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In abstract:
- Macworld stories that Apple’s watchOS 8.8.2 replace is inflicting vital issues together with app set up failures, random crashes, and battery drain points.
- The replace significantly impacts older fashions like Apple Watch Sequence 6 and SE, with customers unable to put in even Apple’s personal apps like Maps and Climate.
- Apple Help has not supplied a everlasting repair, and customers can not simply revert to earlier watchOS variations, leaving them with out quick options.
Round three weeks in the past, Apple launched watchOS 26.4 alongside iOS 26.4 and macOS 26.4. On the identical time, the corporate quietly launched updates for watchOS 5 and watchOS 8, two older variations of the Apple Watch’s working system. These renewed safety certificates and enabled iMessage and FaceTime to hold on working.
Sadly, customers are actually reporting throughout numerous channels that the watchOS 8.8.2 replace is inflicting issues with their Apple Watches. The commonest difficulty seems to be an incapability to put in apps. Even Apple’s personal apps, similar to Maps and Climate, aren’t immune.
Different customers report random crashing and pairing errors. One affected Apple Watch shut down regardless of being nearly absolutely charged; after a pressured restart, it confirmed a battery stage of 80%. A typical tip for issues with the Apple Watch is to unpair it from the companion iPhone after which pair them once more, however even throughout this step, affected customers report that the connection typically fails.
Up to now, there seems to be no everlasting answer to both the crashes or the app set up drawback. A number of commenters on Reddit and Apple Neighborhood say they’ve already contacted Apple Help, however this hasn’t but led to a repair, and even an evidence of what’s occurring. To make issues worse, there isn’t any simple strategy to revert to the earlier model of watchOS. And whereas watchOS 8 may sound like an historical OS, it’s suitable with some Apple Watch fashions which stay common, such because the Sequence 6 and SE.
When you’ve been affected by the problems with watchOS 8.8.2, please get in contact with us utilizing the shape beneath. The extra consumer suggestions Apple receives, the extra possible it’s that the builders in Cupertino will examine the difficulty and (doubtlessly) discover a repair.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and localized from German.
