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rob53 said:

nhughes said:

rob53 said:

I really would like to hear about cleaning and sanitizing of the Apple Watch. Has anyone found Apple documented information on how to properly remove material from the watch? I'm not talking about simple moisture, I'm talking about lotion, food, soda pop, barf, in other words all the normal things a watch comes in contact with. Simply using a dry cloth isn't going to help, especially if you're in a hospital.

I responded to your barf inquiry on the review thread earlier, but the short version is: Just wash it in the sink.

Says who, you? Where does Apple say it can simply be washed in a sink? With only water, soap, disinfectants? Are you willing to accept liability for your statement? I no longer have access to anyone at Apple so if you do, please ask Apple. I'd appreciate a better answer than just wash it in a sink.

Says Apple, since the first-gen watch.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/12/29/how-to-fix-a-sticky-digital-crown-on-your-apple-watch

rob53 said:

I really would like to hear about cleaning and sanitizing of the Apple Watch. Has anyone found Apple documented information on how to properly remove material from the watch? I'm not talking about simple moisture, I'm talking about lotion, food, soda pop, barf, in other words all the normal things a watch comes in contact with. Simply using a dry cloth isn't going to help, especially if you're in a hospital.

I responded to your barf inquiry on the review thread earlier, but the short version is: Just wash it in the sink.

Soli said:

I've been conducting tests where I leave my iPhone behind and only take my Series 3 with cellular and BT headphones. For the most part it works out well but there are definitely many areas in which it needs to grow.

For instance, I can figure out how to message an iMessage group with the Watch, even if I've given that group a name (e.g.: 👥 Siblings). Additionally, using it for Apple Music—a service I'm not enjoying on any device—is more complex to use with the Watch and still requires me to do a lot of pre-planning with my iPhone. I also can't seem to play podcasts, and there's no Sirius XM or Spotify apps, which are services I do like to use. Finally, for this short list of issues, I still need to bring my iPhone for grocery shopping because there's no Notes app. The workaround for that is to copy the list from Notes into Reminders which updates almost instantly.

There is no way (that I know of) to create a new group message from the watch alone. But obviously if you already have an ongoing conversation with that group, you can just resend to that.

Podcast support (or lack thereof) is an embarrassment.

Sirius, Spotify and anyone else should be able to launch their own apps with LTE support. I am hopeful that they do.

My wife had the same problem as you with notes/lists for groceries, and I searched around and gave her a quick list of free apps to try. There are paid ones like Fantastical that accomplish the same goals, of course. But the free ones I found were:

- Buy Me a Pie!
- Cozi - Shared Calendar, Reminders, Grocery List
- Grocery - Smart Sorting Grocery List
- AnyList - Grocery Shopping List

Also worth noting that while the watch strangely lacks a calculator, Calcbot is a good free option.

Final note: Last week, I went to the watchOS App Store and noticed that almost all of the top results were things sorely missing from the watch that users would logically want. As I noted on Twitter, with the exception of Google Maps, the rest of them should be easily addressable by Apple in a watchOS 5 update.

Please keep the conversation civil, or you will be banned. Thank you.

emoeller said:

Nice review, thanks.

my first gen Watch got a nice speed bump with last years software update, but not so with this update.

Apple could/should solve my battery issues if they would provide a built in wireless charger to their iPhone battery case (which has really worked great for me).  My Watch could then get a late day charge on the go, as I am rarely without my iPhone.

I once spoke with an accessory manufacturer who made a device that tapped into the Lightning port on the iPhone. Notably, the accessory had its own battery that needed to be recharged (via micro USB, no less), despite the fact that it was plugging into a Lightning port that can provide power to accessories. I asked why that was the case.

They explained to me that Apple is very strict about accessories drawing power from the Lightning port, especially on the iPhone. They know that consumers want more battery life out of their phone, and that it's pretty much the number one complaint about the iPhone. And so they basically won't allow any accessories that draw power from the port on an iPhone.

The iPad is a little more lax, given its larger battery, longer uptime, and less "mission critical" use cases in most people's lives. That's why you see the Apple Pencil recharging from the Lightning port.

So the phone itself will never recharge the watch, you can be sure of that. But building wireless charging into the battery case is an interesting idea. I like it. If Apple doesn't make this, hopefully a third-party manufacturer will. At the moment, the only portable Apple Watch charging method that I know of is a battery with integrated magnetic charger from Kanex, which I reviewed here.

I'm hopeful that we see some pretty neat new, thin battery cases for the iPhone 8/X, thanks to inductive wireless charging. Especially ones that don't obscure the Lightning port, so you can get power on the go and use wired headphones at the same time.