Apple releases third developer beta of watchOS 11

Apple continues with a two-week release cycle for iOS 18, watchOS 11, and other new updates. Today, Apple has released the third beta of watchOS 11 to developers for testing purposes. As we are close to the public beta release, we can expect better stability starting with today’s update.

Apple seeds the watchOS 11 beta 3 to eligible watches with a 22R5309f build number. The update weighs around 550MB in download, you need to upgrade your iPhone to a third dev beta of iOS 18 to install the new update on your watch. For now, the update is available to developers, we can expect a public beta release later this week or early next week.

In terms of features and changes, watchOS 11 boasts a bunch of useful features including automatic sleep detection, revamped Photos Watch Face, an all-new Vitals app, Training Load, Live activities support for Smart Stack, a Translate app with 20 languages support, and many more.

If you want to try out these features, then you can upgrade your watch to the watchOS 11 beta 3, here’s how you can install it on your watch.

watchOS 11 Beta 3

If your iPhone or iPad is running on the latest version of iOS 18 developer beta, then you can easily sideload the watchOS 11 beta 3 on your Watch.

  1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone.
  2. Tap General > Software Update.
  3. Select Beta Updates and enable watchOS 11 Developer Beta option.
  4. Go back and download the third beta of watchOS 11.
  5. That’s it.

Make sure that your Apple Watch is charged at least 50% and connected to a WiFi network.

Now the watchOS 11 third beta update will download and transfer to your Apple Watch. And after the completion of the installation process, your watch will restart. Once all done, you can start using your Apple Watch.

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