After years of waiting, Apple has finally announced the oft-rumored Apple Watch. Speculation has been growing for years and many industry analysts believe this is one of the most important product launches for Apple in the post Steve Jobs era.
To celebrate, we’ve come up with a list of the 50 best Apple Watch app ideas collected from across the industry, rumored standard functionality and staff favorites.
- Turn by turn directions (confirmed)
- Voice activated notes (confirmed)
- Caller ID (confirmed)
- Pedometer (confirmed)
- Stopwatch (confirmed)
- Calendar (confirmed)
- HealthKit (confirmed)
- Siri (confirmed)
- Music (confirmed)
- Weather (confirmed)
- Flashlight (confirmed)
- Messaging (confirmed)
- Camera
- Accept & Place Phone Calls
- Speed dialer
- Apple Device Controller (confirmed)
- Find iPhone
- Notifications (confirmed)
- Calculator (confirmed)
- Compass
- Shopping lists
- Temperature converter
- Bluetooth device remote (confirmed)
- Sound control
- Face Time
- NFC Payments (confirmed)
- Sport score updates
- Shopping deal alerts
- Breaking news alerts
- Cooking recipes
- Step by step instructions for building things
- Comparative price shopping
- Translator
- Diet tracker
- Sleep monitor
- Find Friends
- Map My Run
- Internet Search (confirmed)
- Banking apps
- Smart home integration (confirmed)
- Yelp
- Pandora
- Shazam
- Nest (Honeywell confirmed)
- Candy Crush
- Clash of Clans
- Tinder
- Uber (confirmed)
- Tesla Command (BWM confirmed)
- Clock?
What Apple Watch app ideas do you have?
UPDATE: Apple has unveiled the new storefront for the Apple Watch
