Solar Eclipse 2026 SolarWatch

In this update, we've introduced Solar Azimuth and Elevation Alarms, allowing you to set alerts based on specific compass directions or the sun's angular elevation above the horizon. This feature is perfect for photographers, solar panel enthusiasts, and anyone who relies on precise solar positioning. We've also enhanced the app's stability and resolved various bugs to ensure a smoother experience.

In this update, we've introduced a dedicated section for tracking upcoming solstices and equinoxes, ensuring you stay informed about these key astronomical events. Set up notifications for timely reminders, so you're always prepared. We've improved the favorite cities list to offer more detailed insights at a glance. Instantly view daylight duration, along with precise sunrise and sunset times for each city. Access both local and solar time, simplifying your planning wherever you are. Additionally, we've fixed a bug affecting localizations and a crash, ensuring a smoother experience for all users.

- Vitamin D and UV Tracking: Effortlessly track your daily vitamin D exposure with HealthKit integration. Customized for your skin type and clothing coverage, this feature supports your health by helping you maintain optimal vitamin D levels. - Enhanced Daytime Display: Plan your day with confidence by viewing the next two solar events during daylight hours, ensuring you never miss a significant moment. - Improved Alarm Reliability: Enjoy precise custom angle alarms with resolved scheduling issues, offering you reliable alerts every time. - In-App Release Notes: Stay informed about the latest updates and features directly within the app, ensuring you're always aware of improvements.

This update enhances the reliability of Solar Alarms with crucial stability improvements, ensuring a smoother and more dependable experience.

Smart Sunrise/Sunset Alarms • Enjoy breathtaking views by setting alarms that only activate under ideal weather conditions. • Automatically checks forecasts to skip alarms on cloudy or poor weather days. • Keep your alarms without unnecessary wake-ups for lackluster sunrises. Settings Redesign • Experience a more intuitive settings screen with streamlined navigation. • Access dedicated sections for configuring the Solar Wheel and Data List with ease. Solar Wheel Enhancements • Gold members can now toggle the display of Golden Hour and Blue Hour on the Solar Wheel for precise planning. Reliability & Performance • Resolved issues with alarm scheduling for more dependable alerts. • Enhanced terrain calculation for faster and more accurate results. • Improved clarity in timezone displays for better user understanding. Other Improvements • Expanded localization support for all languages, ensuring a seamless experience worldwide. • Strengthened push notification security for your peace of mind. • General bug fixes and stability enhancements for a smoother app experience.

This update includes minor UI improvements and a new indicator on the Sun Position widget. The arrow points when the sun is rising or setting, so you can tell at a glance how the day is progressing.

Meet the Solar Eclipse Catalog. Explore every solar eclipse from 2000 to 2200 with high quality data validated against published NASA eclipse records. Enjoy beautiful globe visualizations that show where and when the eclipse is visible, plus Simulation Mode to watch the Moon’s shadow sweep across the Earth in real time. Get accurate, detailed local information for planning your trip, including local timing details you can use to schedule viewing. You’ll also get a brand new Eclipse Countdown Widget, designed to help you track the next major event at a glance. Everything in this update is built in preparation for the August 2026 full solar eclipse.

Terrain shadows are here. SolarWatch shadow maps now include hills and mountains, not just buildings. You’ll get a clearer, more realistic view of how sunlight changes across the actual land around you, so you can plan with confidence when terrain blocks the sun. This update also brings shadow-ratio alarms to help you spot when shade is likely to increase past your chosen threshold. We improved alarm setup and the preview experience, making it easier to fine-tune notifications before you rely on them. Favorites and widget timelines are also more reliable across SolarWatch, Apple Watch, and your Home Screen, so your key locations stay up to date where you look.

This update brings a new local eclipse sky simulation. Tap an eclipse map pin to preview what you will see at that location, including the Sun and Moon positions, key contact moments, and the time and maximum eclipse conditions. Solar alarms now use the actual terrain horizon for sunrise, sunset, elevation, and shadow-ratio alerts. You can also use rising and setting controls to create custom elevation alarms that trigger only when the Sun reaches your chosen angle. Terrain horizon calculations are cached more intelligently, so terrain shadows and terrain-aware alarm previews load faster after the first calculation. Shadow maps also get a cleaner viewing option: you can hide the sun path compass whenever you want an unobstructed look at light and shade.

Sun time now gets its moment in the sun. Start an outdoor session and SolarWatch keeps your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island updated with UV, vitamin D progress, elapsed time, and a gentle nudge when it may be time to head back in. Also new: terrain data has a tidy new home in Settings, Health and widgets are better at keeping outdoor sessions in sync. And Solar AR is a bit more patient about finding true north before pointing at the sky and has bunch of little improvements.

Plan your next eclipse with more useful local context. We’ve improved visibility details, potential viewing information, clear-sky guidance, and timing so you can better plan when to look. Track Vitamin D more accurately with a single, unified daylight timeline. Outdoor sessions and Health’s Time in Daylight now combine into one view for clearer progress. Get a clearer Vitamin D chart and smarter widget updates during daylight, so your information stays up to date without waiting. We also improved VoiceOver support, localization, and reliability across AR, eclipse, alarm, and widget experiences.

Enjoy a refreshed Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch experience, including updated widgets and a new eclipse countdown complication. Explore shadow maps with smoother, faster interactions, so you can pan, zoom, and preview eclipse shadows with less waiting. Plan ahead by opening upcoming solar eclipses directly from Siri and Shortcuts. Get Muslim prayer times using your location and solar data, with configurable calculation methods to match your preferences.

This update fixes three small bugs to improve your daily experience: - Suggested Watch complications now refresh correctly after you edit your favorite locations, so your watch stays up to date. - Outdoors Live Activity now displays your up-to-date UV and Vitamin D absorption values, so you can stay outdoors with confidence. - 3-D shadows now renders terrain shadows correctly again, restoring the accurate depth and lighting you expect.

Custom alarm names now show right when your solar alarms ring, so you know exactly what triggered the alert. Outdoor-time Live Activities keep your timer up to date on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, even when you switch apps or lock your device. Send feedback with more email apps, including Apple Mail, Gmail, Outlook, Proton Mail, Spark, and Yahoo Mail. We improved solar terrain shadows for more reliable results, strengthened Vitamin D tracking for steadier readings, and refined widgets, favorites, AR controls, and city search for a smoother, faster experience.

Plan your next eclipse viewing with new forecast maps for cloud cover and overall visibility. A clear color legend helps you quickly compare locations and choose the most promising observation spot. Small location widgets now show solar event names and times more clearly and reliably. This update also includes performance and stability improvements. Diyanet prayer times now align more closely with official calculations in Turkey and high-latitude regions.

Plan your next eclipse viewing with new forecast maps for cloud cover and overall visibility. A clear color legend helps you quickly compare locations and choose the most promising observation spot. Small location widgets now show solar event names and times more clearly and reliably. This update also includes performance and stability improvements. Diyanet prayer times now align more closely with official calculations in Turkey and high-latitude regions.

This update ensures your alarms go off exactly when you set them, eliminating unexpected activations. We have also improved the accuracy of localized solar event names on widgets, so you can rely on clear and correct information in your language. Enjoy a more dependable and user-friendly experience with these enhancements.

This update makes the app easier to use for everyone. We have enhanced localization so you can experience the app in your preferred language with more accurate translations. We have also increased the reliability of AR mode, so you can enjoy more stable and consistent augmented reality experiences every time you use it.

In this update, we've resolved several minor issues to enhance your experience.

In this update, we've resolved several bugs to enhance your experience. We've also refined the layout of the annual overview in the watch app, making it easier to navigate and more visually appealing. Enjoy a smoother and more intuitive experience as you track your yearly progress.