Introduction to Apple WatchKit with Core Motion – Tracking Jumping Jacks

Re:Introduction to Apple WatchKit with Core Motion – Trackin... by hsiaoer on Sunday February 18, 2018 @01:48PM (#16407470)

I think part of it was that until the series 3, you still needed the phone nearby for wifi connectivity so developers were less interested in building a watch-specific app. Most of the ones out there were just widgets or notification apps that played nicely with the phone's.

As each series improves and Apple opens up new libraries so your watch becomes more and more independent of the phone, I believe we'll get more watch developers to up their game.

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Re:Introduction to Apple WatchKit with Core Motion – Trackin... by djrogers on Sunday February 18, 2018 @07:54PM (#16409960)

You don’t actually need the phone nearby with the previous watches either, they will connect directly to WiFi if they need to - they just prefer to use the phone for battery saving.

I was kinda surprised the first time I got an iMessage on my series 2 when my phone was in airplane mode!

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