Apple releases watch software update after bug caused delay
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple said a software update for Apple Watch is now available after last week’s (Sept 16) release was delayed because a problem in the operating system couldn’t be fixed in time.
Attendees get a look at varieties of the Apple Watch on display in the demo room after an Apple event in San Francisco, on March 9, 2015. Photo: AP
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple said a software update for Apple Watch is now available after last week’s (Sept 16) release was delayed because a problem in the operating system couldn’t be fixed in time.
Owners of Apple Watch can download the software update, called watchOS 2, which includes features such as new faces and the availability of native applications from outside developers that use the device’s heart-rate sensor and other tools.
Apple didn’t disclose the nature of the bug that caused the delay.
The software update is Apple’s most important to date for the smartwatch that went on sale in April. The device is Apple’s first new hardware product since the iPad was released in 2010 and a key part of Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook’s attempt to find areas of growth outside of the iPhone. BLOOMBERG
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