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Apple releases updates to the software that powers the iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV at regular intervals and it has two new updates on the horizon. And while Apple hasn't given an exact date for when they will drop, we can now make a calculated guess based on the information the company gave us in a recent press release.Apple's updates bring with them a variety of things whether they are bug fixes, security fixes, or in the best cases, updates that bring whole new features to the mix as well. In the case…

After releasing watchOS 10.2 last month, Apple is seeding the RC of watchOS 10.3. At the moment, it’s unclear what’s new with this operating system update, as Apple has already rolled out every delayed watchOS 10 feature expected.Over the past few months, Apple added several new features to Apple Watch users, such as: Double tap gestures: Users can easily control the Apple Watch Series 9 using just one hand and without touching the display by tapping the index finger and thumb of their watch hand together twice…

Apple has today unveiled its new Black Unity Sport Band for Apple Watch, and has confirmed watchOS 10.3 will be arriving next week, with an all-new Unity Bloom watch face in tow. Apple made the announcement as part of a feature confirming it will award grants to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Studio Museum in Harlem, Battersea Arts Centre, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Ghetto Film School, and the National Museum of African American Music through its Racial Equity and Justice Initiative. As has become an annual…

While Apple has yet to confirm anything, we can pretty safely expect that it will announce the watchOS 11 update in June and then spend the next few months honing it, ready for the big release in or around September. It's a pattern that the company has followed for years now, and it's one that we very much expect it to follow in 2024 as well. But what will watchOS 11 have to offer?That's the big question in a year that will mark the Apple Watch's 10th birthday. To date, software rumors have been hard to come by, although…

Every major software release by Apple has delayed features, watchOS 10 included. The operating system introduced during WWDC 2023 has several functions set to come later, including core features for the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2.By the time Apple released watchOS 10 in September 2023, there were a total of six delayed features: Double tap gestures: Users can easily control the Apple Watch Series 9 using just one hand and without touching the display by tapping the index finger and thumb of…

After releasing watchOS 10.2 last month, Apple is seeding beta 3 of watchOS 10.3. At the moment, it’s unclear what’s new with this operating system update, but there’s at least one feature that Apple has promised to add during the watchOS 10 cycle.After adding NameDrop, double-tap gesture, and the ability of Siri to read and log on-device Health requests, Apple needs to add this other feature below to watchOS: Media suggestions will appear at the top of the Smart Stack if nothing is playing on a nearby HomePod In…

After releasing watchOS 10.2 last month, Apple is already seeding beta 2 of watchOS 10.3. At the moment, it’s unclear what’s new with this operating system update, but there’s at least one feature that Apple has promised to add during the watchOS 10 cycle.After adding NameDrop, double-tap gesture, and the ability of Siri to read and log on-device Health requests, Apple needs to add this other feature below to watchOS: Media suggestions will appear at the top of the Smart Stack if nothing is playing on a nearby…

Digital Trends One of Apple’s recent focuses on iOS and watchOS is mental health and wellness. In the most recent watchOS 10 and iOS 17 updates, Apple added Mindfulness capture, which lets you log your mood for the day or how you feel at a particular moment. Similarly, it also launched a new Journal app. Though Apple announced the Journal app in June’s WWDC23 keynote, Journal was absent from the initial iOS 17 release. With iOS 17.2, Apple finally released Journal to the public as another tool for better mental…

watchOS 10 brings a revamped UI to take advantage of larger Apple Watch displays. While Apple said it has virtually redesigned all main Watch apps, third-party developers could do the same. With the new operating system now available, we can finally see some of these works in action – in addition to brand-new features.These are eight updated Apple Watch apps that will make watchOS 10 even better:Gentler Streak: As we already covered at BGR, Gentler Streak has revamped its watchOS app to take advantage of the…

Back in WWDC 2023, Apple announced watchOS 10 would revamp Cycling and Hiking workouts. Then, in September, with the official release of this operating system update, Apple Watch users could try all the new features.While with watchOS 9, I immediately felt the changes when Apple revamped Outdoor Run workouts; it took me longer to try this watchOS 10 feature as I’m not much of a cyclist. Fortunately, when I visited my mom for Christmas, she lent me her bike so I could try at least one of the new functions of the…