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kitten smoothie posted:Is there a good way to programmatically trigger watch face changes? Saw this on Reddit
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Love the random days where my battery dies insanely fast. Haven’t had one in a long time but today after the update I’m at 10% despite doing nothing with the watch itself.
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Sep 20, 2020 22:57
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That is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I do not use too many shortcuts but this will be useful. I can have it set up a certain face when I get to school, one when the school day is over and one for when I sleep at night.
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Sep 21, 2020 03:13
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Basically just wore a sport band that came with the Watch for years on my different versions without particularly caring for appearance or whatever else. Decided to get a Sport Loop today and it is so much more comfortable I feel dumb for not changing the strap. I actually forget the Watch is on my wrist now. This is basically a PSA for people who haven't considered changing it up.
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Sep 21, 2020 04:17
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wait so is the force touch screen just deactivated on the new OSs even on old hardware? I haven’t updated yet.
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Sep 21, 2020 04:49
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I wore the sport loop exclusively for years. Love it. Only complaint was when I was swimming, it would come undone when I dove into the pool or swam with any speed. I tried the sport band and have been wearing it ever since just because of the pool thing. Sport loop does indeed own though.
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Sep 21, 2020 04:50
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Do any of the other retailers allow you to buy the Apple watch with the sport loop or is that only when you customize it from Apple? I have some gift certs to Best Buy and would rather buy a Series 6 there but if I have to buy a sport loop anyways then I might as well go through Apple.
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Sep 21, 2020 05:08
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Ok Comboomer posted:wait so is the force touch screen just deactivated on the new OSs even on old hardware? I haven’t updated yet. Yep, it's gone. Sucks, I enjoyed using it to clear notifications.
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Sep 21, 2020 05:11
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gently caress, it’s like they maimed the product. gently caress that, my 6S + Series 3 have like 4 and 3 years respectively and they work fine (phone storage is maxed and battery is starting to crap). That bothers me. I paid for those features. I liked those features. They’re hardware-specific, not like an app that dies or whatever. loving bullshit, Apple.
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Sep 21, 2020 05:16
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FCKGW posted:Do any of the other retailers allow you to buy the Apple watch with the sport loop or is that only when you customize it from Apple? Just get a knockoff loop on Amazon for like $8
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Sep 21, 2020 05:16
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Just get a knockoff loop on Amazon for like $8 I know, but the regular band is never going to leave the box and if I can save $8 then I'll save $8
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Sep 21, 2020 05:27
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FCKGW posted:I know, but the regular band is never going to leave the box and if I can save $8 then I'll save $8 Maybe get some apple store gift cards from BB?
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Sep 21, 2020 05:39
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I got the sport loop on sale at Best Buy today for 29.99. It's steep, but they also give you 4 months of Apple Music (which I already use) and I prefer knowing that the connector on the strap is Apple certified. I know there are good knockoffs and all that but it's an expensive item so I never scrimp on plugs/straps.
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Sep 21, 2020 05:50
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I wish they made a sport loop with magnets instead of Velcro, like the leather loops have.
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Sep 21, 2020 11:40
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(Thought I already posted but maybe in the wrong thread) Pretty neat trick, you can automate watch face changes based on time w/Shortcuts now: https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/iw8b5t/how_to_automate_your_watch_faces_based_on_time_of/ Wonder how many other triggers it works with, I'd probably make some triggers based on car bluetooth and my gym.
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Sep 21, 2020 13:05
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I wanted to finally grab a watch since I loved my gear S3 but I think I may have same issue that I did with the sizing, the bands are too small. The loop is out of the question since I tried the sizing tool and the largest size was short by and inch and half or so. Anyone have advice? I went through a bunch of crap 3rd party bands trying to find one that fit for my gear s3, had to use a Nato band that blocked all the sensors for awhile until I found something that worked. I'm in Houston so all the stores are closed so going in store for sizing is out of the question
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Sep 21, 2020 17:08
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Without sounding like an rear end, how.... large are your wrists?
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Sep 21, 2020 17:35
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Without sounding like an rear end, how.... large are your wrists? It's AC Slater. Dude has been powerlifting and wrestling competitively since the early 90s. Tree trunks for wrists.
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Sep 21, 2020 17:44
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AdmiralViscen posted:I wish they made a sport loop with magnets instead of Velcro, like the leather loops have. I mean they did it’s the Milanese loop right? Gotta pay that material up charge!
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Sep 21, 2020 18:00
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enojy posted:It's AC Slater. Dude has been powerlifting and wrestling competitively since the early 90s. Tree trunks for wrists. Ha yeah I'm a thicc boi. I hate cardio and just straight lift so it doesn't help my issue but I'm 6 foot 6 so yeah I'm obviously a small market. Wrists are roughly 10 inches round if I recall maybe 11?
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Sep 21, 2020 18:08
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AdmiralViscen posted:The loss of force press in notifications and watch face switching really sucks Yeah, I don't understand this change.
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Sep 21, 2020 18:34
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DangerZoneDelux posted:I wanted to finally grab a watch since I loved my gear S3 but I think I may have same issue that I did with the sizing, the bands are too small. The loop is out of the question since I tried the sizing tool and the largest size was short by and inch and half or so. Anyone have advice? I went through a bunch of crap 3rd party bands trying to find one that fit for my gear s3, had to use a Nato band that blocked all the sensors for awhile until I found something that worked. I'm in Houston so all the stores are closed so going in store for sizing is out of the question It might be worth it to buy adapters for normal watch bands and find one of those.
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Sep 21, 2020 18:40
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https://www.imore.com/best-apple-watch-bands-extra-large-wrists
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Sep 21, 2020 19:35
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From that link it looks like the one large enough is the one Amazon brand I found for the gear s3 but it’s like having stiff rope on your wrists, better than squeezing the poo poo out of my wrists with a smaller band
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Sep 21, 2020 20:33
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So after unpairing and repairing my watch, I’ve found that a lot of the really bad battery drain issues with my S4 and WatchOS 7 have been mitigated. Still not 100% satisfied but it’s way better than what it was.
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Sep 21, 2020 22:13
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dutchbstrd posted:New watch owner and curious if there a way to sync individual podcasts to a watch with the default app? I can't figure out a way, and it seems like you have to let the Phone and Watch intelligently sync everything, or sync what is in "Up Next". And it only works while charging. I want to be able to scroll to a podcast on my phone and shove it to my watch to listen to while running / without my phone. It looks like Overcast can do this but ideally I can do it in Podcast.app. Go back a page or few, I asked and provided my thoughts and solution (Pocket casts in the end) and is still been working well for me to seamlessly switch back and forth between phone and watch.
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Sep 21, 2020 23:56
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pantslesswithwolves posted:So after unpairing and repairing my watch, I’ve found that a lot of the really bad battery drain issues with my S4 and WatchOS 7 have been mitigated. Still not 100% satisfied but it’s way better than what it was. Did you pair as a new watch or from a backup? I did as a backup and while it’s still too early to tell, it seems to be much better. I’ll see where I’m at mid day tomorrow after a full charge. Today I was at about 40%.
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Sep 21, 2020 23:57
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For the purposes of potential troubleshooting, S4, watchOS 7 iPhone XR, iOS 14 Zero battery issues. Finished the day at 75%.
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Sep 22, 2020 00:02
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PaganGoatPants posted:Yeah, I don't understand this change. The new watch is missing the force touch hardware to save 0.1mm thickness to increase the battery 8.5% (for 40mm, 3.5% for 44mm). They disabled it from the old watches because it would make the 6 look bad or something.
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Sep 22, 2020 00:06
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DangerZoneDelux posted:Ha yeah I'm a thicc boi. I hate cardio and just straight lift so it doesn't help my issue but I'm 6 foot 6 so yeah I'm obviously a small market. Wrists are roughly 10 inches round if I recall maybe 11? lol, I measured out 11 inches on my tailor's measure, and I was able to get it across my entire forearm (pretty snugly, though).
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Sep 22, 2020 00:07
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Shammypants posted:I mean they did it’s the Milanese loop right? Gotta pay that material up charge! I want a fabric loop that is held onto your wrist with magnets instead of Velcro, like the leather loops have without being metal because they are leather
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Sep 22, 2020 00:10
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It's so weird that Apple got us all to love the force touching on phones and watches to just take it out. What did they not like about it? High failure rates on those parts?
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Sep 22, 2020 00:11
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TraderStav posted:It's so weird that Apple got us all to love the force touching on phones and watches to just take it out. What did they not like about it? High failure rates on those parts? Low discoverability and hard to explain to most people
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Sep 22, 2020 00:19
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Force touch is dumb and no average user actually uses it. It seems simple to us but it’s the new mouse click vs double mouse click for normal people. The idea of a button doing one thing but another if you press it in a different way is actually terrible user design because it makes no sense and is foreign to everyone that uses buttons or interactive gestures. Nothing else in my lab or home or anything works like that.
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Sep 22, 2020 00:27
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101 posted:Low discoverability and hard to explain to most people Also it makes the waterproofing seals more complicated and the whole display a little more expensive.
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Sep 22, 2020 00:34
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I don’t miss force touch in the iPhones really, the long press they implemented instead has been good enough for 99% of things. Don’t think I ever use it on my Watch.
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Sep 22, 2020 00:35
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I guess I’m in the minority then! Fair enough
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Sep 22, 2020 00:45
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I will miss force touch and I’m in no hurry to install the next OS now that I know it will be disabled.
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Sep 22, 2020 01:45
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Anyone get a braided solo loop and can comment on how sweat resistant it is? I have a couple knockoff sport loops and they’re terrible for workouts, they’re damp for hours afterwards.
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The 6 is thinner now that they got rid of force touch (10.4 vs 10.74mm). Hoping they make a big leap and get Series 7 under 9mm thick.
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