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Soli said:

nhughes said:

rattlhed said:

ivos said:

What is the size of memory for music?

Still 2 GB of music storage

Not true.

Is that because they made the storage unit higher than 2 GiB or because you selected the 250 song option and have high bitrate audio?

Apple removed the ability to choose between 250 songs and 2GB. And I don’t have any high bitrate rips. I don’t know what the limit is but that is the amount of music it synced by itself. I have one playlist and my most played content checked in settings. 

kiowavt said:

Two things. This software was in public beta a long time. Was this change made after? And you need not upgrade much as you might wish to as first adopters. I am letting you all run a wider public test for me before I update. :-)

This change has been in effect since the first watchOS 4 beta. One correction, however: Apple does not have a public beta program for watchOS (mostly because if the install fails, you have to mail the hardware in to Apple for it to be fixed). There have only been developer betas of watchOS 4, no public betas.

lkrupp said:

there were no letters from Al Franken. 

This isn't really true. Franken has issued questions on basically every consumer-focused biometric feature that has been issued in recent memory, regardless of company, including Samsung, Facebook, and Amazon. In fact, when the Galaxy S5 got a fingerprint scanner and facial recognition capabilities in 2014, Franken issued a statement praising Apple's Touch ID and wondering if Samsung would offer the same assurances. See:

https://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2815

Needless fearmongering aside, no one should take any company (even Apple) at their word, especially not a U.S. senator. I would not be surprised if, after Apple responds to Franken, the senator is then praising Apple for its industry leading focus on privacy and security.

lorin schultz said:

In the three years I've owned my 6+, I have never used Reachability even once (not on purpose, anyway, I've invoked it many times by accident). I just asked my wife about it and she said exactly the same thing. 

For what it's worth, you can disable Reachability in settings, under accessibility.

mattinoz said:

Can it be paired to iPad, Mac or direct to iCloud and not have an iPhone at all?
 

It can't (yet). The Series 3 watch requires an iPhone 6 or newer for initial setup, whereas older models required the iPhone 5s or newer. We also asked Apple at the event today and confirmed that the watch cannot be paired with multiple phones (say, for example, if you wanted to switch between a work phone and personal one). Even though data is possible on the go, you're still dependent on an iPhone for setup and iCloud backup.

Another key factor missing on other platforms: Apple's Health app is not available on iPad or Mac, which would create another problem for syncing with those devices.

As a big Apple Watch fan, I would hope that watchOS 5 (or even a 4.1 update) would make strides in a more independent direction. It would be nice to see Continuity features from Mac/iOS come to the watch, such as receiving Mac notifications on your wrist when away from the computer, or being able to sync health data and setup/restore with an iPad/Mac.