Next Monday, Apple will present its new conference from 7 p.m. to open WWDC, the Californian's annual event dedicated to developers. During the keynote, Tim Cook and his acolytes should present many new features, mainly software. In fact, it will involve launching the new Apple OS which will power the Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Watch this fall. In particular, new versions of iOS, iPadOS, but also macOS and watchOS are expected.
About watchOS precisely, the current version is 8, it will be in turnthat at number 9 to take over in a few months. This Monday will be an opportunity to discover what the new iteration of the Apple Watch software will have to offer.
For the moment, analysts have been fairly discreet on this subject. There are few rumors to give an idea of what Cupertino engineers are working on for watchOS 9. Still, despite its age, the operating system is far from flawless. He can still improve on different points. Let's see together what the 5 features we would like to see appear on Apple Watch with watchOS 9:
- Best power saving mode:The Apple Watch already has a power saving mode, reserve mode. But the latter is quite drastic. It only displays the time on the screen and cuts off all other features. We would like to be able to have a “low battery” mode which would still leave a few more functions active. Moreover, watchOS 9 could well offer such an addition, in any case this is what the newspaper has already statedBloomberg recently
- Total customization of the dials:it is already possible to change the dial on Apple Watch and choose from several offered by Apple, already pre-built. Unfortunately, it is impossible to assemble your own dial, with choice of number font, visual style, etc. It would be nice to be able to take advantage of a dial creation tool. Without necessarily having to get your hands dirty yourself, this would allow the most creative people the opportunity to share unique dials, which other users could download and use.
- Better sleep tracking:the data on sleep are still very incomplete. We can see how long our night's sleep lasted and check our breathing rate recorded at the same time. The watch also analyzes our movements during the night. However, we would like to have a report of the nights a little richer in information, as well as an observation on the quality of sleep
- A Health application:the health data recorded by the watch is transmitted to the iPhone, which centralizes it in the Health app. We would like to be able to access the Health data retrieved by the watch, directly on the watch. Even, ideally, find all the Health information on the Apple Watch, given that it is precisely a device allied to personal health
- A Notes app:Granted, the Apple Watch isn't the most convenient device for taking handwritten notes. But from time to time throughout the day we may feel the need to take notes, however short they may be. And why have to take out the iPhone for this when you have the Apple Watch on your wrist? We would then like to be able to have the Notes app on the watch, or a lighter version that does not necessarily allow access to all of our notes. We would imagine being able to at least record new notes, using Siri for example in voice dictation, or even access a few notes bookmarked for availability on the watch
And you, what feature(s) would you like to see come to the watch with watchOS 9?
Also read:
- WWDC 2022: iOS 16, M2 chip, etc., what is Apple preparing for us?
- Which Apple Watches will not support watchOS 9?
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