The Apple Watch ’s killer app is , well , its apps — nearly 3,000 available on launching daylight . While we do n’t need to clutter our watch home screens with apps we ’ll never use , the Macworld staff did chance some gems wait to work with the go - to apps we ’re already using on our phones every single twenty-four hours . These are the apps we ca n’t wait to use on our wrists .
One eminence about screenshots : Apple Watch apps typically have sour backgrounds that meld seamlessly into the black bezel around the Apple Watch ’s concealment . That means developers can place text and nontextual matter right up to the bound of the screen door , instead of leaving padding ( since the bezel act as the cushioning ) . If a screenshot looks strangely designed visit on its own here , chances are it ’ll look just hunky-dory in linguistic context on the watch itself .
Nike+ Running
I ’m prepare for a marathon ( well , I narrate myself that I ’d like to campaign a full marathon one day , sham I do n’t pass out after my first half - endurance contest in September ) , so I ’m number on the Apple Watch to be my training guide in ways that my iPhone ca n’t . My headphone is the iPhone 6 Plus , and I keep it in a running belt ( badly , running with that goliath in manus is not a unspoilt theme ) so there ’s no elbow room I can safely check my advancement without stopping , unzip its pouch , and taking a look . Nike+ Runningis on it , and I fuck what its Watch app features during run : Your distance , duration , pace , and heart charge per unit . Being able to quickly glance down and get that info mid - run — at any time , without waiting for a timed audio cue — will be awing , and wo n’t take me out of the zone like stopping to check my iPhone does.—Leah Yamshon
Dark Sky
Apple ’s stock Weather app will desegregate with the Apple Watch , but I’mmuch more interestedin Dark Sky ’s offer . Dark Sky($4 ) uses your location to give you the prognosis , but more importantly is its to - the - second accuracy — it cut across weather pattern and lets you know if you ’re in a storm ’s way up to one minute in approach . The Watch app will be the utter vessel for those violent storm apprisal , providing a blue nudge from its Taptic Engine when wintertime is coming — which should give me just enough time to prepare my celebratory California rainfall saltation before the sky opens up.—Leah Yamshon
Evernote
Whether it ’s writing enquiry or my grocery lean , Evernoteis my go - to app for collecting bits of selective information I like to have ready to hand across all my digital twist . Evernote ’s Apple Watch app can transliterate set note of hand , so if an idea excise me in the middle of my bus ride home , I can chop-chop record it though the watch . The app also lets you consider your notes , so I can easy see my grocery store list right on my wrist as I shop — no more fumble my iPhone when I test to arrest on to my oranges and bananas.—Roman Loyola
Twitteris the social meshwork I use most , and its presentment are ones I value . If someone responds to my tweet or if a bunch of mass I watch all share the same tweet , it ’s usually important enough to glance at right away . Twitter ’s Apple Watch app will let me respond , retweet , fave , and write my own tweet using vocalization dictation , plus get notifications that I wo n’t have to pull out my telephone set to see . The app will give my Twitter use more intent , so instead of absent - mindedly scrolling through my provender while material life choke me by , I can interact with Twitter without getting sucked in.—Caitlin McGarry
New York Times
I ca n’t aid being obsess with theNew York Times . Not only is it my local newspaper , but it ’s one of the few issue that really wait to agitate out better news until it ’s 100 pct confirm . I ’m looking fore to get its news alerts . TheTimes’sWatch app will offerone - time news reportswith bullet - point sum-up and exposure , which will satisfy my hungriness for newspaper headline when I ca n’t dive into account on my phone or tab . Handoff support is there for when I do need to send a history to a great screen , or I can just add stories from the vigil to my personal reading list.—Caitlin McGarry
Shazam
I ’m one of the 600 million people who have downloadedShazamsince the song - discover app launched right smart back in the iPhone ’s early day . It ’s become a utility that you do n’t think about until you hear a tune you just ca n’t come in . That ’s why Shazam on Apple Watch is a natural paroxysm , Shazam Chief Product Officer Daniel Danker told me . The app launches with the Shazam clit front and centre so you’re able to catch a song snippet and bring out who sing it without digging for your phone . Synchronized strain lyrics scroll by as the tune plays , and involve advantage of the Watch ’s Force Touch feature : Just give the app an extra long press to let it run in the background and create a play list of all the birdsong you hear throughout the day . Because the app relies on your iPhone to do the leaden lifting , all of this medicine breakthrough wo n’t enfeeble your Watch battery.—Caitlin McGarry
Elevate
I ’m totally obsessed withElevateon the iPhone — the freebrain - construction appgives you three small minigames to bring each day in the areas of Listening , Speaking , Reading , Writing , and Math . Over time the game ramp up the difficulty ground on your performance , and switches up what games you get in each region so it never gets boring . An optional subscription lets you wreak more games daily , but I ’ve stuck with the liberal version so far — and so I ’m excited that the Apple Watch app will have its own shrunken - down version , nickname Elevate Dash . Optimized for the sentinel , the four minigames only take 20 seconds to bring , so I can keep my brainiac sharp anytime , anywhere.—Susie Ochs
Things
I almost never checkThingson my iPhone , but I blaspheme by it on my Mac to keep track of task and projects , both for work and my personal life . Everything syncs to my iPhone already , so having my most important tasks of the day also press to my carpus might be just the nudge I take to actually check my to - do list while I ’m out and about — meet errands , phone calls , and other small tasks into the slivers of free time I get here and there . The Things app for Apple Watch will allow me postpone to - dos for by and by , tote up novel one with Siri , and of course tick off them off from my wrist.—Susie Ochs
