Earlier this week, on Wednesday, Apple-mainia continued with the release of watchOS 2.0, the first major software update for Apple Watch.
With watchOS 2.0, Apple adds a number of software enhancements for customers and developers alike with new features like improvement to Siri for making FaceTime audio calls and replying to email, new watch faces, Time Travel, third-party complications, and apps that run natively on the watch.
The new Apple filmed time lapse watch faces look fantastic. (Spoiler: New York is my favorite!) The Music app now supports Apple Music and Beats 1 radio. Passbook has been upgraded to Wallet with Apple Pay and you can now use a single photo or all of the photos from a selected photo album as the artwork for your watch face.
The real magic of watchOS will shine through as developers begin releasing watch native applications that don’t require an iPhone to be within Bluetooth or Wi-Fi range to run. And with third-party watch face complications, developers will be able to surface more options for providing you with personalized information at a glance.
watchOS 2 is available now for all versions of Apple Watch. To install it, you must first download the 512MB update with your iPhone, connect your Apple Watch to it’s charger, charge it up to at least 50% and keep your iPhone and Apple Watch within Wi-Fi range on the same wireless network.
The watchOS 2 update should take less than 30 minutes to install.
iOS 9.0 was release last week and watchOS 2.0 was suppose to launch along side it. Apple chose to pull the watchOS 2 update after Apple confirmed they needed some extra time to correct a software bug, which has since been resolved.