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Starting June 1st All New Apple Watch Apps Must be Native Apps Built With watchOS 2

Starting June 1st All New Apple Watch Apps Must be Native Apps Built With watchOS 2

Posted April 23, 2016 at 2:45pm by iClarified
Apple has announced that starting June 1st all new Apple Watch apps must be native apps built with the watchOS 2 SDK.

With the new features and capabilities that watchOS 2 brings to WatchKit, your apps can integrate even more closely with Apple Watch. Take advantage of the Digital Crown, microphone, Taptic engine, and health sensors to take your Apple Watch app to the next level. And with ClockKit, you can extend your app to the clock face with Complications.

watchOS 2 lets applications run natively without being tethered to the iPhone. It was released last September.


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Starting June 1st All New Apple Watch Apps Must be Native Apps Built With watchOS 2
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joshWUa
joshWUa - April 26, 2016 at 4:44am
Ehh
Mang Domeng
Mang Domeng - April 24, 2016 at 10:31am
Samsung Gear S2 is eating dust now. Crappy OS, crappy UI, crappy watch apps!
Chip
Chip - April 23, 2016 at 8:23pm
Nice, it's about time!
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