The problem with the Apple Watch is that we’re being asked to strap something to our wrist—to attach it to our very body—without it delivering on the corresponding promise that it will be much faster to use than our phones. The stale data and the lack of speed means that either you have to stare at your Watch for several seconds and hope the data updates; or tap on the complication to load the Watch app, which as we all know takes a good long while as well; or simply give up and pull out your phone.
It’s not just that the Apple Watch is slow; it’s that it’s slow while promising to be faster.
I’ve more or less given up on this generation of Apple Watch ever being fast enough to not be frustrating at times. Native apps helped, but I really think it’s going to take a hardware revision to make this better.