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Tihmstar drops a developer jailbreak for Series 3 Apple Watches running watchOS 4.1

Whenever you hear the word “jailbreak,” Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV are some of the first devices that come to mind. But while the idea encompassing an Apple Watch jailbreak has been tossed around in the community for years, no large-scale Apple Watch jailbreak has ever made it to fruition.

While a developer-focused ‘prototype jailbreak’ dubbed overcl0ck was released at the start of 2018, it wasn’t quite what jailbreakers expected. But now, iOS hacker tihmstar has gone public with a new developer jailbreak for the Apple Watch dubbed jelbrekTime.

Design resources now available for Apple developers for Photoshop and Sketch

Human Interface Guidelines

On Thursday, Apple announced the introduction of new design resources for Apple developers for Mac and Apple Watch. The company's Human Interface Guidelines now include AppKit UI elements for designing Mac apps like Sketch and Photoshop, plus dozens of new UL elements for watchOS apps. There are also new watch templates for designing complications, a color guide, and new text styles.

LiveRings animates your Activity app icon with real-time progress

If you take advantage of the fitness features available on your iPhone and Apple Watch, then you might be excited to learn about a new free jailbreak tweak called LiveRings by iOS developer CP Digital Darkroom.

This tweak animates the Activity app icon on your Home screen so that it displays your actual ring activity in real-time, as shown above.