Apple Releases watchOS 8.5.1 With Security Updates and Bug Fixes

Waiting for an option to clear all text message in masse from the watch. The process now is arduous at best.

Waiting for an option to clear all text message in masse from the watch. The process now is arduous at best.

I’d just be happy if what I delete on my phone mirrored over to the watch. It does for every other device from iPad to Mac… just add this in already.

Waiting for an option to clear all text message in masse from the watch. The process now is arduous at best.

You might already know this, but the watch only keeps the last 30 days of messages. Because of this, I’ve stopped managing messages on my watch since they’ll eventually get cleared out anyway.

I agree though, there needs to be better syncing with the phone.

Hopefully this fixes the Series 7 charging issue. I can have my watch on the charger for 3 hours and only go up 10%.

Waiting for an option to clear all text message in masse from the watch. The process now is arduous at best.

Or better yet, if you have the option enabled in iPhone settings, just have them sync over iCloud like every other device Apple makes. The act of laboriously deleting them one-by-one at a later time just rubs salt in the wound. It's absolutely laughable that they still haven't sorted this out after many generations of both hardware and software.

On the whole, Apple updates these days feel like they're just papering over the cracks and sticking their fingers in leaking holes while dozens of unfathomable design choices go stubbornly unaddressed for years at a time. I sometimes have to wonder if anyone of influence in Apple actually uses their devices.

I don't see this available.