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Apple releases watchOS 4 beta 5 for Apple Watch

By Victor Hristov

Updated: Aug 08, 2017, 4:00 AM

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Apple releases watchOS 4 beta 5 for Apple Watch

Apple has just released watchOS 4 beta 5 for developers and the beta is available for testing on all Apple Watch models.

The major new features of watchOS 4 include:

Cool new watch faces: one with personalized Siri information and others with animated Toy Story characters
Improved Music and Workout layouts
Support for Apple News via a complication
Support for GymKit
Person-to-person payments
Apple Pay Cash

New watch faces with animated Toy Story characters

To install watch OS 4 beta 5 on your Apple Watch, you need to be registered as a developer with Apple, and then you can go into the Apple Watch app on your phone, tap on Settings > Software update to get it rolling. Other pre-requisited to update to this latest beta is to have your Watch charged to at least 50% and to have it placed on a charger, and within range with a paired iPhone. Your phone must be running iOS 11 beta 5 to download watchOS 4 beta 5.

source: Apple Developer

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