A Developer Hacks Apple Watch and Get Running a Web Browser

Source www.theinquirer.net

One of the best-known Jailbreakers, Comex is the first to modify the operating system of Apple Watch. Just a few weeks ago that Apple Watch is on the market and some have already succeeded in changing operating system. It’s Comex, a well-known developer in the Jailbreak community has now decided to try his luck with the last device of Cupertino and see if we can get their hands on a green operating system yet.

Surprisingly, it has not only been able to change the system of Apple Watch, but has managed to run a fully functional web browser. Obviously, Apple does not include any type of browser natively on the SmartWatch, nor do we believe that we will see in the future for its no use. The video that we show below makes it quite clear what comes to be impractical for such a basic surf like Google from the small screen Apple Watch page.

The browser interface contains many elements reminiscent of iOS, as the context menu Copy / Set. This is because Apple Watch system is essentially a modified version of the current iOS 8.2, but runs a completely different iPhone and iPad Springboard own interface called Carousel.

Comex shows how the Apple Watch has included a number of features not yet activated as iOS dictionary, which offers definitions of any word that underline our device. Although many of these functions are disabled by surely obvious reasons, it is possible that in the future developers can access some of them by the arrival of native applications later this year.

The operating system of Apple Watch is a modified version of the current iOS 8.2

However, beyond the simple curiosity to see how a browser works on the small screen of Apple Watch, Comex has shown something much more important: it is possible to execute third-party code on the device. This opens the door to a future Jailbreak can speak to the Watch or tools to expand the capabilities of the block clock.

This is not the first demonstration of “muscle” by developers regarding the SmartWatch, without going any further, a few days ago we saw a developer running a full version of the Macintosh System 6 operating system on your Android Wear. What do you think? Will we in the future Jailbreak for Apple Watch?

Via 9to5mac.com