Why Are watchOS Updates So Slow?
Contents Why Does watchOS Take So Long to Update? Sending That Much Data over Bluetooth Is Insane—watchOS Updates Typically Weigh in Anywhere Between a Few...
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Why does watchOS take so long to update?
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.
Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.
