In this guide, we'll show you how to stop displaying Maps directions and receiving alerts for every upcoming turn on your Apple Watch.
How to stop receiving turn-by-turn directions on Apple Watch when using the Maps app
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watchOS 4.3 release notes
On March 29, 2018, Apple released the watchOS 4.3 software update for Apple Watch. Among other improvements and fixes, watchOS 4.3 reinstates the ability to browse music on your paired iPhone via your wrist while enabling new features like portrait Nightstand mode.
watchOS 4.3 released with portrait Nightstand mode, iPhone music control & more
watchOS 4.3 for Apple Watch released today alongside iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3.
KGI: Apple Watch to get new design, 15% larger display this year
This year's new Apple Watch models will feature a refreshed design, larger display, enhanced health monitoring and longer battery life. The news comes by way of a research note from the oft-accurate KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via 9to5mac).
Spotify for Apple Watch could be announced at WWDC
The long-awaited Spotify app for Apple Watch could be unveiled at WWDC 2018, in June, according to an anonymous MacRumors source, who claims to be involved in the development of the app.
The app would take advantage of a new watchOS 5 framework called StreamKit, which would supposedly allow cellular Apple Watch models to stream music and receive notifications from third-party apps independently of their paired iPhone.
Apple unveils a Spring collection of bands for Apple Watch
Wednesday, Apple announced a whole new collection of Spring-themed Apple Watch straps.
If you sleep with an Apple Watch on, consider disabling Auto Call in Emergency SOS settings
Emergency SOS, a tremendously helpful feature in iOS and watchOS that allows you to quickly and easily place a potentially life-saving call to local emergency services, is apparently causing some unforeseen problems for people who sleep with their Apple Watch on.
My locked Apple Watch Edition eBay adventure
eBay is the Wild West of shopping. There are some rules, but mostly its a wasteland of objects and you can call in the Marshall, to continue my terrible pun, if you need to report someone or get your money back. It is not as bad as Craigslist. I generally stay away from both.
However, my desire for a shiny white Apple Watch Edition and my unwillingness to pay $1,350 for a new one, drove me into the world's largest yard sale, eBay. After purchasing the Apple Watch Edition Series 2, it was a full three weeks before I was able to use it, thanks to the disaster that is Apple Authentication Lock. The saga has me swearing to never order a used Apple device again.
Sixth watchOS 4.3 beta now available
Apple on Friday seeded the sixth beta of watchOS 4.3 to developers. Those in the developer program with the proper configuration profile can install the update over-the-air by navigating to the Software Update tab in the Apple Watch iPhone app.
Google rebrands Android Wear as Wear OS
Google is renaming its Android Wear software as “Wear OS”.
The time is now for a ‘style over substance’ year for Apple Watch
It is far from controversial to conclude that it took Apple almost three years to nail the engineering of Apple’s first wearable: cramming in and fine-tuning batteries, processing and cellular chips and so on and so forth. We were all there along the ride and we can all (provided you have worn a Gen 0 model before) attest to the enormous advancements made over the years.
How to organize apps in your Apple Watch’s Dock by recents or favorites
By default, the Dock on your Apple Watch shows your most recently used apps.