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Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of watchOS 10.5 to Developers

Apple today seeded the fourth beta of an upcoming watchOS 10.5 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the release of the third beta.

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To install the ‌watchOS 10.5 update, developers need to open the Apple Watch app, go to the Software Update section under "General" in Settings, and toggle on the watchOS 10 Developer Beta. An Apple ID linked to a developer account is required.

Once beta updates have been activated, watchOS 10.5 can be downloaded under the same Software Update section. To install software, an Apple Watch needs to have 50 percent battery life and it must be placed on an Apple Watch charger.

We don't yet know what's included in watchOS 10.5, and there were no new features found in the first three beta updates.

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Top Rated Comments

centauratlas Avatar
29 months ago
My AW Ultra 2 batter went from lasting 2.5 days to not even 12 hours with the latest non beta version. So I’ve had the opposite as some of you above. I’m debating installing the beta to see if it helps.
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xDKP Avatar
29 months ago

I’ve been quite happy with the battery life in 10.4.1, best in all 10. Releases on my Ultra 2 and I don’t experience any bugs… except, I’d wish I could disable widgets as I consider the useless for me
Same here - one of the most useless add-ons in a long time.

Also "No new features in 10.5" is a pretty sad state of the WatchOS to have a .X update without a single new feature! Back in the day .X had features and if it was just bug fixes it was a .XX update
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jz0309 Avatar
29 months ago

We don't yet know what's included in watchOS 10.5, and there were no new features found in the first three beta updates.
I’ve been quite happy with the battery life in 10.4.1, best in all 10. Releases on my Ultra 2 and I don’t experience any bugs… except, I’d wish I could disable widgets as I consider the useless for me
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