The Apple Watch has not been unnoticed in this WWDC 2018, the team of Apple engineers has been working on the 5.0 version of watchOS to bring us a lot of new features and changes with which users can take better advantage of their smartwatch. Let’s see what’s new with watchOS 5.
Watch Challenges
Of course, watchOS 5 focuses on improving health and physical activity. One of the first improvements is the ability to create challenges and compete with friends. We can challenge them to see which one gets the challenge in seven days and wins a prize for it.
Watch Yoga
Apple also introduced watchOS in new pieces of training such as yoga. Now in the training, there is more data and information about the race. Continuing with the workouts, Apple Watch can now automatically detect that you have started a workout if you have forgotten to activate it.
Apple Watch becomes a walkie-talkie
A new app comes to Apple Watch that allows us to connect and communicate much more quickly and comfortably with other users who use Apple Watch, it’s the walkie-talkie. It works on both Wi-Fi and LTE.
The Siri sphere has more information and third-party apps
It is perhaps the most interesting area of all, as it always shows us relevant information in context. Now offers more information about Siri calendars, events or Shortcuts. Best of all, third-party apps can finally be integrated into it** to display information there.
Interactive notifications and… web interface
Notifications in watchOS are now more complete and allow us to perform more actions directly from the notification without entering the app. On the other hand, they have even integrated a web viewer that allows you to see a preview of the links.
WatchOS podcasts finally available
One of the most frequently asked actions of watchOS is to be able to listen to podcasts directly from Apple Watch. This is ideal for listening to podcasts while we are doing a workout for example. The official Apple Podcast app has finally arrived at Apple Watch thanks to watchOS 5.
New Pride strap and new Pride sphere
As we saw a few days ago, Apple presents a new sphere on Apple Watch that focuses on the coloured bands of the Pride flag. Apple is making available to users a new sphere that represents the LGBTQ community. At the same time, we have a new LGBTQ strap that perfectly complements the dial.
watchOS 5: Supported Apple Watch and availability
watchOS 5 is the latest version of the operating system for Apple Watch that the company presented today. It is now available to developers as a beta and will be officially available to all users from September onwards without beta. Of course, you have to take into account which devices you can install and use them on – these are the Apple Watches that support watchOS 5:
For now, we will have to wait to install the watchOS 5 beta to discover more features and changes that have gone unnoticed. Be that as it may, this is a great update that will allow us to get even more out of Apple’s smartwatch. watchOS 5 is not the only presentation of this WWDC 2018, check out the rest of the news Apple is showing us at this developer’s conference.