Apple Watch Companion App News, Details: Leaked iPhone App Revealed

By Arvin Donguines, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, January 15, 2015

More news and details about the upcoming Apple Watch pointed out to a series of leaked images of the wearable's companion app.

A report from GSMArena.com cited 9to5Mac revealing an iPhone application which consequently hinted essential information about the smartwatch.

Published on Tuesday by the Apple-centric rumors/news site, the Apple Watch "companion" app is said to debut this spring.

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Several details were mentioned by the site including a handful of customization options, clock functionality and notification preferences, as well as accessibility and motion settings suggested by the app.

According to them, one of the key clock functionalities featured in the report include a face feature called Monogram where one can add his/her initials. When the iPhone receives a new notification, either from a text, email, or Facebook, etc., a red dot will appear on the face of the clock.

For the Watch's apps, one can easily arrange them in the smooth-scrolling cluster based on their preferences.

Cnet.com, who also picked up the story, went on to describe the features that are to be expected in the Apple Watch.

The site indicated that navigating and using other functions of the watch is made much easier through the Accessibility settings. One of which is the VoiceOver feature which reads any text appearing on the screen. Double tapping the screen will allow the user to look even more closely to what is displayed.

Security is also discussed in the 9to5Mac report stating that like iPhone and iPad, the first ever wearable tech from the Cupertino-based company can be set up with a four-number passcode lock. The security passcode can also be used for the Apple Pay feature.

For starters of the product, the companion app will have an "About" screen to provide the needed additional information like storage capacity, memory used, as well as the device's serial number.

The Apple Watch is slated to launch publicly sometime in March of this year.