Live ACtivity
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Live Activities have been enhanced in watchOS 11, allowing them to appear in the smart stack on Apple Watch. This feature enables users to track the progress of events or tasks directly from their wrist, providing a seamless experience that integrates with the dynamic island on iOS devices.
In the session Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch, it is explained how your existing iOS live activity will automatically appear on Apple Watch after updating to watchOS 11. You can customize your live activity view for the smart stack by using the supplemental activity families modifier, which allows you to provide custom content for the smart stack on Apple Watch.
Additionally, the session Design Live Activities for Apple Watch discusses the introduction of suggested widgets in the smart stack, which intelligently appear or disappear based on relevance. Live activities are now a part of this smart stack, providing a dynamic and glanceable way to interact with notifications and updates.
For more detailed guidance on customizing live activities for Apple Watch, you can refer to the sessions mentioned above.
Bring your Live Activity to Apple Watch
Bring Live Activities into the Smart Stack on Apple Watch with iOS 18 and watchOS 11. We’ll cover how Live Activities are presented on Apple Watch, as well as how you can enhance their presentation for the Smart Stack. We’ll also explore additional considerations to ensure Live Activities on Apple Watch always present up-to-date information.
Design Live Activities for Apple Watch
Starting in watchOS 11, Live Activities from your iOS app will automatically appear in the Smart Stack on a connected Apple Watch. Learn how to optimize the layout of your Live Activity for the wrist, and provide the right level of information and interactivity at the right time.
What’s new in watchOS 11
Explore new opportunities on Apple Watch, including bringing Double Tap support to your watchOS app, making your Smart Stack widgets even more relevant and interactive, and displaying your iOS Live Activities in the Smart Stack.