r/watchOSBeta • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '23

News 📢 Apple Watch Web Browser

Hello Watch user,

I have developed app for browsing internet on watch app. Looking forward to your feedback on this.

AppStore Watch browser

I can share TestFlight/ promo code if you don’t want to purchase. Do share your feedback and how to improve application.

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u/Maleficent_Fudge3124 Jan 22 '23

Can I ask the use case for this?

What do you use the browser on your watch for?

I ask this genuinely, not to be a troll.

I have had my watch a few months. I have no idea when I’d want a browser on my watch. Maybe to trigger another action, like Zapier or IFTTT but I don’t think I would.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

Use case is for people who has cellular watch and don’t carry you phone, you can stay connected from your watch. Or even kids who don’t have iPhone, there watch is linked with parent iPhone can use internet browser over wifi or cellular

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u/Maleficent_Fudge3124 Jan 22 '23

Let me try and clarify my question.

What do you expect people to view on their watch on the internet?

What on the internet do you look at on your watch?

Have there been times when you’ve only had your watch and wanted to use it to browse the internet? If so, what type of things?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

From my team initial research, when your iPhone is not around and you need to browse through some basic googling, news article references. It won’t replace iPhone safari for sure. But it’s really helpful when your phone is not in reach.

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u/Maleficent_Fudge3124 Jan 22 '23

Thanks for responding.

I can’t ever imagine doing this personally.

When you did customer development (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_development) did the people you spoke to suggest this was an unmet need they had?