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I have TRIED to like watchOS 10. Hell, I was pretty excited for new features, but it’s been a massive disappointment. I don’t use the widgets at all, since I already have everything I want on my watch face. The control center was great where it was, and the Digital Crown and side buttons have been completely changed. I can’t double press on the crown to return to my previous app, which I used multiple times a day. Now I have to use the dock to return to my last app, which adds extra steps. Apple Watch was great because of how efficient it was to use, but WatchOS 10 has made added so many steps to any action. I’m really hoping Apple will give us the option for this new UI or the old one, because it sucks.

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[–] Flobertt@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Herdnerfer@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve grown to really like it. I used to have to use multiple watch faces to cover all the app/complications I used throughout the day, now I can easily scroll down and there they all are in the same place.

[–] inmatenumberseven@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

All I can say is thanks to you folks. I'm still on 9 because of all these posts.

[–] gnnnnkh@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Minority viewpoint: I like it. A lot. WatchOS needed a visual refresh. The scroll Notification Center thingy is useful and allows me to use faces without a lot of complications. Still easy to swap between faces, but is now more intentional than accidental. Finally, the Apple Music upgrades are awesome - looks better, runs snappier over cellular.

[–] RunningM8@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yep. Saw it in beta earlier this year and switched to Garmin. Kevin Lynch, who was the Watch OS guru at Apple, left the team earlier this year which is a shame and IMO why it sucks so much now.

[–] graphixgurl747@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This has been posted EVERY. SINGLE. DAY

[–] Kartazius@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It horrible

[–] Trimshot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It’s worse tbh. I miss swimming down to toggle certain options and I don’t use widgets at all. I’m not sure I’m crazy about autonight mode

[–] jjhoansen@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Really.... again? every day a post about this?

[–] moutonbleu@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not a fan of it either but I'll learn... and it'll become normal in due time.

[–] sxdkardashian@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I feel i’m in the minority that likes it.

[–] Blustarpilot@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Anyone else tired of these kind of posts appearing multiple times a day?

[–] Garofalin@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, it’s garbage on my Series 7.

[–] IIsForInglip@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Unpopular opinion but I like some of the new features, and since I use the Metropolitan face, I like that you have to tap the screen to resize the numbers because I was always bumping the crown with my wrist and messing up the way I had it set.

[–] Chrisvio@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. They “fixed” a bunch of things that weren’t broken and broke some things that were just fine.

[–] thedaveCA@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It took me about a month and a half to get used to it. When I grabbed my Series 6 it was horrible going back.

Your mileage will vary.

[–] Which-Ring5012@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s horrible for me and I hate it, too. My Apple Watches are now in the drawer since the last updates, not wearing them anymore. Thanks Apple!!!!

[–] ZeroMoneyDown@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Interested in selling? Which watches do you have and what do you want for them?

[–] Nearby-Entertainer11@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I like it a lot actually, I just hate the occasional lag.

Idk how to describe it but it looks more “the apple way”

[–] pavel_vishnyakov@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I like it. Easier to access control center with a button press regardless of where in the watch you are (swipe from the bottom only worked for me on the watchface, never in apps).

Stacks are nice and they let me use less “complicated” watchfaces without the feel of missing out on functionality. Though I’d love to be able to set up different stacks per watchface.

[–] Arlilecay@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

If you do a quick search, you’ll find there there are, in fact, a lot of people who don’t like it.

[–] Katttten@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I see no benefits at all to WatchOS 10

[–] daveh30@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Awww…. Muffin

[–] twmsci@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I hate it. I hate the Timer app especially. I hate seeing all my random timers show up and take up so much space. These random timers I’m likely not gonna use again in a long time. I loved that it used to allow you to FAVORITE timers!! Why did they remove that from 10

[–] TheKaigan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

People keep posting this...I can't even tell the difference really.

[–] KitchenBreadfruit816@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I hate it . I miss simple swipe up to get to very useful tasks

[–] FYI_FMI@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yes… changing to garmin

[–] GargantuanGorganzola@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Oh my god who the hell cares!?

[–] drjcoaldog@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] nothingexceptfor@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

yep, they pretty much ruined

[–] ZeroMoneyDown@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I see this posted a couple of times a day and I’m beginning to feel bad that I don’t hate watchOS10.

The watch face that I use almost all the time didn’t change. It took about 1/2 a day to get used to the button changes. I haven’t had any battery issues and have come to like the optimized charging feature. I got with the program and set up a couple of automations to change the face so that I can easily control my music when I’m at work.

The watch still buzzes and tells me to get off my fat ass when I’ve been sitting too long. My alarms still sound. My text notifications still notify.

If I had any complaints, I’m not extremely fond of the stock weather app, but I have an alternative that I usually use anyway. And even the stock app only requires a couple of extra taps to get to the info that I like to see. I would like a couple of different faces or the ability to further modify the one I use most (Modular).

All in all - a big nothingburger for me. But I’m working on generating some hate. Give me a couple more weeks….

[–] MarginWalker13@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I don’t like it at all. But I think it’s a mix of needed to relearn some functions so over time it might grow on me. The amount of times I have to press to do my workouts is so annoying.

What pisses me off the most is how much it slowed down my watch. I have an SE 1. And as soon as I updated this thing lags so much. I have to press a few times. Screens take forever to load.

[–] Koleckai@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

A lot of people seem to hate it. I think hate is extreme. I don’t really like the changes they made but have gotten used to them now.

Though, I wouldn’t mind if they allowed me to turn off widgets and return the control center to swipe up.

[–] Patutula@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I dont hate it but I am not a fan. I'd rather have the old one back.

[–] janauati@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the media player sucks, it sometimes (involuntarily) pairs to my iphone and for god's sake I can't find a way to unpair it, damn it, I just want to play music from my watch itself; it used to have an entry in the menu, well, it's no longer there... the only way around I found is just restarting my watch and play the music again.

[–] Jack_-_R@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This I believe is because it's set to use the media player without the phone. They figure if you have the phone you'd use it over the watch. I have zero issues when I leave the phone behind. I'm assuming you mean from the watch over BT as it doesn't play just on the watch ever.

[–] slicecom@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

No, I really like it.

[–] aaron416@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I wish I could go back to 9 because of the changes in swiping watch faces and scrolling. Today I wanted to change to another face and it wasn’t cooperating - tapping on the target face did nothing.

[–] trazmick@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

yes I didn’t upgrade

[–] theplasticfantasty@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I’m so fucking tired of hearing about watchOS 10 lmao. It’s not bad at all

[–] GlossyKudasai@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I find no purpose for widgets at all in all Apple OSs

[–] eskie146@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, we did get a stopwatch that doubles as a flashlight.

[–] PugGamer129@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah holy shit it’s the worst

[–] Elk-man23@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Adapt, you’ll be okay.

[–] maroefi@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago

I got used to the changes without even thinking about it. You guys write paragraphs of complaints. Wow