with car radios because they cant exchange more information and stuff, but my car is older and only has auxiliary in, so I get around that by using a SoundBot, Bluetooth receiver that plugs into aux. Watch sees it as just a generic Bluetooth speaker, which means I didnt have to drive in silence or worse, listen to the radio. That was super simple. Outside the car I have AirPods which work so naturally with the watch, unsurprisingly. Pleasant experience to find that whatever I set as the tap options in iOS11 work just the same, and that Siri talks back to you! And is a lot faster.
Went through school, responding to texts and messages like nothing was going on. LTE speeds are surprisingly fast! I was checking off some stuff in my to-do app of choice, Things. I reloaded my Starbucks card using on-Watch Apple Pay, then used said card at a store. I made a call to my doctor to make an appointment. I got directions to a UPS store to return a package.
Things I was impressed by:
1. Music quality, everything sounded great and I had no cutouts.
2. How fast this thing is, even over a network
3. I feel like Scribble recognition has gotten better, but my last watch was having tons of software issues so maybe the last one was just jacked up
4. I got all notifications from my phone, even ones that didnt have a watch version. From what I could tell notification actions would have still worked and sent the result back to my phone, which is awesome.
Things that just didnt work:
1. Some apps have no concept of the network at all, ie Facebook messenger just doesnt load anything.
2. So while SMS works just as expected, it turns out the watch cant do anything with MMS. I was in a couple group chats, both MMS instead of iMessage, and each reply would come back in a separate thread for that person instead of just the MMS thread. This isnt an issue when paired with the phone so Im assuming this is just a consequence of how SMS relay works, and hopefully it can be ironed out.
3. No way to create new contacts. I know this is a niche use, but I was trying to get some numbers from classmates for a project and had to use my iPad to do it, which I bring for schoolwork anyway.
Other small annoyances:
1. I love how find my friends switches your location to the watch when on its own, but it doesnt seem to respect that location for HomeKit stuff. I have a number of scenes to turn off lights when I leave and turn them back on when I come home, neither of which did anything because my phone was located in my room the whole time and didnt do anything
2. Calendar doesnt go past 13 days. I thought there was no way to add a new event which impacted the appointment I was making with my doctor but I learned after the fact that Siri will still be able to do it if you go through her, even for days more than 13 out. Siri cannot add contacts, though.
3. Some commands that have the right app and work on the phone just dont on the watch. I follow a number of people on Find My Friends and while I can ask my phone where is [person]?, and the watch has a FMF app, the command isnt valid there.
4. Even though apps will open and do stuff, like Things, some functionality still requires the phone to complete. Also stuff that can be patched later.
Overall Im very impressed, and aside from two scenarios where I needed my iPad to do something I would have used my phone for (making the calendar event and getting new contacts) I could have done the whole day with just my watch and been fine.
Now, battery life. My school has WiFi which all my devices connect to, but because it has a login and certificate requirement the watch cannot hop on. As such I was on LTE the whole time, with no WiFi at all. LTE takes noticeably more battery than WiFi does. My watch found its way to 25% after six hours of use, a lot of that music streaming to my AirPods and car. Obviously this is still very much a companion device.
Look forward to doing this again for gym trips and small trips around town!
First full day with my series 3, and I decided to spend it without my phone. Just left it at home while I went to school and ran some errands. Off the charger and on my wrist at 10:50am, doing my write up now about six hours later. Lets see how the day went:
Right off the bat, the night before I had synced about 400 songs to my watch. It automatically grabbed My Favorites Mix, My New Music Mix, My Chill Mix, and Heavy Rotation, which includes a playlist of over 300 songs. It took forever but I was sleeping so who cares. The fact that these will auto-update while charging is really convenient.
Goes without saying that podcast support would be that much better. But I guess were waiting for watchOS5 at the earliest.
I was able to pair my watch to the Bluetooth receiver in my car. I know at the moment the watch isnt able to pair with car radios because they cant exchange more information and stuff, but my car is older and only has auxiliary in, so I get around that by using a SoundBot, Bluetooth receiver that plugs into aux. Watch sees it as just a generic Bluetooth speaker, which means I didnt have to drive in silence or worse, listen to the radio. That was super simple. Outside the car I have AirPods which work so naturally with the watch, unsurprisingly. Pleasant experience to find that whatever I set as the tap options in iOS11 work just the same, and that Siri talks back to you! And is a lot faster.
Went through school, responding to texts and messages like nothing was going on. LTE speeds are surprisingly fast! I was checking off some stuff in my to-do app of choice, Things. I reloaded my Starbucks card using on-Watch Apple Pay, then used said card at a store. I made a call to my doctor to make an appointment. I got directions to a UPS store to return a package.
Things I was impressed by:
1. Music quality, everything sounded great and I had no cutouts.
2. How fast this thing is, even over a network
3. I feel like Scribble recognition has gotten better, but my last watch was having tons of software issues so maybe the last one was just jacked up
4. I got all notifications from my phone, even ones that didnt have a watch version. From what I could tell notification actions would have still worked and sent the result back to my phone, which is awesome.
Things that just didnt work:
1. Some apps have no concept of the network at all, ie Facebook messenger just doesnt load anything.
2. So while SMS works just as expected, it turns out the watch cant do anything with MMS. I was in a couple group chats, both MMS instead of iMessage, and each reply would come back in a separate thread for that person instead of just the MMS thread. This isnt an issue when paired with the phone so Im assuming this is just a consequence of how SMS relay works, and hopefully it can be ironed out.
3. No way to create new contacts. I know this is a niche use, but I was trying to get some numbers from classmates for a project and had to use my iPad to do it, which I bring for schoolwork anyway.
Other small annoyances:
1. I love how find my friends switches your location to the watch when on its own, but it doesnt seem to respect that location for HomeKit stuff. I have a number of scenes to turn off lights when I leave and turn them back on when I come home, neither of which did anything because my phone was located in my room the whole time and didnt do anything
2. Calendar doesnt go past 13 days. I thought there was no way to add a new event which impacted the appointment I was making with my doctor but I learned after the fact that Siri will still be able to do it if you go through her, even for days more than 13 out. Siri cannot add contacts, though.
3. Some commands that have the right app and work on the phone just dont on the watch. I follow a number of people on Find My Friends and while I can ask my phone where is [person]?, and the watch has a FMF app, the command isnt valid there.
4. Even though apps will open and do stuff, like Things, some functionality still requires the phone to complete. Also stuff that can be patched later.
Overall Im very impressed, and aside from two scenarios where I needed my iPad to do something I would have used my phone for (making the calendar event and getting new contacts) I could have done the whole day with just my watch and been fine.
Now, battery life. My school has WiFi which all my devices connect to, but because it has a login and certificate requirement the watch cannot hop on. As such I was on LTE the whole time, with no WiFi at all. LTE takes noticeably more battery than WiFi does. My watch found its way to 25% after six hours of use, a lot of that music streaming to my AirPods and car. Obviously this is still very much a companion device.
Look forward to doing this again for gym trips and small trips around town!
brianmcdoogle
Member
So, for the last day and a half, I've had the watch face be the new Siri one, but I've had the watch in Theater Mode. I got the same amount of battery life as I do with the modular face and not in Theater Mode. I think the Siri face is just a battery drain. Is anyone else noticing this for that particular face?
infiniteloop
Member
Yeah, that face in particular is a big battery drain for me.
ibitegirls
Member
need some help...
i turned off all "Activity" app notifications in the iphone iwatch app, but Activity app is still sending me notifications on my iwatch (end of day summary/weekly summary).... is there another way to turn this shit off?
i turned off all "Activity" app notifications in the iphone iwatch app, but Activity app is still sending me notifications on my iwatch (end of day summary/weekly summary).... is there another way to turn this shit off?
SuperPac
Member
What did you expect it to do that it is not doing?
Interesting write up, thanks!
YOu're braver than me though...cannot live without my phone
I think you're speaking for yourself more than in general. And I get that, not everyone finds a use for it.
Personally, I love it. I drive a lot and have my hands full with kids, being able to do a few things "hands free" and stay connected with a watch is super convenient to me
bodyofanamerican
Member
Anyone else have issues with a sticky Digital Crown? Its difficult to turn unless I run it under a cold tap, then a few hours later back to the same shit of having a lot of resistance when trying to turn it and barely clicking.
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Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
Aw man I played with an s3 at Target for a few seconds today.... o.o
I.... the s0 is NOT at all like that. it feels like a different product.
almost wish i didnt know
I.... the s0 is NOT at all like that. it feels like a different product.
almost wish i didnt know
Can't remember the recommendation, but have you tried warmer water? Look up the Apple support on sticky crown. Cold water might just be temporarily lubricating, maybe slightly warmer water will do a better job of getting rid ignorant whatever funk is there.
What do you mean? It's a lot faster or UI is vastly improved?