Tag: watch

Developers are taking advantage of the built-in GPS and altimeter in Apple Watch Series 3 as well as custom workout APIs released in watchOS 4.2 to enable tracking of specialized metrics. App updates for snoww, Slopes, Squaw Alpine, Snocru and Ski Tracks ... ( read original story ...)

The update applies to Apple Watch Series 3 models running WatchOS 4.2 or newer. Alpine sports fans can now log their runs, as well as view vertical descent stats, calories burned and more in the Activity app. Skiing and snowboarding now also contribute ... ( read original story ...)

The support for the new features originally rolled out with the watchOS 4.2 update released in December, which added custom workout APIs focused on tracking winter sports activities, but it seems that Apple is only now letting developers roll out software ... ( read original story ...)

Apple added these new APIs in watchOS 4.2 but Apple does not currently expose the data in its official Activity or Workout apps. The Workout app includes a generic ‘Snow Sports’ label in the Other workouts category, but it doesn’t do anything special ... ( read original story ...)

and thicknesses —an important factor given official bands like the Link Bracelets and the Hermes-branded Double Tours. Apple has periodically been thought to be working on electronically-enhanced Watch bands, or support for them, but none have so far ... ( read original story ...)

Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming watchOS 4.3 update to developers, two weeks after seeding the second beta and two days after releasing watchOS 4.2.3, a minor update focusing on bug fixes. Once the proper configuration profile has been ... ( read original story ...)

Apple has issued the third developer's beta test version of watchOS 4.3, and has released public beta test versions of iOS 11.3, and macOS High Sierra 10.13.4. There remain no notes associated with the watchOS beta. Previous versions of the beta ... ( read original story ...)