Author: Evan Kline (page 13 of 164)

Matt Birchler of Birchtree:

Control Center can be rearranged. This is a minor change, but one that you will probably use once and then never again. At the bottom of Control Center is an “Edit” button that allows you to shift these buttons around however you’d like.

Newly released watchOS 5 is full of little tweaks like this one in Control Center. If you want a comprehensive list of the additions and changes, this review is a must-read. It’s thorough, but also very skimmable if you want to use it as a reference.

John Gruber at Daring Fireball:

Just at the event itself in the post-show hands-on area, I spoke to several people in their 40s or 50s who said the same thing: they were already considering buying Series 4 watches for their parents for this feature alone.

I fall into that “40s or 50s” crowd, and Gruber is right on target. During the Watch portion of the Apple event, I thought of my late grandmother. She was always spry and active, until she suffered a fall while alone. She was never herself again. After thinking of her, I immediately thought of my parents, who are also spry and active. It’s amazing that the technology is there to help with such a real problem. I’m just not sure they’d wear a Watch consistently. It’s a talk we’ll be having.