14 DAY TRIAL // Apple Watch owners have not been forgotten by Apple, as the Cupertino company has announced the release of the first maintenance version for the watchOS 2.0 operating system.
The announcement comes after the release of the Mac OS X 10.11.1 El Capitan and iOS 9.1 operating systems, and adds support for the same new emoji characters that have been added to the aforementioned OSes.
Among other interesting changes, watchOS 2.0.1 addresses an issue with the update process, making it more reliable when applying software updates, and greatly improves the performance of Apple Watch's battery.
The new software update makes sure that iOS Calendar app events are correctly synced from your iPhone to the Apple Watch device, improves support for using Live Photos as watch faces, and it now properly updates the location information.
Furthermore, the Apple Watch's sensors for measuring the heart rate have been updated to stay on indefinitely while using Siri, and it's now possible to use the Digital Touch feature to send things from an email address as well.
Here's how to update your Apple Watch to watchOS 2.0.1
For those who like technical details, we can tell you that watchOS 2.0.1 has been tagged by Apple as build 13S428 and it's available for the Apple Watch (38mm) (Watch1,1) and Apple Watch (42mm) (Watch1,2) models.
To update, make sure your Apple Watch's battery is charged over 50% or the smartwatch is currently charging, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, go to Software Updates, wait for the watchOS 2.0.1 update to appear and apply it.
The watchOS 2.0.1 software update will be automatically sent from your iPhone device to your Apple Watch, where the rest of the update process will take place. We recommend that you always have the latest version of any software.