Apple has today released watchOS 11.3 to the public; bringing a fix to the volume issues introduced in iOS 11.2 and introducing a new Unity Rhythm watch face to honor Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month in the U.S.
For VoiceOver users, our testing suggests that the volume issues we identified in watchOS 11.2 have been resolved in watchOS 11.3. While we are disappointed that a fix for such a serious bug took over a month to be released to the public, we are pleased to report that the issue is now resolved.
In addition to resolving the aforementioned issues with fluctuation in volume levels, Apple has changed the name of the 'Volume' Rotor to 'Speech Volume'.
WatchOS 11.3 Release Notes
This update includes improvements, bug fixes, and the new Unity Rhythm watch face to honor Black history and culture in celebration of Black History Month. For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit this website: https://support.apple.com/100100
How to Update
watchOS 11.3 is available via Over-the-Air Update (Settings > General > Software Update) or by going to the Watch app on your iPhone and navigating to General> Software Update. To install the update, your Watch must be connected to its charger and have at least 50% battery power.
Comments
VoiceOver less glitchy
Maybe I've not been using it for long enough, but on 11.1 I was finding that VoiceOver was quite glitchy. Sometimes it couldn't manage to tell me the time and it would stutter and fall over itself. I ignored 11.2 and went for this one. So far it seems a lot smoother. I can actually hear the time first time. Who'd have thought a watch would be able to do something like that?
At the risk of tempting fate, it seems a lot better now.
app switcher
When I doubletap the crown to go to the app switcher, I try to navigate but with in a couple seconds it wants to open the app I'm focused on by itself. This is quite annoying! So now I have to rush to find the app I want before it wants to open up. I swair, they fix stuff but they break more things that should not be broken. Anyone else experienceing this? Otherwise, it's an okay update.
If I understand it correctly…
If I understand it correctly then no works fine for me.
One thing I've noticed…
One thing I've noticed though, maybe I accidentally turn digital crown up when pressing but at some occasions I end up in the widget area instead of the face so I have to turn crown down to get to the watch face again.
Watch navigation may be a little messed up.
I haven't used it enough to be sure, but on my morning walk, it completely missed one of my turns, and once I figured out I had gone too far and turned around, did I get notified that my road was coming up. Strange.
App Switcher Settings on Watch
Somebody above was wondering why the app switcher would not give them enough time to select the right app. See if this article helps.
https://support.apple.com/en-za/guide/watch/apd081746d24/watchos
Cool. Now that I now, know…
Cool. Now that I now know that feature is there in watch OS 11.3, I've promptly disabled it. I don't know why apple thought it was a good idea to have that feature turned on by default when there was nothing mentioned in said changelog. I did not see it listed in previous versions so yeah.
Uh... for me I discovered…
Uh... for me I discovered this feature with this post as it was never turned on by default when I first configured my watch? I think.
Question
What is turn on now? Do not read articles with link unless is pasted. Is me about security. Did someone read it and let me know. Thanks so much.
Volume Issues Still Persist With Watch OS 11.3
I have found that the volume issues with 11.3 have still not been fixed. I am using a Series 7 with the compact version of Samantha.
Indeed I can also confirm…
Indeed I can also confirm that with the series 7 watch the volume issue has still not been resolved.