watchOS 2
Status
Unsupported / obsolete
watchOS 2 is the second major release of watchOS for the Apple Watch series developed and distributed by Apple Inc. It was announced at the 2015 Worldwide Developers Conference alongside iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan .
Product history [ ]
watchOS 2 is derived from iOS 9 ; both were announced on June 8 , 2015 during the keynote address at WWDC 2015 , when it became available to developers. It was released to the public on September 21, 2015 .
Supported models [ ]
Release history [ ]
Obsolete / unsupported
Discontinued
Current
Beta
watchOS 2.x releases [1]
watchOS version
iOS version based on
Build
Release date
Features
2.0
9.0[2]
13S344
September 21, 2015 (2015 -09-21 )
New Watch faces
Time-lapse face: Hong Kong, London, Mack Lake, New York, Shanghai, Paris
Photo & Photo album faces with support for Live Photos
New Time Travel function where you can see both past and future events
Nightstand Mode
9 new colors for customization
New multicolor Modular face
3rd party apps Complications support
Siri
Workout and Maps support
FaceTime audio calling and email replying support
HomeKit support
Added support in following countries: Austria, Belgium, Norway
Activity and Workout
Workouts done in 3rd-party apps will be included in Activity rings
Sharing support from Activity app on iPhone
Interactive achievements
Weekly Summary
Activity notifications can now be muted for a day
Workouts can now be automatically saved
Apple Pay and Wallet
Discover cards support
Reward cards, store credit and debit cards support
Passes can now be added from 3rd party apps
Friends
You can now add more than 12 friends to your Watch
Groups support
Multicolor sketches support
Animated emoji support
Maps
New Transit view in selected cities
List of directions can now be shown
Station placards support with departure information
Music
New Beats 1 Radio support
New Quick Play button for Apple Music
Miscellaneous
You can now reply to emails right from your Watch using dictation, emoji, or smart replies
Support for FaceTime audio calls
Support for Wi-Fi calling
Activation Lock – No one can activate an Apple Watch without a proper Apple ID and password
New system languages: English (India), Finnish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish
Dictation support extended to include the following languages:
Dutch (Belgium)
English (Ireland, Philippines, South Africa)
French (Belgium)
German (Austria)
Spanish (Chile, Colombia)
Smart replies support extended to include the following languages:
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, Taiwan)
Danish
Dutch
English (New Zealand, Singapore)
Japanese
Korean
Swedish
Thai
Developer
Native SDK support
3rd-party apps can now access the accelerometer, heart rate sensor, microphone, Taptic Engine, and Digital Crown
You can now play videos directly on your Watch
You can now run apps without your iPhone with a Wi-Fi connection
Complications for watch faces support
Support for Workouts from 3rd party apps – Metrics will count toward the Activity rings as well as included in the Activity app on iPhone
2.0.1
9.1
13S428
October 21, 2015 (2015 -10-21 )
New emoji characters
Resolved : Software updates stalling
Resolved : Battery performance deteriorating
Resolved : iPhone calendar events not syncing to Apple Watch
Resolved : Location information not updating
Resolved : Instability with Live Photo on the Photos watch face
Resolved : Heart sensor is on forever when Siri is used to help measure your heart rate
2.1
9.2
13S661
December 8, 2015 (2015 -12-08 )
New system languages: Arabic, Czech, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Malay, Portuguese (Portugal), Vietnamese
Right-to-left language support
In Arabic, switch between Latin and Hindi numerals
New Complication for Islamic and Hebrew calendars
Siri support extended to include Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
Dictation support extended to include the following languages:
Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)
English (Malaysia)
Czech
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Portuguese (Portugal)
Vietnamese
Resolved : Events not updating in the Calendar complication
Resolved : Power Reserve mode not working correctly
Resolved : 3rd-party apps not launching
Resolved : 3rd-party app icons not displaying correctly
Resolved : System instability when changing display language
2.2
9.3
13V144
March 21, 2016 (2016 -03-21 )
You can now pair 2+ Apple Watches to a single iPhone
New Nearby function in Maps
New system languages: Catalan, Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Ukrainian
Dictation support extended to include the following languages:
Catalan
Croatian
Slovak
Romanian
Ukrainian
English (Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Indonesia)
Siri support extended to include Malay, Finnish, and Hebrew
Background heart rate measurements have their frequency increased when you're stationary
2.2.1
9.3.2
13V420
May 16, 2016 (2016 -05-16 )
General performance and stability improvements.
2.2.2
9.3.3
13V604
July 18, 2016 (2016 -07-18 )
General performance and stability improvements.
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