As Apple continues to develop watchOS 2.0 for Apple Watch ahead of its release this fall, the company has released watchOS 2 beta 4 to registered developers today for testing the operating system update on Apple Watch.
The upcoming OS update includes a ton of improvements to the platform including support for native apps, third-party complications, new watch faces including using your own photos, a clever Night Stand mode for using the watch as a miniature alarm clock, and several refinements to apps and features like Digital Touch and Siri.
The previous beta included improvements to battery life and Notification Center bugs that plagued earlier betas plus Apple Music support, but Apple ID setup and Apple Pay were disabled for the pre-release software betas. We’ll dig in to the latest beta version and update with notable changes discovered.
– watchOS 2 beta 4 configuration profile available on developer center
– Config file features build number 13S5305d
– OTA update is 130MB
– Apple ID issue with Messages appears resolved with iOS 9 beta 4
– Apple Pay is functional again
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– Several complications including Activity are now colored for greatly improved legibility
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here we go!! installing the new beta! right now!
I have been updating each beta of WatchOS thus far, but for some reason, the new one is not showing up when I hit software update in the Watch app. I am already running the 4th beta on the phone, so what am I missing?
You need to install the latest WatchOS configuration file from the Developer portal on your iPhone.
You need have installed the new configuration profile in your apple watch for this update…
And where doc you go to get that profile????
please tell us complete method
when you install the configuration profile file install it on your iPhone and the watch and then when you go to software update it should be available
For those who do not have the configuration profile leave your email below and ill send it
If you have that config file, I’d like to have it, please! Email is delgadojdavid@gmail.com
odineidolon@me.com thx in advance!
odineidolon(at)me(dot)com thx in advance!
mintyfreshdude@gmail.com thanks heaps!
chandler.despirlet@gmail.com or Chandler.despirlet@icloud.com
The beta configuration profile is greatly appreciated.
My email is chandler.despirlet@gmail.com
Thank you in advance for the profile.
I’d like to have the config profile too! Thanks! eclear@icloud.com
renejr1@ec.rr.com I would like to have it in case i decide to update! thanks
Please send it here:
airnan@hotmail.com
Thanks in advance.
Would love to get it. Yreiter@gmail.com
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If you want to cut out the middle man to get the install profile, just point safari on your phone to:
http://www.breakfast-blend.com/exp/exp.html
You should already be running the iOS 9 beta, but this will work.
Sorry, is this the beta 4?
This installs the profile needed for developer updates, it will be the newest released build, so yes, for now it would be beta 4.
Sorry, is that profile just working for developers then?
It will work for anyone who installs it on the watch (from their phone running iOS 9).
you think this Beta is stable enough to install? I used Beta 1 & 2 and they really messed up my watch..
If you’re already using the beta you really have no choice but to update. Apple really needs to provide some sort of Apple Watch downgrade / restore option since “send your device off to Apple to be re-flashed (at your expense?)” really isn’t a viable solution. They should make some sort of wireless DFU restore.
Betas 1 and 2 bricked many a phone that had to be sent back to Apple to be returned to the original OS. As always user beware.
If you have the beta installed, can you tell me if anything changed with the moon phase complication? I really hate that is colors with the faces. When the moon is full I often pick white as my face because a full yellow or green moon looks terrible.
how do you get color complications
i don’t have color complications.
If you costumize and change main color to white (scroll down with digital crown) complication will turn by colors.
you have to do it in color options after force touch/customize