How Long Do watchOS Updates Take?
Contents in Many Situations, You Can Finish the watchOS 5 Upgrade in About 30 to 60 Minutes and a watchOS 5.3. 1 Update in Less Than 15 Minutes. the watchOS...
In many situations, you can finish the watchOS 5 upgrade in about 30 to 60 minutes and a watchOS 5.3. 1 update in less than 15 minutes. The watchOS upgrade process is slow compared to iOS updates, so plan for that. It took us 16 minutes to install and then about 3 minutes for the watch to reboot before we could use it.
Why do watchOS updates take so long?
Sending that much data over Bluetooth is insane—watchOS updates typically weigh in anywhere between a few hundred megabytes to more than a gigabyte. Making the weakest link—sending the installer to your watch—faster by temporarily disabling Bluetooth shaves off a significant amount of time from the update process.
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How can I speed up my watchOS update?
How to speed up the watchOS update process
- Start your watchOS update. Give it a few seconds to start the download and wait for an ETA to show up underneath the loading bar.
- Now, what you want to do is fire up Settings > Bluetooth and turn off Bluetooth. (Make sure you go into Settings and not turn off Bluetooth from Control Center.)
1 авг. 2018 г.
Marcus Vance is a cybersecurity auditor and technology writer dedicated to educating the public about online safety, data privacy regulations, enterprise security, and emerging cyber threats.
