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All the New Features Apple Is Bringing to WatchOS 10 This Fall

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Last year’s WWDC brought major updates to the Apple Watch’s hardware, including the introduction of the extra-durable Apple Watch Ultra. This year, it’s software. During today’s WWDC keynote, Apple revealed that 2023 will bring similarly major updates to the wearable’s software when watchOS 10 arrives in the fall.

Watch Widgets Provide More Info at a Glance

The Apple Watch has always offered several highly-configurable watch faces for those wanting to stay on top of upcoming appointments, the weather, missed messages, and their level of physical activity, all without having to reach for their iPhones. With watchOS 10, Apple is going to make it even easier for Apple Watch users to quickly access information besides what time it is.

Widgets are coming to watchOS 10, but instead of cluttering up the home screen as enlarged complications where users may have pictures of family or even a pet, they will be available through a stack that’s accessible by simply turning the Digital Crown while on the home screen, which previously did nothing. Using machine learning, the most relevant widgets will come up first in the stack, such as a running countdown timer, or an impending calendar appointment.

The widgets stack will also feature shortcuts for commonly used complications that some users already regularly use on the home screen, like timers, the stopwatch, and music playback controls. The idea seems to be to help declutter the Apple Watch’s home screen, which will undoubtedly also serve to improve battery life.

New Watch Faces Including an Iconic Pupper

Apple Watch users are more or less forced to rely on Apple for new watch faces, but thankfully the company throws its users a bone with every update. For watchOS 10, two new watch faces are being introduced, one called Palette which displays the time through colorful animations, and one featuring another iconic cartoon character: Snoopy with his buddy, Woodstock.

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