What you need to know
A future watchOS update is going to make Apple Watches default to Scribble for text input.
Currently, Apple Watches default to the last-used input method.
Apple says the change is intentional and not a bug.
Anyone who uses an app like Drafts on their Apple Watch to quickly get ideas out of their head and into text form via dictation, take note. When watchOS 8.1 arrives — soon, presumably — it will make that more difficult. With the update installed, Apple Watches will default to Scribble text entry, forcing an extra tap for those who don`t want it.
In its current state, watchOS 8 defaults to the last-used input method. However, Apple tells Drafts developer, Greg Pierce, that will no longer be the case with watchOS 8.1 and that it`s intended behavior for Scribble to be the default method, regardless of whether the watch`s owner ever used it.
That`s bad news for people who use Drafts and other apps as places to dump quick, dictated notes.
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