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Why third-party Apple Watch faces are not compatible with watchOS 10


Third Party Spheres

One of the ways to make an Apple Watch unique is through its spheres. But not only from Apple’s own because, let’s talk seriously, they are a bit limited. But there are programs and apps that do a good job of creating watch faces that make your watch unique. It is not the same to put a sphere of the company that is available to everyone than one designed by the user from scratch and chosen, it is difficult to match another user. But the problem is that with watchOS 10 has detected that these third-party spheres do not work and Apple has already told us why.

How we would like to be able to add spheres from third-party companies and applications to the Apple Watch in order to personalize it in a much more individualized way. More than what Apple now allows us. It is worth that we have several spheres from which we can choose, but honestly they are short and some of them, for me, at least, are not very suitable or I do not like anything at all. Being able to add a third-party sphere that we can customize almost from scratch is something that with watchOS 10, we still can’t do either. The reason why not, he gives us in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, Apple’s vice president of technology, Kevin Lynch, and Product Marketing Employee Deidre Caldbeck, They explained why.

Lynch said Apple puts a “great amount of effort” into each watch face. In order to ensure that they work “in a uniform and simple way”. Likewise, he said Apple needs to plan ahead to make sure the watch faces continue to work. Only in this way will they succeed with the changes.

For his part, Caldbeck added that developers can create complications for their watchOS apps. That adds a layer of personalization to watch faces by allowing visible information to be displayed. For example, the weather forecast. Starting with watchOS 10, the new widgets feature Smart Stack offers space for up to three complications.

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