Overview 🔎

I wrote this blog to explain the changes coming to watchOS 10 and how it changes the user experience.

Problem & Solution 🤝

Apple is changing the way users navigate their Apple Watch with an upcoming update. After using the beta for a period of time, I felt like it would be a good idea to show what is changing and how I have altered the use of my Apple Watch.

Process 🛣

I used the beta on the Apple Watch for over a week and took notes about how the things I was used to doing on the watch didn't work. I took notes on the differences and how I adapted. I knew that many people would be surprised and lost when the update comes out, so I wrote about how it will change.

Then I outlined and drafted the blog post, using screenshots I collected during my use. I revised and edited the piece, focusing on content, flow, and keywords for SEO effect.

Finally, I published it and have promoted it on Social Media.

Results 🎁

Many users have viewed the content. Some have even told me that the guide is helpful. I don't think the impact will be felt until the final release of the software arrives in September. Then I will be interested to see the search results and what impact social media will have on it.

Takeaways 📣

I published this one a little too early in the summer, I think. I only spent a couple of hours writing and

This fall, Apple brings a fresh new coat of paint to the Apple Watch as it redesigns watchOS. With watchOS 10, many of the ways you interact with your Apple Watch will change. While change can be scary, the redesign brings significant changes that might improve your use of your Apple Watch. Check out how watchOS 10 changes with the Smart Stack and new app designs.

I’ve had an Apple Watch since its launch. With all of the years of use, I’ve developed a particular way to navigate it. Most recently, I used a plethora of watch faces that I would swipe between to get the complications I needed. Some watch faces I tied into focus modes. My two most used watch faces were Modular, where I stuck the hourly weather focus in the big spot in the middle, and the Siri watch face, which would change based on Siri intelligence.

Other than watch faces and complications, I set my dock with my most used apps. Most of these apps were either fitness-related, like Strava, Fitbod, and Apple’s Workout app, or audio apps, like Music and Podcasts. Most of my app launching came from the dock, with a few complications on watch faces.

But with watchOS 10’s redesign, the dock has been changed, and it has become harder to swipe between watch faces. Even though the way I navigated through my watch has completely changed, I enjoy the redesign. It will take a little getting used to, but this is a better system.

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