What's new in 3.5

What's new in 3.5

A big update focused on making your charging experience more visual and your Live Activities more alive.

• Charging animations — Choose from 4 animations with customizable colors. When you use them with Live Activities, your Live Activity becomes truly live. Real-time battery updates on your Apple Watch, no internet needed.
• Start Live Activity from notifications — Enable the toggle in notification settings, and you can launch a Live Activity directly from your battery alerts.

The story behind building charging Animations

How a frustrating review led to this feature. I set out to fix Live Activities and accidentally built something new. Read about the rabbit holes, the designer who made it beautiful, and what I learned about turning limitations into features.

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