Beginning April 1, 2018, Apple will stop accepting updates to watchOS 1 apps
Starting on April 1, 2018, all updates to Apple Watch apps must built for watchOS 2 and up, while new apps must be built with the watchOS 4 SDK or later, Apple said today.
According to a post on the Apple Developer website, they will stop accepting updates to watchOS 1 apps next year.
Starting on April 1, 2018, all updates to Apple Watch apps submitted to Apple must be native apps built with the watchOS 2 SDK or later. New watchOS apps should be built with the watchOS 4 SDK or later. Apple also reminds developers that the size limit of a watchOS app bundle has increased from 50 megabytes to 75 megabytes.
Apple apparently wants to purge App Store of watch apps that don’t take advantage of new technologies. And rightfully so, if I may ad. The original Apple Watch and the initial watchOS 1 SDK were very much beta products.
WatchOS 1 apps are not native. They’re slow, cumbersome to use, unimpressive and at times just downright stupid. Apple has since addressed most of these complaints by updating Apple Watch hardware every year while adding new features to the watchOS SDK.
watchOS 2, for example, brought early support for native features.
With watchOS 4 and its accompanying SDK, developers can now build apps that run independently of a paired iPhone. And with Apple Watch Series 3, apps can now connect to the Internet on their own. watchOS 4 also brings significantly faster performance, new background modes for navigation and audio recording, built-in altimeter capabilities, direct connections to accessories with Core Bluetooth and more.
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