How to put in the watchOS 8 public beta

Apple has now launched public betas for iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, tvOS 15, and shortly macOS Monterey. We’ve lined methods to get the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 betas right here — comply with alongside beneath if you happen to’re enthusiastic about testing out the most recent Apple Watch software program, too.

WatchOS 8 is anticipated to get a full, steady launch this fall. It brings a handful of latest options, together with extra exercise sorts within the Fitness app, a brand new Mindfulness app, a watchface that works with Portrait Mode photographs taken on an iPhone, in addition to improved climate and good dwelling apps, amongst different issues. It’s suitable with the Series 3, Series 4, Series 5, Series 6, and SE Apple Watch fashions.

Before we undergo methods to set up the beta, there are some essential issues it’s best to know:

1. Beta software program is commonly buggy and also you might need points with third-party apps. Some bugs would possibly embody poor efficiency and dangerous battery life, an space the Apple Watch isn’t nice at even with steady software program. It’s finest to attempt it out on a secondary watch in case you have one (which, admittedly, most individuals don’t).
2. Unlike the iOS and iPadOS betas, there’s no option to revert to the steady model of watchOS 7 if you happen to set up the watchOS 8 beta. If it’s buggy and never functioning effectively for you, you’re caught with it till Apple releases the steady model within the fall. That’s in all probability sufficient of a motive to steer clear of this one, notably if you happen to depend on your Apple Watch.

If these don’t scare you away, right here’s methods to set up the watchOS 8 beta on an Apple Watch:

• Before you’ll be able to set up the watchOS 8 beta, you have to have the iOS 15 beta put in in your iPhone. Go comply with these instructions and are available again right here whenever you’re completed.
• Go to Apple’s beta software page in Safari in your iPhone.
• Log in along with your Apple ID.
• Scroll down and faucet the “Get Started” hyperlink.
• Tap the watchOS 8 tab on the high of the web page.
• Select “enroll your Apple Watch” within the Get Started part of the watchOS 8 tab.
• Scroll down and faucet the “Download Profile” button after which choose “allow” on the pop-up.
• Install the beta profile within the Watch app in your iPhone, which ought to mechanically open as soon as the profile is downloaded.
• You might be prompted to reboot your Apple Watch. Tap the button to permit this.
• Once the Apple Watch is rebooted, go to the Watch app, faucet “General,” faucet “Software Update.”
• You ought to see the watchOS 8 beta able to be put in in your watch. Tap “Install” to proceed.
• The software program replace will obtain to your cellphone after which switch to the watch. To full set up, the watch must be on its charger, inside vary of your iPhone, linked to Wi-Fi, and with 50 p.c or extra cost. If all of these standards should not met, it should pause the set up till the watch is prepared.

Once the beta software program is put in, the watch will reboot itself and also you’ll be all set to make use of it. In our expertise, some issues and third-party apps didn’t operate till they had been opened manually on the watch or the watch was rebooted a second time.