watchOS 3 brings some new features as well as other enhancements like:
- Faster access to your favorite apps with updated information
- Choose from a variety of faces, and customize them with an even bigger selection of useful apps
- Share your Activity rings with friends and family for motivation
- The Activity app has been optimized for wheelchair users, taking into account different pushing techniques for varying speeds and terrain
- The ability to view up to five workout metrics all at once including distance, pace, active calories, heart rate, and elapsed time
- The Breathe app guides you through a series of deep breaths that can help you better manage everyday stress or just experience a few calming moments
- You can now set off fireworks, stick a sticker, and share a secret with invisible ink in messages
- Use the Home app to manage all your HomeKit-enabled devices from your watch
- Press and hold the side button and no matter where you are in the world, SOS initiates a call with local emergency services
- The ability to unlock your Mac without typing your password
- Now you can securely pay within apps using Apple Pay right from your watch
Reminder: To install the update, the Apple Watch must have 50 percent battery, it must be placed on the charger, and it must be in range of the iPhone
watchOS 3 is now available to download as a free through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone (must be running iOS 10) by going to General > Software Update.
watchOS 3 is now available to download as a free through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone (must be running iOS 10) by going to General > Software Update.
