{"id":10211,"date":"2025-06-24T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/10211\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T08:02:08","slug":"watchos-26-beta-2-now-available-with-apple-intelligence-features-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/10211\/","title":{"rendered":"watchOS 26 beta 2 now available with Apple Intelligence features and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the first beta of watchOS 26, Apple just seeded the second testing version of this upcoming software update for Apple Watch. While Apple has a major redesign coming for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac with <a href=\"https:\/\/bgr.com\/guides\/ios-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iOS 26<\/a>, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe, the new watchOS 26 beta doesn\u2019t change a lot of the Apple Watch design.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Apple slightly tweaked some of the UI, Control Center, and app icons. However, it\u2019s going to feel as familiar as always. That said, the company is now taking advantage of an iPhone 15 Pro or newer to power more A<a href=\"https:\/\/bgr.com\/tech\/8-apple-intelligence-features-coming-to-your-apple-watch-in-watchos-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pple Intelligence features with watchOS 26 beta 2<\/a>. Here are some of them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Workout Buddy:<\/strong> This fitness experience \u201cgenerates personalized pep talks using voice data from an Apple Fitness+ trainer\u201d to encourage users to challenge themselves based on data available in the Health app.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live Translation:<\/strong> The latest Apple Watch models will feature Live Translation capabilities inside the Messages app, which will translate conversations to your preferred language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That said, watchOS 26 beta also brings several intelligence features, including new gestures and tweaks. For example, a new <strong>wrist flick<\/strong> makes it easier to dismiss notifications and go back to the Watch Face. You just need to turn your wrist over and then back for that.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the <strong>Smart Stack<\/strong> got some nice improvements. When you go to gym, you might see your workout suggestion there. Also, if you\u2019re without cellular connection, the Apple Watch can retrace your way back.<\/p>\n<p>\tTech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox.\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"signup-form-info\">Sign up for the most interesting tech &amp; entertainment news out there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"signup-form-tos\">By signing up, I agree to the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pmc.com\/terms-of-use\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and have reviewed the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pmc.com\/privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Notice.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At this moment, it\u2019s unclear if Apple is planning new Watch Faces, as it has only tweaked a few of the old ones with the new Liquid Glass design or with support for Apple Watch Series 10\u2019s better display.<\/p>\n<p>BGR will let you know if we find anything new with watchOS 26 beta 2. Alongside it, Apple released the second test versions of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the first beta of watchOS 26, Apple just seeded the second testing version of this upcoming software&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[239,4124,705,158,67,132,68,4125],"class_list":{"0":"post-10211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gadgets","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-apple-watch","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-watchos"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114737299394814308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}