One more Apple replace has been pulled after launch, this time the Apple Watch developer beta watchOS 11.1, after points together with gadgets freezing.
The beta was launched on October 1, 2024, and studies of issues seem to have begun instantly. A number of customers on Reddit discovered points with Messages notifications, whereas one discovered Pockets playing cards had been disappearing.
As noticed by 9to5mac, the most important downside was that the replace was inflicting some Apple Watches to freeze and require fixed restarts. The difficulty seems to be associated to Messages, as one person reported that “it occurred proper when somebody had textual content[ed] me and it is nonstop since.”
“Utterly locking up each single boot,” continued the person. “I maintain the aspect button and crown to restart it, it reboots, and never even a minute later is totally frozen. Time will not replace, nothing.”
Additional suggesting that Messages is a part of the issue comes from how one other person stated they bought across the subject by disabling message notifications on the Watch.
The now three current incidents of Apple pulling updates are all around the newest iPadOS 18 and watchOS 11 releases, or their betas. However this isn’t the primary time Apple has needed to withdraw a launch over extreme issues, and never even the primary time in 2024.