Apple is paying close attention to the app offerings for its new watch. If your iOS app advertises support for any watch, other than the Apple Watch, prepare for trouble. Apple recently rejected an update to an established iPhone and iPad app because it mentioned support for a non-Apple Smartwatch:
We noticed that your app or its metadata contains irrelevant platform information in the app. Providing future platform compatibility plans, or other platform references, is not appropriate for the App Store. Specifically, your app and app description declare support for the Pebble Smartwatch.
Additionally, Apple has established criteria for Apple Watch developers that reject applications where the primary function is to tell the time.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 01 2015, @08:06AM
What a wonderful world of walled gardens!
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Friday May 01 2015, @12:14PM
You call it walled garden I call it prison.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Friday May 01 2015, @01:44PM
Either way, you have to jailbreak to get out of it.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 01 2015, @03:36PM
One could argue that you are not sent into the garden by someone else as a punishment... mmm. scratch that.