WatchOS 2 Beta 5  for Apple Watch Now Available (Updated)

Source: razorianfly.com

Apple released the 5 beta of watchOS 2 for all Apple Watch developers. New watchface timelapse showing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, increased the total number of such areas to 6.

New option to keep screen Apple Watch on for 70 seconds after the touch (compared to 15 seconds are now allowed). New button “Quick Play” that lets you play all our songs at random. Glance Music redesign and “Now Playing” screen of the application with a circular volume indicator buttons “Like” and “Delete Song” on the sides.

The Modular watchface now has a label called Multicolor indicating the new color mode with complications. Training in applying also find some changes. For example, when we keep our training data confirming we will see a new animation. In addition, in the field of training we will see an indicator on the back that will indicate that Apple Watch is monitoring our exercise.

Apple has released few minutes ago the fifth beta of watchOS 2, the next generation of Apple Watch that reach all the clocks operating system next fall. The new version comes two weeks after receiving watchOS 4 Beta 2, which had some new features like support for complications of colors, including the native activity and increased readability in certain watchfaces as Utility or Modular and solving some system errors.

The new features this watchOS 2 Beta 5 are still unknown, so you have to wait until the developers will throw down the gauntlet and we disengage the surprises of this beta machine. Nothing is now available for download through the Apple Developer Center and has the build number 13S5325c.

WatchOS 2 is a particularly interesting version for developers, because it will have certain features that are missing in the current version. Among them are the ability to access hardware resources as the clock Taptic Engine Digital Crown heart rate sensor -very important for apps Fitness-, the accelerometer, among others.

But undoubtedly the most important innovation will be the native applications, breaking its dependence on the iPhone, which will create faster, stable and fluid apps. Recall that at the moment all Apple Watch apps are preloaded on the iPhone, which translates into excessively slow load times especially in those requiring an Internet connection.

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Unlike what happens with iOS and OS X, Apple is not offering public betas of watchOS 2 so that users can try it on their watches. In fact, Apple Watch currently does not allow downgrande, making it impossible to downgrade once we have updated our device.

Via 9to5mac