With watchOS 3, Apple Watch gets a do-over

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I wear an Apple Watch every day and I can’t tell you how excited I am at the prospect of using watchOS 3. It’s truly Apple’s second take on how the Apple Watch should work, based on a year of real-world use by millions of people.

It’s interesting seeing the commentary on the latest version of the watchOS. Everyone seems to agree it’s going in a better direction. The question I have is will it be enough to get people like me to actually buy an Apple Watch?



9 thoughts on “With watchOS 3, Apple Watch gets a do-over”

  1. “If you have to ask. . .”

    Case in point: Just today, I was in the checkout line of my healthfoods store behind a woman who was having trouble getting the card swiper to read her card. Multiple tries, no joy.

    I said to her, “If you had an Apple Watch, it’d be quicker and easier.”, showing her my Watch.

    She said, “I’m not ready for that.”

    I said, “Why not?”

    She said, “We don’t use Apple products.”

    ‘Nuf said. Way too many stupid people out there for whom Apple products aren’t the obvious choice.

    I don’t think it’s ever been, nor ever will be, Apple’s intention to sell to everyone.

  2. Is it? 🙂

    watchOS 1 was enough for me to buy a watch. watchOS 2 looked better, though it didn’t change the way i used it much. watchOS 3 looks even better, and might get me doing more with it.

    But I’ve been happy with it since the beginning.

  3. What do you want from the watch? It’s the watch, first and foremost. If you don’t want that then you don’t want it. It can show you notifications. If you don’t want that then you don’t want it. It can improve your health if you’re not lazy. If you don’t want that then you don’t want it.
    If you don’t want these three things then I don’t how the OS can change you.

  4. I’ve stopped with the watch. It was good for fitness when I travelled but not everyday. Watch 3.0 looks good (um, faster?) and I’m actually looking forward to trying it out.

  5. What’s ‘people like you’? I hadn’t worn a watch for 20 years and now wear an Apple Watch and absolutely love it!

  6. Well, they can make the app load 100x for the new OS, maybe they could put some of those magic on this too.

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