The Apple Watch app include a walking - through on couple your Watch to your iPhone . Too defective we do n’t have a Watch to copulate just yet .
As Tim Cookpromised during Monday ’s Apple Watch event , Apple just released iOS 8.2 , and with it comes the first coup d’oeil of the Apple Watch app . You ’ll line up choice for geminate your Watch with your iPhone , video recording about the Apple Watch , and a place for future third - company Apple Watch apps .
The Apple Watch app itself does n’t declare oneself much to look at yet . Monday ’s event beleaguer an Apple Watch App Store within the app , and while we see the store ’s icon along the bottom of the screen , tapping on that icon reveals pre - order selective information . Apple does n’t say when the App Store will set in motion — the app just say “ coming soon ” — so perhaps we wo n’t get to explore these apps until the Watch ship .
strangely enough , you’re able to mess around with the union mechanism . The app prompts you to nurse your Apple Watch up to the iPhone ’s photographic camera to scan it , or you could manually sync it by entering your Apple Watch ’s name . Unfortunately , that ’s all you may really do with the Watch app , for now . We ’ll keep an optic on it for any updates between now and then the Watch ships .
finally , you ’ll be able to synchronise your lookout by direct a exposure of it with your iPhone .
Besides the Watch app , iOS 8.2 ushers in major improvement to Apple ’s Health app , both visually and behind - the - prospect . If you launch the app , you ’ll now find a privacy setting that let you turn off step trailing , include distance , measure take , and flights of stairs climb , along with the ability to pluck your preferred building block of measure for distance , torso temperature , height , system of weights , and blood glucose . It also fixes some issues with data logging , admit an issue where some graphical record showed no data values , and added stability when dealing with great amounts of information over time .
Stability enhancements were made to the Mail and Music apps , as well as the Flyover lineament in Apple ’s Maps app . iOS 8.2 also improves VoiceOver ’s reliability and improves connectivity with Made for iPhone hearing aids .
“ Soon , ” Apple say .
lastly , you ’ll find a bunch of microbe fixes in this update :
The Apple Watch App Store was teased during Apple ’s ‘ Spring Forward ’ event , yet is n’t ready for the masses quite yet .
To add the update , go toGeneral > options > Software Updateon your iOS twist if you ’d like to set up the update over the aviation , or tie your gimmick to your Mac to update via iTunes . For more security info and software update , check outApple ’s security update foliate . The Watch app comes with iOS 8.2 , and is compatible with the iPhone 5 and newer ( just like the Apple Watch itself ) .
