First look: Third-party apps on Apple Watch
Apple launched its first wearable with an App Store filled with more than 3,000 third-party titles, a figure expected to grow exponentially in the months ahead. AppleInsider offers a look at some of the first offerings.

Apple's Watch launch is a far cry from that of its iPhone forefather, which hit store shelves without an app ecosystem or official support for third-party software. Drawing from years of internal and external iOS developer support, however, the Apple Watch App Store went live on Friday filled with apps that test the platform's capabilities.
As seen in the video below, a number of big-name companies and developers were first to throw their proverbial hat into the ring.
Amazon's offering can be considered a stripped down extension to its full-fledged iOS app. Users are able to search for items using voice dictation, scroll through product descriptions and view star ratings with the Digital Crown. They can also add products to their Amazon.com wish list directly from Watch.
Other apps, like Dark Sky, make good use of Glances. With a simple swipe-up gesture, compatible apps serve up bite-size bits of information for at-a-glance consumption.
Social media services like Instagram let users browse profiles and images, but limitations prohibit Apple Watch app versions from playing back video. Users can still favorite video content, but playback is offloaded to iPhone.
Some of the more interesting apps incorporate support for Apple services. For example, the Starbucks app can keep track of payment card balances, find nearby locations and display loyalty points, with transactions completed via QR codes stored in Passbook.

Apple's Watch launch is a far cry from that of its iPhone forefather, which hit store shelves without an app ecosystem or official support for third-party software. Drawing from years of internal and external iOS developer support, however, the Apple Watch App Store went live on Friday filled with apps that test the platform's capabilities.
As seen in the video below, a number of big-name companies and developers were first to throw their proverbial hat into the ring.
Amazon's offering can be considered a stripped down extension to its full-fledged iOS app. Users are able to search for items using voice dictation, scroll through product descriptions and view star ratings with the Digital Crown. They can also add products to their Amazon.com wish list directly from Watch.
Other apps, like Dark Sky, make good use of Glances. With a simple swipe-up gesture, compatible apps serve up bite-size bits of information for at-a-glance consumption.
Social media services like Instagram let users browse profiles and images, but limitations prohibit Apple Watch app versions from playing back video. Users can still favorite video content, but playback is offloaded to iPhone.
Some of the more interesting apps incorporate support for Apple services. For example, the Starbucks app can keep track of payment card balances, find nearby locations and display loyalty points, with transactions completed via QR codes stored in Passbook.
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There is a great third party game called Zymon in the app store. Admittedly I built it. :P
Overall though, as a developer, I can tell you that currently apps are VERY limited in what they can do. This is why you won't see any real action games on the watch (if they are the place to have an action game anyway). If/when Apple open up the APIs a bit more, we should see more interesting apps coming through.
Some of the more interesting apps incorporate support for Apple services. For example, the Starbucks app can keep track of payment card balances, find nearby locations and display loyalty points, with transactions completed via QR codes stored in Passbook.
Not all 2D bar codes are QR codes. QR is a brand name, and the Starbucks bar code is not a QR code.
Yeah this is something I'm trying to figure out because my wife has it on her watch and yet it doesn't appear in the available apps on my watch? Neither does eBay so I'm trying to figure out if its something within those apps that I have turned off or what.
Is it me or does Facebook not have an app on the Apple Watch Store like they had mentioned in the Keynote?
Just what people need. Facebook on their watch.
#revolutionary
Did you check the setting in your ?Watch app on the iPhone? Make sure that "show on ?Watch" is on
Just what people need. Facebook on their watch.
#revolutionary
Don't worry. When the Apple Watch battery dies halfway through the day, they'll go back to doing Facebook on their iPhone. All these apps can be done better on the iPhone anyway. Let the nerds buy the watch. The smart ones know they do not need a device that duplicates another one. They'll look funny shaking their wrists trying to wake it up just to see the time.
That Dark Sky app looks great. Granted, I won't be able to try it out until June when my Watch arrives.
Wait, what? Aren't nerds smart? And there is no need to shake watch ????.
Nerd out ????
Just what we need. Another useless post by a sarcastic troll.
#shutupandgoaway
We're not on Twitter.
Obviously the irony of you posting the nerd comment on apple insider blog is lost on you. I'm sure your TMZ loving friends don't think your a "nerd"