Apple Watch Already Has More Than 6,000 Applications Available

Apple Watch. Source: www.technobuffalo.com

The number of apps available for Apple Watch has doubled since last April 22. Right now, the days of the WWDC 2015, workshops to developers all over the world come and learn with Apple engineers have used all the resources offered by the new software presented by the company a few days ago. It is still celebrated: iOS 9 OS X El Capitan and watchOS 2. This year is special because we have for the first time since 2007 with a completely new platform: watchOS 2.

The operating system of Apple Watch has introduced its second generation at WWDC but perhaps is what should have been at first the software with the clock hit the market. In any case, we have already seen some of its most important new features, now only know is that developers exploit and continue to grow its applications ecosystem.

Indeed, on the Apple Watch applications ecosystem have new data, and is that reports the firm App, Annie. The number of app available for the SmartWatch has doubled since the last measurement was made on April 22, reaching the not inconsiderable figure of 6,000 compatible apps in less than two months period.

Specifically, the total number of applications for Apple Watch have reached 6,352 yesterday, a figure that exceeds by more than double the 3,000 applications that the smart watch was launched. Growing the App Store is an impressive, 108% since its launch. Far exceeding from the iPhone got in its first months since the opening of the App Store, where 500 apps available and 25% of them were games.

The growth rate of the Apple Watch App Store is an impressive 108% since its launch

Now the picture is quite different because of the more than 6,000 applications available for the Apple Watch, only 10% of them are games, although the category is becoming increasingly popular, adding more than 300 new games in less than two months.

As we read in Cult of Mac, with the arrival of watchOS 2 the developers will have the opportunity to create native applications for Apple Watch, allowing completely run on the device and stop relying on the iPhone, a major limitation with which we right now. How do you see the future of apps in the Apple Watch?

Via todaysiphone