In this section, we will take a look at the differences between watchOS 1.0 and watchOS 2. One of the biggest highlights of the watchOS 2 platform is the support for native apps, which means that the apps will be able to run entirely on Apple Watch without having to rely on iPhone. This allows developers to access the device's built-in heart rate sensor, the Taptic feedback engine, accelerometer, and microphone with the ability to build custom watch faces to display information within the Apple Watch face.
The watchOS 2 version comes with two brand new watch faces called Time Travel, which displays information about future complications, such as weather and calendar events, and the Nightstand mode, which is activated when Apple Watch charges. There are also several improvements to Mail as well as support for FaceTime Audio, and it supports multiple colors for sketches and lets users add more than twelve friends to their list of contacts.
Apple has also made several...
