Apple Seeds Second Beta of watchOS 10 to Developers

Apple today seeded the second beta of an upcoming watchOS 10 update to developers for testing purposes, with the software update coming two weeks after the beta was first introduced following the June 5 WWDC keynote event.

Apple watchOS 10 Feature
To install the ‌watchOS 10‌ update, developers will need to open the Apple Watch app, go to the Software Update section under "General" in Settings, and toggle on the ‌watchOS 10‌ Developer Beta. Note that an Apple ID linked to a developer account is required.

Once beta updates have been activated, ‌watchOS 10‌ can be downloaded under the same Software Update section. To install software, an Apple Watch needs to have 50 percent battery life and it must be placed on an Apple Watch charger.

‌watchOS 10‌ adds a whole new widget-focused interface. You can access a widget stack from any watch face using the Digital Crown, swiping through them to get to relevant information. Control Center can be activated from any app by pressing the side button, and these new quick access controls are meant to let you use watch faces that support less information while still putting everything you need at your fingertips.

There are new Palette and Snoopy watch faces, updates to Cycling and Hiking workouts, and mental health integrations. Users can log their state of mind and mood using the Apple Watch, with the device providing insights into mental health over time.

‌watchOS 10‌ is limited to developers at the current time, but Apple will offer a public beta later this summer, with an official release to follow this fall.

Related Roundups: watchOS 10, watchOS 9
Related Forum: Apple Programming

Top Rated Comments

dubvulture Avatar
14 weeks ago
Just toggled beta updates off and on and it showed up.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Radeon85 Avatar
14 weeks ago
Had to toggle off an on as well, showed up pretty quick then.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jbwelsch Avatar
14 weeks ago
Hasn't populated yet on a paid dev account, in case you're coming here worried.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Tomtom1985 Avatar
14 weeks ago
Hope they fixed battery life
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
JCCL Avatar
14 weeks ago
Nothing for me and my Series 5 either. From all the betas, this is the one with worst performance, hopefully beta 2 improves things a bit.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
alexandr Avatar
14 weeks ago

Just toggled beta updates off and on and it showed up.
Thanks, that does the trick!
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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