{"id":32933,"date":"2015-09-21T13:05:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T18:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=32933"},"modified":"2015-09-21T15:20:01","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T20:20:01","slug":"apples-watchos-2-is-now-available-to-install","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/32933-apples-watchos-2-is-now-available-to-install\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s watchOS 2 Is Now Available to Install"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32934\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271.jpg\" alt=\"watchOS 2 arrives\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271-253x120.jpg 253w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271-284x135.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271-190x90.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271-253x120@2x.jpg 506w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271-284x135@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_9271-190x90@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple Watch owners &#8212; it&#8217;s finally happened. After a delayed launch, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/watchos-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">watchOS 2<\/a> has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Last week we gave you full instructions on how to update to watchOS 2 when it showed up &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/32903-when-watchos-2-arrives-heres-how-to-install-it\" target=\"_blank\">those instructions can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The update brings a big array of improvements with it. Animated photo watch faces arrive &#8212; built-in, and those Live Photos you&#8217;ll be shooting with your iPhone 6s or 6s Plus later in the week. Third-party watch complications bring data to your watch face from your favorite apps, while Time Travel lets you scroll through weather forecasts or upcoming appointments using the Digital Crown.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest change is the arrival of native Watch apps, providing improved speed and responsiveness. No longer do apps need to rely on an iPhone being nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Get your update done, then tell us how you&#8217;re liking the new features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Watch owners &#8212; it&#8217;s finally happened. After a delayed launch, watchOS 2 has arrived. Last week we gave you full instructions on how to update to watchOS 2 when it showed up &#8212; those instructions can be found here. The update brings a big array of improvements with it. Animated photo watch faces arrive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":32934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2366,90],"class_list":["post-32933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-news","category-fresh-from-apple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple&#039;s watchOS 2 Is Now Available to Install<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apple Watch owners -- it&#039;s finally happened. After a delayed launch, watchOS 2 has arrived. 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