14-year-old hacker Billy Alice launched on Apple Watch iOS 4.2.1. The software platform released back in 2010, replaced the smartwatch specialized software watchOS.
On a video on YouTube the programmer who calls himself “the developer of the apps and tweaks for iOS”, demonstrates the possibility of installing a “smart” watch Apple’s old operating system Apple. We are talking about the emulator iOS 4.2.1, designed for use in the environment of watchOS 1.0.1.
After the system runs on Android wear developer runs his thumb over the label Slide to unlock, then the screen displays classic desktop Apple smartphones. Alice began to run applications, but noted that “using them is very difficult due to the small display.”
“Spent the evening installing emulator iOS 4.2.1 on your Apple Watch. It is very difficult to use on such a small screen. But very cool!” – the developer writes in the video description.
Billy Alice wasn’t the only one experimenting with the software for the Apple Watch. Recently the developer Hamza, the Court found on the device’s own dial. At the moment the watch will not load any third-party screens. However, hacking beta watchOS 2.0 has helped clarify that the new OS is such a possibility, but Apple intentionally blocked access to it. According to some, in the future, the company plans to open flagship store dials for the Apple Watch.
The Court had earlier hacked into Apple Watch and started on the gadget Flappy Bird. A demonstration of the game he posted on his blog.
