Craig HockenberrySep 28, 2023

I have a huge amount of respect for the team working on watchOS and all the improvements we've seen in the latest release. It's probably my favorite Apple platform.

So when the watchOS app I use the most has design regressions, I have to say something. I hope the feedback is constructive and helps guide the product in a way that makes it more useful for folks like me.

Here are a couple thousand words about timers:

https://furbo.org/2023/09/28/the-timer-in-watchos-10/

/cc @lorihc @douglemoine @taylorcarrigan

The Timer in watchOS 10 • furbo.org

The new visual appearance and functionality of watchOS 10 is a welcome change. There was clearly a lot of design and engineering effort put into this new interface and the improvements are tangible for most apps. Unfortunately, the app that I use the most on the Apple Watch has lost much of its usability, both […]

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@chockenberry Agree with everything you’ve written, especially this bit:
“The next version of the Timer added presets for 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and 30 minutes along with settings for one or two hours. This, to me was the pinnacle of its design on watchOS. “
I still have frustrations with the current version of Timer and your explanation of the new version shows it to be demonstrably worse. I might hold off upgrading the OS on my watch because of these changes.
Sep 28, 2023 at 9:40pmWeb