Apple Watch Complication
Would love for there to be an actual complication made for the Apple Watch. Example would be to have 2-3 things to show on screen at the lift of the wrist then should you wish to see more you click and you are in the app. As of now searching for the app on my watch is tedious while hiking so I end up looking at my phone.
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for posting - I can definitely see how this would be a helpful feature. Quick note, you can have Gaia GPS display on the Apple Watch when you move your wrist so it is easy to access by:
On your phone:- Open Watch app > Dock > Tap Favorites under Docking Ordering
- Tap Edit > scroll down and tap the green “+” next to Gaia GPS to add it to your Favorites List> Tap and drag Gaia GPS to the top of the Favorites List
On your watch:- Open Gaia GPS and leave it active
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You can create a shortcut on your phone that opens Gaia GPS and use that on your Apple Watch as well.
Steps (Created using iOS 14.4):
1. Open Shortcut App
2. Use + to create new shortcut
3. Name your shortcut
4. Click Add Action
5. Select the "X" Scripting option
6. Select "Open App"
7. Click "Choose" next to "Open" in your new action
8. Find Gaia GPS in your app listing and select it
(You can continue to add actions here if you want a multi-step shortcut)
9. Click "Next"
10. Type in your shortcut name
11. Click "Done"
The shortcut you have added is now available on your phone
12. Select your new shortcut to open it and make sure that "Show on Apple Watch" is turned on; You can also touch the icon to the left of your shortcut name to change the color of the icon
13. On your Apple Watch, shortcuts are listed by name and can be added to a watch face
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The lack of a complication seems like a big obvious oversight. Though to be honest I have found the watch app so utterly completely terribly useless that I removed it from my watch.
The watch app should only operate in a stand alone mode when it is unable to communicate with my phone. Otherwise the app should function as a mirror, as much as possible, for the phone.
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