Apple puts outdated Apple Watch apps in check for watchOS 5

El Apple Watch it is becoming more than a standalone device over time. Its launch produced some astonishment in having to constantly rely on an iPhone for the device to function properly. The evolution of the hardware of the Apple Watch and of the new versions of watchOS has improved this aspect of dependency.

In the beta released by Apple of watchOS 4.3.1 they look like they are sometimes released warnings to users that If the app is not updated, it will stop working in later versions of watchOS. It is probably a warning from the big apple to the developers, that they should adapt their apps with the new kits before the arrival of watchOS 5.

watchOS 5 is just around the corner and Apple wants no trouble

We still remember the launch of the Apple Watch with its first version of watchOS. The apps totally depended on the iPhone, and this caused that the system was not fluid and that the speed of the device and the apps was not ideal. With the passage of time and the improvement of hardware, Apple is turning its smartwatch into a standalone device. We just have to look at the addition of LTE to the latest version of the Watch.

If you look at the watchOS 4.3.1 beta include certain warnings for users, which receive the information that the app that is being used must be updated by the developer for future versions or it will stop working. This could be because many of the apps have not been updated and are still built based on the watchOS 1 development kit. Although Apple no longer receives applications of this type, there are still thousands in the App Store.

Thus, Apple gives developers a wake-up call, which assure that they will do everything possible to update them with the new systems, but that the cost involved it can be relatively high compared to the mass of people who use the apps on the Apple Watch.