Apple Watch Series 5 "Infograph" Face with In-App Purchase?

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Apple Watch Series 5 "Infograph" Face with In-App Purchase?

I fairly new to the Apple Watch. I have been modifying settings according to my wants/needs and ran into a bit of a wall when it came to adjusting my preferred "face," which is the "Infograph."

One of the eight adjustable "complications" within this face is to set the "Bottom Right" portion of the screen. I set this to "Battery Life," which according to the Watch app will display battery percentage of my iPhone and Watch, but that's not what it shows once the face is set. What I found shown is a permanent "50%" battery life with a bar loaded halfway. If I press on the 50%, it shows "iPhone" with its current battery level percentage beside it and below is "Watch" with a question mark where its battery percentage should be shown. When I press the Watch icon it says "Please buy the In-App purchase to unlock this feature."

Why is this an in-app purchase? If I wanted to make this work as shown in the Watch app, how would I do this (buy this)?

Short video clip I made to show the issue: https://vimeo.com/user118516832/review/448346160/f98c5d3c9d

Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 6

Posted on Aug 16, 2020 1:18 PM

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Seallbay

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Aug 16, 2020 1:43 PM in response to tomtomdotcom

It's very possible that this is from a third party app from either your iPhone or Apple Watch. The first party complication for checking your Apple Watch's battery is simply called 'Battery', not 'Battery Life'.

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Seallbay

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Aug 17, 2020 1:19 AM in response to tomtomdotcom

A complication is different to the watch face. I know you didn’t get the watch face off the App Store because you cannot download watch faces. You see, certain apps you download can bring complications to your Apple Watch, meaning that this complication belongs to a third party app not an app by Apple. Do you have any battery apps? On your Apple Watch or iPhone?

As I said, Apple’s own complication for checking battery percentage on Apple Watch is simply called ‘Battery’ not ‘Battery Life’.

Also, it isn’t Apple that’s charging you for it. It’s this other app. But I wouldn’t know which app it is since I don’t know what apps you have downloaded.

Alternatively, you can check your Apple Watch’s battery level by swiping up from the watch face screen.

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Dah•veed

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Aug 17, 2020 6:40 AM in response to tomtomdotcom

May I suggest a better, fully functional free app without in-app purchase;

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/batteryphone/id1191334332

I've had this for over a year on my phone and watch, also in the lower right corner.

The larger number is the watch and the smaller number is the iPhone.

ASC - Late 2012 Mac mini, macOS 10.14.6; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 6.2.8; iPad Air 2, ipadOS 13.6.1; iPhone 8+, iOS 13.6.1; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 13.4.8;  HomePods, audioOS 13.4.8 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

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tomtomdotcom Author

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Aug 18, 2020 9:14 PM in response to Seallbay

I do have a battery app that I don't really use on my iPhone, but I didn't think it would have any correlation to the watch face. I'll check it out. That helps a bit, thank you.

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tomtomdotcom Author

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Aug 18, 2020 9:24 PM in response to Dah•veed

Thanks for the rec

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tomtomdotcom Author

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Aug 16, 2020 1:51 PM in response to Seallbay

A third party app through the "Face Gallery" in the Watch app? I didn't find the face in the app store, I found it in the face gallery. The only one I've found that shows current time with seconds in addition to other available complications.

It's not the end of the world if I can't view both battery levels at the same time, but I'd rather not run into a "buy this" button if I decide to check.

If I wanted to, where would I buy this?

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Apple Watch Series 5 "Infograph" Face with In-App Purchase?

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