AppleInsider Staff
Early adopters of the Apple Watch can receive alerts fir breaking Apple news and browse the latest headlines thanks to the official AppleInsider app, which includes support for the new wrist-worn device.
AppleInsider's new Apple Watch app gives readers an easy way to keep up with Apple news at a glance. You can choose to have important, breaking news notifications pushed directly to your wrist, or simply browse headlines and ledes at your own pace.
When you do find a story you want to dive into, Handoff support allows you to open the same article directly on your iPhone.
When a story is open on your Apple Watch, a Handoff icon for the official AppleInsider app will appear in the bottom left corner of your iPhone's lock screen. Simply swipe up to open the same story on your iPhone for an easier reading experience.
Set in Apple's new San Francisco typeface, the app blends seamlessly with Apple's own Watch apps. Navigation is equally fluid with the Watch's new digital crown or the touch-sensitive OLED display.
AppleInsider version 2.1 is available now as a free, 21-megabyte download from the App Store.
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16 Comments
Nice job, AI!
I wonder whether Handoff will also allow viewing on an iPad or Mac. Should be quite easy to do via a Bluetooth or wifi connection and some software?
Wow, the possibilities....
Nice job, AI!
I wonder whether Handoff will also allow viewing on an iPad or Mac. Should be quite easy to do via a Bluetooth or wifi connection and some software?
Wow, the possibilities....
Handoff for the Apple Watch does work to iPhone and iPad with the AppleInsider app.
I can think of maybe 10 things that it is worth doing on a watch, reading a website is not 1 of them.
Nice effort, but apps like this are going to ruin the watch experience. Everything shown in the video is so much better done on a phone or computer. Maybe just a notification that there is a new post on the site? Who honestly wants to read news articles on a screen that big?
I can think of maybe 10 things that it is worth doing on a watch, reading a website is not 1 of them.
That's the point of the handoff feature. Open the story if you are interested, then go to the phone to hand it off and read it there.
If one is really into AI's stories that much, this would be very useful.