The problem with my 2.5 tasks (or 3, if you’re better coordinated than I am) is that they’re the very same ones I cited as the Apple watch’s main attractions when I first reviewed it last spring, saying, “it’s a fledgling product whose optimal utility lies mostly ahead of it as new watch software is developed.”
The trouble is that, since then, Apple has released a new version of the watch operating system meant to speed up and enrich third-party apps, and the number of those apps has ballooned from about 4,000 to over 13,000.
But when I spoke on background to highly knowledgeable Apple sources for this column, my top tasks were still cited as the top tasks — so far — of most users. Apple CEO Tim Cook refers to them publicly when explaining the value of the Apple Watch.
I find most of the third-party watch apps slower and clumsier than just pulling out my phone to use the that version of the app.
Not only that, but similarly clued-in sources at Samsung, also speaking on background, cited the same uses as the most popular for its smartwatches, including the recently released Gear S2.
The experts at both companies cited the value of the smartwatch as a handy way to consume key information or perform key tasks in even less time than it takes on a smartphone.
That’s certainly true about glancing at texts, but, in my case, I hardly ever use third-party watch apps. I find most of them slower and clumsier than just pulling out my phone to use the more full-featured, faster version of the app.
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