A month prior to general release – reports indicate that the first 24 Apple Watch apps have been approved by Apple’s App Store team.
Nearly two weeks before Apple opens pre-orders – and a month prior to general release – reports indicate that the first 24 Apple Watch apps have been approved by Apple’s App Store team.
Interestingly, all of the Apple Watch apps in question will arrive as updates to their iOS counterparts (New functionality present in a future iOS Twitter update, for example) – and will primarily bring new functions to the Apple Watch as a companion/utility device next to the iPhone.
These first apps – as well as any others released prior to the 10th of April – will form part of the demonstration drive which Apple Store employees will undertake to imprint a first impression on prospective purchasers and early-adopters. Interesting (or not so interesting, in the case of the former) omissions from the list are Google and Facebook apps.
Without further ado, he’s the entire list, as reported by 9to5Mac:
- Air Canada: Gate, boarding time and boarding pass
- AliPay: China‘s Apple Pay (300 million users)
- Babbel: Learn languages by talking to your watch
- Dark Sky: Everybody‘s favorite weather app
- ECB Cricket: Up-to-date cricket scores
- Evernote: Note-taking on steroids
- Expedia: A travel agent on your wrist
- Kitchen Stories: Weekly recipes and how-to videos
- Line: Free chat, voice, video calls (600 million users)
- MLB.com At Bat: Pitch-by-pitch live baseball
- Procreate Pocket: Sketch on your wrist, AirDrop to iPad
- Qantas Airways: Gate, boarding time, boarding pass
- Redfin: Shop for a home in 8 hot real estate markets
- Runtastic Six Pack: Spring is here; start working those abs
- Sky Guide: Hold it to the sky and it will name the stars
- Starwood Hotels: Check in, open room without passing reception
- The New York Times: All the news that‘s fit to print
- Target: Shopping and identity theft made easier
- Things: To-do list manager
- TransitApp: Real-time bus and subway info in 75 cities
- The Wall Street Journal: The crown jewel of Rupert Murdoch‘s empire
- Twitter: The world in 140 characters (500 million users)
- WeChat: China‘s favorite chat app (438 million users)
- Yahoo Tourney Pick‘Em: Fantasy football, baseball, basketball, hockey
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