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« on: June 22, 2019, 04:05:09 pm »

Apple Watch Gets Over-the-Air Software Update Mechanism, But iPhone Still Required For Now

Apple appears to be in the process of decoupling the iPhone from the watchOS update process on the Apple Watch.





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In the first beta of watchOS 6, the <!---->Apple Watch<!----> gained its own over-the-air software update mechanism under Settings > General > Software Update. As on the iPhone, the mechanism checks for any available watchOS update and, if prompted, downloads the update directly to the <!---->Apple Watch<!---->.





The mechanism became functional on Monday when Apple seeded the second beta of watchOS 6 to developers.





As noted by Jeremy Horwitz, however, users still must review and accept the watchOS terms and conditions using an iPhone. Hopefully this is a temporary step that Apple removes before <!---->watchOS 6<!----> is publicly released in September.





<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sure seems like the stage is being set for direct-to-Apple Watch software updates in <!---->watchOS 6<!---->, though it hasn’t been fully freed quite yet from the need to approve things on the iPhone. pic.twitter.com/pf3wBC3vU5</p>&mdash; Jeremy Horwitz (@horwitz) June 17, 2019<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>


Updating an <!---->Apple Watch<!---->'s software previously required using the <!---->Apple Watch<!----> app on an iPhone for the entire process.





This change is in line with the <!---->Apple Watch<!----> gradually becoming more independent from the iPhone. In 2017, for example, <!---->Apple Watch<!----> Series 3 models launched with cellular capabilities for making phone calls and more without an iPhone. And in <!---->watchOS 6<!---->, the Apple Watch received its own on-wrist App Store.

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This article, &quot;Apple Watch Gets Over-the-Air Software Update Mechanism, But iPhone Still Required For Now&quot; first appeared on MacRumors.com

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