If you’re one of those people who has multiple weather apps installed on their phone and smartwatch and likes to let others know when a warming trend is on the way (“It’ll be 78 tomorrow. 78! End of October! Can you believe that!!!”), then you could be my twin. Seriously, Apple Watch owners who use their watches to check the weather were experiencing a problem in watchOS 10 that appeared out of nowhere, like a downpour in the middle of ‘afternoon.
The issue prevented a complication (that is, any function on a watch that does anything other than tell you the time) from showing you weather data when the
app is set to your current location instead of ‘a specific city. For example, let’s say you live in Kalamazoo, Michigan and you set your Apple Watch to show you the weather in the city you’re currently in. With watchOS 10, the bug will prevent you from seeing weather data from the current location setting. But if you set the weather app to give you the weather specifically in Kalamazoo, it works perfectly.
We can understand setting the weather for the current location, as this would normally show you the weather conditions of any location you might be traveling to without having to add a location to the settings. Even if you drive a few miles to the next town, the weather may be different and with this setting enabled, the Apple Watch will automatically adjust. Or at least it will be once you squash the bug by installing watchOS 10.1 which was released by Apple yesterday.
watchOS 10.1 is now available for the Apple Watch
To install the app, connect your watch to Wi-Fi and the charger. From the watch, go to Settings > General > Software update. If the update is available, make sure your watch is at least 50% charged and tap Install.
Apple
says that if the update does not resolve the issue, from your phone, go to
Settings >
Weather report and turn off location access, then turn it on. Again. And if that doesn’t work, you’ll need to reset all location data by switching from your phone to
Settings >
General >
Transfer or reset iPhone. Tap Reset, then Reset Location & Privacy. Enter your password and reset. Hopefully one of these steps will resolve the issue.
The update also adds support for the double-tap gesture on the Apple Watch
Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2. Double-tapping your index finger with your thumb will answer a call, play and put pause streaming music, stop a timer and much more.
NameDrop is now available on Apple Watch with the update. Bring your Apple Watch near an iPhone running iOS 17 or Apple Watch SE 2, Apple Watch Series 7 or later, or Apple Watch Ultra, and you’ll exchange data. contact with someone new. My Card is a complication on the Apple Watch that will give users quick access to NameDrop.
