Major apps pull support for Apple Watch
After going largely unnoticed for weeks, AppleInsider discovered a few major companies like Google and eBay recently pulled their dedicated Apple Watch apps from the App Store. AppleInsider takes a closer look at the quiet removals and what it means for watchOS in this video.
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https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/01/google-maps-amazon-ebay-drop-apple-watch-support/
Whoops, missed their source.
They just aren't good. This is not what the watch is meant for. Interaction with the watch needs to be 5 seconds at a time. Max.
I agree with other commenters... it's really a question of if the development costs equal the usage patterns. They probably made the app strictly for marketing potential from the initial Apple Watch buzz, but now it's merely an expense without return.
The Watch as it stands now, is merely an extension to the iPhone. I like to unlock my MacBook using the Watch. I like how I can review notifications on the Watch without reaching for my iPhone. It's a lot more polite in a meeting to casually glance at your watch to see if that email or text is important enough to step out of the meeting and address. The other major usage of the watch is health and workout tracking. Otherwise the Watch is pretty much a toy and not very useful to read email on. It is nice to reply to a text with Siri sometimes. But using merely as a watch is nice and to receive reminders is nice. The latest WatchOS vastly improved performance and a dock of frequent apps is appreciated.
The Apple Watch needs better battery life, it makes it through a full day well enough but it's annoying to need to charge it every night.