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Title: watchOS 9 Brings Updated Compass App With Waypoints and Backtrack Post by: HCK on September 13, 2022, 04:05:03 pm watchOS 9 Brings Updated Compass App With Waypoints and Backtrack
Apple with the introduction of the Apple Watch Ultra (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch-ultra/) showed off a redesigned and more expansive Compass app, which, as it turns out, is available to existing Apple Watch models in watchOS 9 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/watchos-9/). (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2022/09/watchos-9-compass-app.jpg) Available today (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/12/apple-releases-watchos-9/), ‌watchOS 9‌ adds the redesigned Compass app to the Apple Watch Series 5 and later and the Apple Watch SE (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/apple-watch-se/), though select features are limited to the ‌Apple Watch SE‌ and the Series 6 and later. The redesigned Compass app features an analog compass that displays a digital view of your current bearing and direction. You can tap into a zoomed view that shows your bearing, elevation, incline, latitude, and longitude for more information. If you have an Apple Watch Series 6 or later, you can mark points of interest in the Compass app using the Waypoints feature, which has customizable colors and symbols. The Waypoints app adds a little marker to your current coordinates, and all Waypoints show up on the main Compass view so you can find your way back to them. (https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2022/09/watchos-9-compass-app-backtrack.jpg) You can also use a new "Backtrack" feature if you have a Series 6 or later. Backtrack uses GPS to record the path that you take, so if you get lost, you can find your way back later. ‌watchOS 9‌ is available on the Apple Watch Series 4 and later and it can be downloaded now. <div class="linkback">Related Roundups: watchOS 8 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/watchos-8/), watchOS 9 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/watchos-9/)</div><div class="linkback">Related Forum: iOS, Mac, tvOS, watchOS Programming (https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/ios-mac-tvos-watchos-programming.135)</div> This article, "watchOS 9 Brings Updated Compass App With Waypoints and Backtrack (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/12/watchos-9-updated-compass-app/)" first appeared on MacRumors.com (https://www.macrumors.com) Discuss this article (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/watchos-9-brings-updated-compass-app-with-waypoints-and-backtrack.2358505/) in our forums Source: watchOS 9 Brings Updated Compass App With Waypoints and Backtrack (https://www.macrumors.com/2022/09/12/watchos-9-updated-compass-app/) |