{"id":128674,"date":"2015-06-08T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T20:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=128674"},"modified":"2015-06-09T07:20:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T05:20:46","slug":"apple-watchos-2-previewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/128674-apple-watchos-2-previewed.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple WatchOS 2 previewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple previewed WatchOS 2 at its World Wide Developer Conference on 8 June, announcing that a number of new features will be coming to the Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p>Among the new features is the ability to turn a photo into a new watch face, and view pictures from photo albums by raising your wrist while in the new <strong>Photo and Photo Album watch faces<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Time-Lapse watch face<\/strong> will let you choose from a selection of time-lapse videos shot over 24 hours in various locations, including New York City, London, and Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>A new <strong>Time Travel<\/strong> feature lets you scroll with the digital crown to explore events in the future (and past) including upcoming meetings or activities, the temperature for the week, and information from third-party apps &#8211; such as upcoming flight information.<\/p>\n<p>From Watch OS 2, Apple Watch users will also be able to respond to e-mail using dictation, Smart Replies, or emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Other WatchOS 2 features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple Friends screens, each of which can hold up to twelve friends, and new friends can be added directly on Apple Watch.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Touch lets you draw and send sketches with multiple colors on the same canvas.<\/li>\n<li>Nightstand Mode turns Apple Watch into a bedside alarm clock, with the Digital Crown and side button serving as snooze and off buttons for the alarm.<\/li>\n<li>Workouts from third-party fitness apps contributing to your all-day Move and Exercise goals.<\/li>\n<li>Using Siri to start specific workouts, launch Glances, and reply to email.<\/li>\n<li>Activation Lock, which lets users secure their Apple Watch with their Apple ID, preventing another user from wiping or activating the device if it is lost or stolen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Native Watch apps<\/h3>\n<p>A major update to WatchOS is the ability for developers to have their application logic <a title=\"Native Apple Watch apps now possible\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/128622-native-apple-watch-apps-now-possible.html\"><strong>execute on Apple Watch itself<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Developers can now take advantage of Apple Watch hardware features such as the Digital Crown, Taptic Engine, and heart rate sensor, along with software APIs to build new types of apps.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Availability<\/h3>\n<p>WatchOS 2 will be available \u201cthis fall\u201d (September &#8211; November 2015) as a free update to Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p>The iOS 9 SDK beta, including WatchKit for WatchOS, 2 is available immediately for iOS Developer Program members.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Watch requires iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 8.2 or later.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Apple news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/128616-big-upgrades-for-ios-9-announced.html\"><strong>Big upgrades for iOS 9 announced<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/128604-apple-music-streaming-service-pricing-and-launch-info.html\"><strong>Apple Music streaming service: pricing and launch info<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/128622-native-apple-watch-apps-now-possible.html\"><strong>Native Apple Watch apps now possible<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/128612-os-x-el-capitan-unveiled.html\"><strong>OS X El Capitan unveiled<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new version of the Apple Watch operating system has been revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":128676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,605,18170,30924],"class_list":["post-128674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-apple","tag-apple-watch","tag-watchos-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128696,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128674\/revisions\/128696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}