the title is misleading, you are not building an app from scratch, you're just downloading and setting up the widget. Please consider changing the title.

Why my widgetsmith app not showing on the list when i scroll down?😢

Late in view this review, but thank you. Did we ever as the viewer ever get to be told the name of the app or process to get the topo maps? I’m currently using Workoutdoors on my AW8 . Thank you🙏

Is there a way to use your songs from Spotify instead of Apple Music?

Great review, just wonder how you managed to get so much life from the 7? I max out at about 10-11 hours gps tracking and the ultra I can get around 18hours.

Bro game changer to my widgets thank you!

When’s the next Ultra hiking video? 🙏

This is me talking in a loud voice. 😆

Great video, and this was my feeling as well. My only hesitation is the ability to have a map on my wrist while hiking, which you did. I am excited when you release this app for the watch because I will be using it in the future. Thanks for the review

Getting away from people 👍

Any ETA on your nav app?

Thanks for this great review. As I walk the West Highland Way 4 times a lot of your journey was familiair to me. I am also very interested in the App you are developing or other suggestions you have for navigation and recording. I am still bit sure what to use on my Ultra for hiking. I can btw confirm that the Ultra works very well for diving. I just used It for diving in Bonaire with the Oceanic plus app. Same thing as you mentioned happened: the app decides that the ‘workout’ had ended when you are 1-2 m below the surface. I would like to decide myself if my dive has come to an end. Hopefully that will be covered zoon in an update.

Any update on how the app development is going? I check in on this video from time to time to check

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I dont work in IT, but I have a LOOOOT of problem with procrastiworking, this is alleviated by the fact that there are bunch of random tasks that are crowding my FTE so it is very easy to slide into doing these less essential tasks. I HATE doing things that require decision-making, in particular that affects something longterm, that terrifies me

Great work

27:58 that’s why I set it up to turn on the flashlight which I found myself using quite often. Also, even if I start workout it happens 1 or at most 2 times a day and it can be anything: cycling, running, swimming, hiking, rollerblading etc. and it takes a couple of touches and a couple of seconds. And yes, for a serious hike or a trail run you need workoutdoors app which adds more complexity and actions to be done before start.

I wonder if using the "water lock" would alleviate the accidental press of the action button, or if the button overrides that setting. Might be worth testing out for someone with an AWU.

Great video thank you for that experience!

Pretty good review. Most of the reviews of this watch I seen are useless. They’re of people putting it up to the test on their local city parks.

Can't wait to get the navigation app.

Did you listen to Midnights?

Can you tell us what apps you were using for your hike, especially the app that showed the topography? - Thank you.

Glad you enjoyed our wee corner of the world. I usually take a paper map and compass as well as my Foretrex when I'm going out on trips, often off-trail. I find in those cases it's difficult to do proper route planning and navigation on digital maps, at least on a handheld/mobile device. That said, I can definitely see a huge benefit to having a small digital topo map on the wrist for quick reference, etc. Just a suggestion: The Ultra displays cooridnates on the Wayfinder face in WGS84 lat/long which as you'll know is of very limited use for practical land navigation purposes. I know you can get apps which give you coordinates in different CRS e.g. BNG for the UK, UTM/MGRS for the US, etc., but it would be really handy to have that in the same app as your digital topo map. The other thing would be being able to place waypoints on the digital map using manually-entered grid coordinates. I know that may involve handling different reprojections if your app is for global use and so may not be trivial, but just thought I'd mention it. I know you say that your take on the philosophy of use for the Ultra isn't to replace these super-specific devices, but as it stands with the Ultra's native capability, I'd be leaving it at home in favour of my Foretrex for the majority of my trips mainly because of those two shortcomings. Also, I agree re: backtrack. Surely a smarter way to do it would have been to make it an always-on "rolling" 10 mile (for argument's sake) track with the ability to switch on "permanent" backtrack. I know suggestions are a dime a dozen when you're developing something, but just my thoughts! Will definitely be getting your app either way.

Really great to follow along your journey, thank you. This watch version is the first one I've considered upgrading to since v1… :) Love your other apps since years back (Sleep++ ftw), so can't wait for the Topography app to pop up in the App Store. From one Apple dev to another, congrats 🙌🏻

Great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. How did u keep the AW charged? A Suunto/Garmin/Coros would easily last multi-day hikes but the AW only has 36hours worth?

I'd buy the Ultra if I could use an app to pull up my route overlaid on an OS map. It looks like you're working on it. As is, I've been backpacking in the UK for years (2.5+k miles) using Memory Maps, which is functional but archaic. Very interested in your app. It was a delight to watch a review of the watch from the West Highland Way.

Long way to go to test a watch? I just walked to my local English Civil War battlefield 🎥

Great review, I can't wait for navigation app. Stunning camera on the iPhone 14 pro.

Hi what was the topo maps app you were using?? Thanks

I get OCD from you wearing the watch upside down 😅

Hi! Maybe I missed it in the video but which nav app are you using?

This is the best review video I’ve seen in a long time. Subscribing and supporting. Beautiful work.

Iphone sos doesn't work outside of North America

Did anybody else catch any subtle 'Blair Witch' vibes watching this? The trek starts off so cheerful and sunny, and you skip through and he's lost, and it's raining and he looks cold. And the scottish lands are empty and desolate, with fog nearby always. Great video though!

I’m interested in the Ultra, but I clicked on this video from a creator I’ve never seen before because I went to the Highlands to do the NC500. Best week of my life, basically. I know it’s quite popular with bicyclists (500 miles on a bicycle is my idea of hell…) but I did it at the end of spring so it was still too cold for those trips I think. Anyway… I see Highlands, I click. Great video!

Funny. I thought he was out on an isolated trail and then I see cars driving by.

This is a great review

What app do you use for topographic maps on Apple Watch?

Nice and informative video - glad you enjoyed your time here in Scotland

I’m curious to know why you have the watch upside down?

Great video! Loving my ultra. One thing I was surprised to see was only a 10% difference between your series 7 and the ultra. Wondering if the ultra wasn’t connected to a phone (and the series 7 was)?

A fantastic video in one of my favourite parts of the world. Thanks for that David. It may have been mentioned elsewhere but that issue of the workout app interrupting an already running navigation track has affected me on previous watches too. I use Outdooractive for tracking my hikes and starting a workout interrupts that track every time! Something Apple need to take a look at but not, I believe, specific to the Ultra.

A couple of questions: 1) how do you convince your wife to do a trip like this? :D 2) do you have the strava activity of this?

Great video - and beautiful Scottish Scenery! On the battery level for Ultra vs s7, was one of the watches connected to a nearby iPhone? My understanding is that an active paired watch will get much better battery life because it can take advantage of iPhone location services, for example, though I am not sure if you have both watches paired, if they both benefit or if it's just the active one?

Apparently you can use the action button to turn on back track.

Wonder what happens to your Apple developer account if you say their product is trash.

Daring or darling?

Great video! I, too, love the Scottish Highlands. Did you charge the Ultra between hikes, or was it a single charge for the entire trip?

Ultra is not worth £850 when next year the ultra v2 is out, then another year later v3... they are throw away, on Average you loosing 35-45% per year.... after 4 years battery is gone or so poor you can't use it as intended SIM costs £7+/- per month £168 over 2 years ....