http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/29/technology/personaltech/more-fun-on-your-wrist-with-new-apps-for-the-apple-watch.html 2016-09-28 18:19:13 More Fun on Your Wrist With New Apps for the Apple Watch Among the offerings, apps in which you can speak to your watch to update to-do lists or get a quick assist on deciphering a foreign language. === APPLE One Apple Watch app that is immediately interesting for its simplicity is Each time you raise your wrist to check the time, Glimpse drops a different photo onto the display. It’s like a constant feed of news and social media updates, in tiny bite-size form. Glimpse can be connected to content sources like CNN, National Geographic and Time magazine. There is also an option to connect your Pinterest and Twitter accounts. Glimpse grabs images from these sources, updating them throughout the day. You can, of course, still see the time and other information like the weather and your exercise status using Apple’s built-in complications feature. Things The main interface of Things is on your iPhone, where you build a suite of to-do lists, adding a headline title and notes, deadlines and so on. You can see the lists on your watch, where you can mark items as read and add items by voice. The voice recognition feature works well, even in noisy environments like a busy aisle in a supermarket, though you do have to get over the embarrassment of talking to your watch. Things is Babel You’re not going to become fluent using this watch app alone, but its short, context-based language learning quizzes can help words stick in your memory. Babel is Built-in GPS is the signature new feature on the Apple Watch Series 2, and one of the first apps to take advantage of the sensor will be With a coming update, ViewRanger will work with the new Apple Watch’s GPS system for even more precise location awareness. As long as you preset your route before entering the wilderness, the app will work without your phone’s needing a cellphone signal; your phone could even be turned off to preserve battery power. ViewRanger is Games on the Apple Watch have always been a bit halfhearted, but the new Sometimes you will be sent to your iPhone’s Field Day app to, for example, chat to the baker about what he would like you to grow for him. On the whole, this is a simple game that is fun and Last, for a peek into a potential future for online shopping, check out Tinder is widely known for online dating, but its new Verne: The Himalayas