Apple announced watchOS 7 at WWDC 2020 in June, but the official release is not expected until this fall. Developers already have access to watchOS 7 beta, and today Apple made the update available through Apple’s Public Beta Software Program. Now, we want to know if you’ve already tried watchOS 7 on your Apple Watch or if you decided to wait until the fall.
watchOS 7 brings new watch faces as well as long-awaited features like multiple complications of the same app and sleep tracking. The update also allows for more types of exercises, and it detects even if you wash your hands to see a countdown of 20 seconds, which helps users wash their hands well to eliminate germs.
While iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and even tvOS have developers and public betas, Apple has only offered pre-release versions of watchOS to developers. This year, however, the company announced that watchOS 7 preview would also be available for the first time as a public beta.
The company had promised to release the first watchOS 7 public beta in July, but it was delayed until this week. Apple did not discuss the delay, but that was probably because the company was sure that users would not experience any serious problems with the software.
Because Apple Watch does not have a USB connector, users cannot connect it to a computer to repair the software if something goes wrong. WatchOS downgrading is also not possible, so the only way to fix a software problem in Apple Watch is by taking it to an Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP).
It is worth mentioning that watchOS 7 requires an Apple Watch Series 3 or later, so Apple Watch Series 1 and Apple Watch Series 2 were both discontinued this year.
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The official release of watchOS 7 is not expected until later this year, so regular users will have to wait longer to get all these new features. However, with watchOS 7 now available to members of the Apple Beta Software Program, we want to know about you.
Have you already tried watchOS 7 on your Apple Watch? Or have you decided to wait until the fall? Let us know in the interview below and elaborate in the comments!
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