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Kate Kozuch

watchOS 10 exclusive: These are the biggest Apple Watch upgrades powered by new developer APIs

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With watchOS 10, the Apple Watch is receiving its most significant upgrade in years. And while the upcoming software update has plenty of fresh features for users to discover, it’s the new set of versatile developer APIs that should make using an Apple Watch more frictionless than it’s ever been. 

While native Apple Watch apps are central to the user experience, it’s often the best Apple Watch apps from third-party developers that let someone make the most of their smartwatch. For these developers working with watchOS 10, Apple has introduced new foundational app layouts in Swift UI, Smart Stack support in WidgetKit, and a High Frequency Motion API leveraging the accelerometers in the current-gen Apple Watch devices. 

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