With just two weeks until the Apple Watch is officially released, the excitement is mounting. Feeding that excitement now is the recent appearance of apps for the Watch in the App Store. Here is the list of the 24 apps first available in the App Store courtesy of 9to5Mac, with added descriptions by Fortune.
- Air Canada: Gate, boarding time and boarding pass
- AliPay: China’s homegrown Apple Pay with 300 million users
- Babbel: Learn languages by talking to your watch
- Dark Sky: Everybody’s favorite weather app
- ECB Cricket: Up-to-date cricket scores
- Evernote: Note-taking on steroids
- Expedia: A travel agent on your wrist
- Kitchen Stories: Weekly recipes and how-to videos
- Line: Free chat, voice and video calls with 600 million users
- MLB.com At Bat: Pitch-by-pitch live baseball
- Procreate Pocket: Sketch on your wrist, AirDrop to iPad
- Qantas Airways: Gate, boarding time, boarding pass
- Redfin: Shop for a home in 8 hot real estate markets
- Runtastic Six Pack: Spring is here; start working those abs
- Sky Guide: Hold it to the sky and it will name the stars
- Starwood Hotels: Check in, open room without passing reception
- The New York Times: All the news that’s fit to print
- Target: Shopping and identity theft made easier
- Things: To-do list manager
- TransitApp: Real-time bus and subway info in 75 cities
- The Wall Street Journal: The crown jewel of Rupert Murdoch’s empire
- Twitter: The world in 140 characters with 500 million users
- WeChat: China’s favorite chat app with 438 million users
- Yahoo Tourney Pick’Em: Fantasy football, baseball, basketball, hockey
Now knowing what we get to start out with when the device is available, which app are you looking forward to most?
