A programmer named Hamza Sood figured out how to activate a bunch of Apple Watch app screens locked inside iOS 8.2. These (black) screens are what you’ll use to control your Watch from your phone. They show up in the Watch app on your iPhone after it has been paired with a Watch, Sood says.
Here is the Settings page for your Watch:
Here is the “general” page in Settings. As you can see, we’re following the Settings pages design in the iPhone very closely.
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This is where you set up your main contact list. These can be called by pushing the button just below the digital crown on the Watch.
Using this page you can control the type, content, and frequency of the notifications that show up on your Watch. This screen is the difference between your Watch being an invaluable communications tool and an utter pain in the ass.
This screen lets you specify which wrist you’ll use for your Watch:
You can select playlists to sync to your Watch, with an adjustable limit of up to 2GB.
This page contains the settings for level and frequency of the little taps you’ll feel from time to time on your wrist:
Some screen shots of the Activity app for the Watch were also surfaced.
This is the main dashboard page containing various activity measurements and results:
This is the calendar page within the Activity app:
Here’s what you see when you drill down on any day:
Sood published some other, more mundane, screens (Airplane mode, photo controls, etc.) on his Twitter account. You can see the full set there.
We’ll keep an eye out for future leaks as the April 24 launch date of the Watch approaches.
And we’ll see if Apple designers hang on to the sexy black color vibe of the Watch app. Hope so.
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