Apple Announces watchOS 2 With Native Apps, Third-Party Complications [iOS Blog]

Today at WWDC, Apple announced the second version of watchOS, the operating system that powers the Apple Watch. The new features include support for native apps, third-party complications, communication improvements, health and fitness improvements and more.

Timepiece improvements to watchOS 2 include a brand new watch face called Photos Face, which uses photos from a user’s albums or selected photos. There’s another new watch face called Time Lapse, which shows iconic locations all over the world shot over 24 hours when you look at your watch. watchOS 2 also gains a Nightstand mode while its charging, allowing users to treat the Apple Watch like an alarm clock.

Third-party Complications allow developers to build Complications for watch faces, allowing users to quickly get glance able looks at information like flight times, sports scores, the charge level of an electric car and more. Additionally, users can now spin the Digital Crown to access a new feature called Time Travel, which allows users to see future information like what the weather will be like later in the day.

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