Apple ought to be exhibiting off watchOS 10 to the world at its Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC) on June 5, and we have got some leaked info forward of time concerning what to anticipate from the replace.

As per the normally dependable Mark Gurman at Bloomberg (opens in new tab), there’s going to be a “new concentrate on widgets” in watchOS 10, in what’s described as “one of many largest software program updates for the reason that unique model” – so it appears like there is a main revamp on the best way.

You might keep in mind that there have been as soon as widgets referred to as Glances on the unique Apple Watch from 2015, however they have been phased out over time. Now it might appear they’re again, and ought to be in place by the point the Apple Watch 9 arrives later this yr.

Info, at a look

In accordance with Gurman, the brand new widgets will mix components of the previous Glances with components of the widgets that have been launched to the iPhone with iOS 14. The thought is that customers can shortly see info with out having to launch any precise apps.

That info may cowl climate forecasts, exercise monitoring, inventory tickers, calendar appointments and so forth. The model of those widgets is seemingly going to be much like the Siri watch face presently accessible in watchOS 9.

The Digital Crown on the Apple Watch could be used to launch widgets slightly than the house display in future, Gurman says. He additionally thinks the brand new widget-heavy interface might be non-compulsory. We’ll discover out for positive at WWDC 2023 subsequent month.

Evaluation: fixing the apps drawback

As Mark Gurman factors out in his Energy On publication, apps have not actually taken off on the Apple Watch. Customers do not open them, and in consequence it is not definitely worth the time it takes for builders to make them – making a suggestions loop that is laborious to interrupt out of.

Gurman highlights latest statistics exhibiting that the iPhone App Retailer has 101 million month-to-month customers in Europe, whereas the Apple Watch App Retailer has lower than 1 million in the identical area. That is an enormous discrepancy and tells you a large number about how we have a tendency to make use of smartwatches in another way to smartphones.

Whereas the Apple Watch is clearly among the best smartwatches in the marketplace, more often than not it is the options constructed into watchOS itself which are getting used, slightly than third-party apps. In different phrases, you are extra probably to make use of the gadget to inform the time or monitor your steps than name your self an Uber.

With widgets, Apple is acknowledging that whereas additionally providing a method for builders to place helpful knowledge and updates in entrance of individuals – a bit just like the Dynamic Island launched with the iPhone 14 Professional and the iPhone 14 Professional Max.