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Beginning June 1 All New Apple Watch Apps Must Use the Native watchOS 2 SDK
Apple is scheduled to hold its annual pilgrimage for developers, WWDC, from June 8 through June 12, 2016, or two weeks after the requirement to develop strictly native apps kicks in.
Apple’s announcement includes the addition that all Apple Watch apps need to be developed with the watchOS 2 SDK or later, which is fitting considering the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is scheduled to run between June 13 and June 17, where it’s expected they will unveil watchOS 3, which should include plenty of additional improvements.
Apple is widely expected to announce a second-generation Apple Watch with a faster hardware this summer or fall. If an Apple-designed ‘S2’ processor for the Apple Watch 2 proves to be two times faster, then these teething issues might become a thing of the past.
Do you own an Apple Watch and if so, what’s your take on the current state of native apps on the platform? Are you satisfied with the performance and responsiveness of Apple Watch apps? And what steps do you think Apple should take in order to make the watchOS software and apps run as smoothly as iOS and their iPhone counterparts do?