On this week’s episode of The MacRumors Present, we speak by a number of the key features rumored for watchOS 10‘s substantial UI redesign.
Final week, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that watchOS 10 will introduce an all-new system of widgets for interacting with the Apple Watch. He defined that widgets will turn into a “central half” of the Apple Watch’s interface and in contrast the brand new system to Glances, the widgets interface that launched on the unique Apple Watch earlier than being scrapped in watchOS 3, and the model of widgets that iOS 14 dropped at the iPhone.
Apple can be apparently testing adjustments to the features carried out by the Apple Watch’s buttons. For instance, a press of the Digital Crown might now launch the brand new widgets view, relatively than navigate to the house display.
The brand new interface will apparently be “reminiscent” of the Siri watch face that was launched in watchOS 4, however as an overlay for any Apple Watch face. “It is also just like widget stacks, a function in iOS and iPadOS that lets customers pile many widgets into one and scroll by them,” Gurman added.
There are additionally rumors about watchOS 10 introducing a new house display format that takes cues from iOS with options like app folders. The adjustments are half of what’s anticipated to be one of many Apple Watch’s greatest software program updates since its introduction and essentially the most vital change to the Apple Watch this yr, as solely minor {hardware} updates are anticipated to be unveiled later this yr.
We take into account how this new UI might take form and the way we really feel concerning the proposed adjustments, reflecting on Glances, watchOS 4’s Siri watch face, previous adjustments to the Apple Watch’s buttons, and the way forward for apps on the machine.
We additionally focus on a number of the newest Apple information, together with the growth of AirTag-like monitoring alerts to third-party gadgets, iOS 17‘s rumored Pockets and Well being app redesigns, and the delay of the microLED Apple Watch Extremely to 2025.
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