The Apple Watch “Companion” iPhone app in details and screenshots

Update February 5: following the release of iOS 8.2
Beta 5, new screens and details are available regarding the app
companion to the Apple Watch. This article initially published in mid-January is therefore
completed. Adding asection dedicated to the “Other” menu,
particularly complete, added numerous screenshots,
friend management, etc.

The Apple Watch may well have been
officially presented by Apple last September, it retains its share
mysteries, particularly with regard to its daily functioning and
interaction with the iPhone. But the latest Beta version of iOS 8.2 released
yesterday and indiscretions have just lifted the veil on
l’applicationallowing you to control the relationship between the iPhone
et l’Apple Watch.

It is
9to5macwho has thusrevealed numerous screenshots
of the app called "Companion" of the Apple Watch. We find the
management of notification settings, icons displayed on the watch,
local storage, accessibility options and many others
settings.

Onward to discover an app essential to the operation of the Apple
Watch :

Home page management

The application allows you to choose which app will be displayed on the watch and
or, like what you can do with apps from iTunes
on an iPhone. To do this, it displays a virtual view of the
watch :

Clock function

When the watch displays the time, a "complication" (equivalent to
"sophistication" in terms of watchmaking) named "Monogram" allows if we
would like to display apersonalization via a few letters
(from 1 to 4), you can put your initials there for example.

Another configurable display: the presence of adiscret point
rougewhich indicates when a notification has arrived on
l’iPhone.

Finally, for those who follow values ofbourse, To be
again, a complication is expected. It is thus possible to display
on the watch face the value of the action, the variations or the
capitalization of the company concerned.

Messaging

The Apple Watch allows you to respond to incoming messages by voice, whether
either by voice dictation or via an audio message. The application allows you to choose
what is the preferred mode, or to choose only when responding.

It is also possible to manageaccused of
reception, THEautomatic responses, but also
to choose which messages are transmitted to the watch by the iPhone (none,
people from their contact list) and the number of alerts for each
message.

It is also planned to configureup to 12 contacts which
will appear on the “friends” screen. From this screen it is
possible to navigate among the contacts and trigger as desired: call,
sending messages or sharing drawings (via the touch screen), heartbeats
cardiac (a real specificity…) or even “taps” via the component
specific integrated into the back of the watch (so-called “haptic” system).

The Companion app allows you to define a list of blocked contacts, including the
messages will not be able to arrive on the watch. This is configured in addition to the
iPhone blocking function, in addition. We can therefore define by
example a certain number of people whose calls we receive on the iPhone
but which will not be displayed on the watch.

Mapping

The Apple Watch can, in conjunction with the iPhone, guide the user
without having to take the iPhone out of your pocket.

This guidance is carried out in particular by small "steps" given at the level of the
wrist by the watch when changing direction. This function
can be deactivated via the companion app.

Activity tracking

The iPhone app allows you to define the precision of the desired activity tracking
by the wearer of the watch. These are thusalerts when
sits too long, others allowingto know
the activity level after 4, 6 or 8 hoursor even the attack
of hismovement goals, exercise or standing
which are configurable. A weekly summary can also be
setting.

The app also allows you to activate/deactivate heartbeat tracking
heart rate as well as activity monitoring (step counter) for those who are not
interested.

Security

The watch can be protected by a 4-digit code. This one is
required for using the watch with the Apple payment function
Pay. It is only possible to pay if the code was entered after it was shown
was put on the wrist. When the protection code is deleted or changed,
you must re-enter the payment information associated with Apple Pay.

The watch can be unlocked when you unlock the iPhone, there
again provided it is on the wrist.

Finally, an option allows you to trigger the erasure of data from the watch
in case the code is entered incorrectly 10 times.

Accessibility

As with other Apple products, the watch benefits from numerous
accessibility options. This mode is obtained by pressing the button three times.
crown.

We find the "voice over" which can read aloud what is displayed on
the screen as well as the possibility of zooming a portion of the screen.

Other options allow you to reduce visual effects, manage the
stereo distribution, reduce transparency effects, switch to
grayscale, manage animations or display text in bold.

Stockage local

Finally, the companion app confirms that the Apple Watch will be able to store
local music and photos. It provides information regarding
the data stored in memory on the watch. Amount of memory remaining,
number of songs, photos, stored apps and serial numbers are thus
available with details on Bluetooth and WiFi.

Other settings

The Apple Watch Companion app has an options category
titled “Other”. Here are the possibilities offered:

Clock: 24h or AM/PM mode setting

Contacts: choice of display for contacts, similar to those of
iPhone or specifically set on the watch
Mail: possibility to resume the iPhone conf or to configure
specifically displaying alerts and presentation
Maps: to choose whether the guidance instructions display directions
alerts or not
Photos: choice of local photo storage, with a size
limit
Music: to choose a playlist to synchronize locally on the
watch, with size limit

Phone: setting the display on the watch during calls
Actions: choice between following the same actions as the iPhone (mode
mirror) or configure specific monitoring
Weather: allows you to choose the city used by default in
different pages of the watch
Accessibility: different options to facilitate the use of the
shows, like what we know on iOS, the work seems to have been
done again with great seriousness.
Health privacy: management of sharing options with the iOS health app
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Paired unlock: allows you to create an access code for the watch, but
also configure its simultaneous unlocking when the iPhone is
unblocked
Layout: presentation of the home page
Motion & Fitness: to activate/deactivate the measurement of
heart rate and activity tracking

This allows you to better understand the configuration possibilities, very
numerous, offered by the Apple watch.

Also read:All the news on the
Apple connected watch in our dedicated section, dont

Source

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founder of the site. Computer engineer and Internet specialist where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for the magazine Team Palmtops (Posse Presse) and author of several books on the iPad published by Pearson.