The Apple Watch Series 7 has been officially available since last Friday. Complaints were quickly documented that some app icons were not visible on the display.
The first Apple Watch Series 7 users have already reported on Friday reportedthat the device was not displaying some app icons. The issue occurred in any area where an icon was displayed in watchOS. Interestingly, it only seemed to affect third-party apps on the Series 7. The issue did not occur on other models with lower resolutions, nor in the Xcode simulator, so the cause of the problem remains a mystery. In some cases, deleting and reinstalling affected apps could even temporarily resolve the error.
Apple Watch Series 7: Apple updates affected apps itself
Unfortunately, the problem occurred again. Now appears Apple is addressing the bug server-side. Apple's solution appears to be to automatically re-download the affected apps from the App Store to the devices. The update lists for the apps state "This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon," which means it was updated by Apple itself. Therefore, a watchOS update doesn't appear to be necessary. So, anyone affected should monitor the App Store in the next few days. (Image: Apple)
