Apple Watch support comes to flurry of iPhone apps ahead of April launch
A collection of iPhone apps -- such as Evernote, Dark Sky, and the New York Times -- were updated today to support the Apple Watch, even though the wearable isn't shipping until April 24.
Evernote has updated its app to allow voice search and dictation through the Watch. Dictated notes will be automatically transcribed and synced. Alternately users will be able to browse recent notes, as well as create and view reminders.
Dark Sky will send weather notifications to the Watch and display a five-day forecast, while the New York Times app will push news stories.
Sky Guide will show a calendar of celestial happenings and trigger notifications whenever one is imminent, such as a local flyover of the International Space Station. The Target app will help create shopping lists, check deals and store hours, and locate items within an outlet.
Some other Watch-related updates include Expedia, Things, Transit, MLB.com At Bat, and SPG, the latter of which is bringing promised check-in and door unlocking functions for hotels.
Evernote has updated its app to allow voice search and dictation through the Watch. Dictated notes will be automatically transcribed and synced. Alternately users will be able to browse recent notes, as well as create and view reminders.
Dark Sky will send weather notifications to the Watch and display a five-day forecast, while the New York Times app will push news stories.
Sky Guide will show a calendar of celestial happenings and trigger notifications whenever one is imminent, such as a local flyover of the International Space Station. The Target app will help create shopping lists, check deals and store hours, and locate items within an outlet.
Some other Watch-related updates include Expedia, Things, Transit, MLB.com At Bat, and SPG, the latter of which is bringing promised check-in and door unlocking functions for hotels.
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Add LINE chat app to that list as well.
These sound pretty good for the most part. The notes app will prove especially useful.
I'm getting more and more excited about the Watch every day.
Yeah, ever since that website with the app mockups appeared I've started leaning heavily toward ?Watch. At this point I think I'm likely going to order one, I just don't know if it'll be pre-order or wait to test it in the store first.
These sound pretty good for the most part. The notes app will prove especially useful.
And the more of them you use, the faster the battery will drain. Just like the early iPhones, people are going to have to get used to limiting themselves to just what they need on the watch.
I would so have loved for them to come out with another belter, but, sadly, this isn't it. The taste of defeat will be most strange for them, so rare is their experience of it.
I'm sure that their other successful divisions will go from strength to strength. The important thing now is to not let the the Apple Watch flop to distract their focus. It will be easier once the new campus is finished.
I have yet to stay in one of the W, Element, or Aloft locations that has it, but I'm dying to give it a try.
My iPad tells me it's 9.56 pm (in England).
No Apple Watch required, amazingly. It would have saved me no time, as I'm reading this on my iPad, which permanently displays the time at the top. In fact, I would have wasted time had I had to pull up my sleeve and raise my arm to turn on my Apple Watch.
This boggles my mind! People like you are not level headed, and should seriously seek therapy from a professional.
People like you with such short sightedness shouldn't be allowed to use, or comment about, technology.
Can't you find something more interesting to say than make fun of it, with sarcasm. I really hope you get banned for trolling
He is our resident troll, he doesn't care, all he wants is a reaction from you
You mean like they do now with their current iPhones?
You mean like they do now with their current iPhones?
We're trained now, the battery life is better, and Apple has steadily improved software power management. I suspect a brand new iPhone user might get a little excited and despite all these things, still have a steep learning curve with power management.
The watch is a whole new animal, which is likely going to have significant issues with battery life once it hits the street and people load it up with all these cool apps, and things it can do. So unlike people who use an iPhone now, I'm anticipating some typical software tweaks by both Apple and the third party app developers which will improve power usage, and allow people to use more of the features of the watch routinely. But I think there's going to be another steep learning curve, even for those who are smart power managers with their iPhones now (and that's by no means everyone).
I'm expecting it to be a disaster at first with all kinds of articles about the disastrous battery life, but that will settle down soon enough and, along with software tweaks, people will figure out how to manage the power requirements.
My iPad tells me it's 9.56 pm (in England).
No Apple Watch required, amazingly. It would have saved me no time, as I'm reading this on my iPad, which permanently displays the time at the top. In fact, I would have wasted time had I had to pull up my sleeve and raise my arm to turn on my Apple Watch.
Not everyone is an old fart sitting at home all day long.
While I will definitely get an Apple Watch as soon as possible, somehow I am not truly interested in third party apps for it. Watch, weather, notifications and reminders are there, as is remote functionality for the Music app on the iPhone and the Apple TV. Don't think I even want more on the watch (except for maybe Apple Pay, if it ever gets here). Maybe, if well implemented, some apps that interface with home automation, and that's about it. If anything, I would like to remove all that fitness and health related crap to make the device less cluttered and easier to navigate. I do love the design of the watch and some of the stock apps shown, that overcrowded app screen is rather scary though; while I trust Apple to come up with a good UX, I totally see myself launching the wrong apps more often than not.
You had me at ?.