The most recent report from Bloomberg claims that watchOS 10 will deliver a significant software update to Apple’s wristwatch, making widgets once again a crucial component of the gadget. According to a recent rumour, Apple is also working on “Quartz,” an AI-powered health counselling service.
WatchOS: Apple To Put Widgets and UI First
Since the release of the first Apple Watch, the company has been working on some major software updates. Widgets and necessary adjustments to the device’s operation will be the main focus of the upgrade. Watch faces, Glance’s widgets, the home screen, and frequent contacts were the four main areas around which the company had initially built watchOS. It later did away with widgets and frequently used contacts, emphasizing notifications, and multitasking instead.
Widgets will be reintroduced in the upcoming version and made a central part of the user experience. Instead of launching apps, the business wants to let customers browse through a variety of widgets, including those for fitness monitoring, weather, stock quotations, calendar reminders, and more. The new interface will resemble iOS and iPadOS’s Siri watch face and widget stacks. Using the Digital Crown to open widgets rather than the home screen is one of the buttons changes Apple is experimenting with for the watch.
The action demonstrates Apple’s readiness to admit that the app format used on an iPhone doesn’t always make sense on a watch. In the seven years since their launch, Apple Watch apps have hardly gained traction. The business has had trouble enlisting outside developers, and a recent filing revealed that the watch App Store has much fewer monthly visitors from Europe than the iPhone App Store. Users will probably have even quicker access to the information after the update.
Apple is planning to update the WatchOS: The Watch will probably receive the most major upgrade this year with the software update. Users anticipate that the new models of the device will be comparable to those from the previous year’s range, but they hope that the new interface will make use of the Ultra version’s larger, flatter display. At WWDC in June, Apple will also introduce iOS 17, macOS 14, and the eagerly anticipated mixed-reality headset.
