Get ready for faster, better Apple Watch apps

At today's WWDC keynote, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that native Apple Watch apps are coming soon to its WatchOS - checking off the first item on many, many Apple Watch developers' wish lists, and ensuring that apps are going to get better very soon.

The problem is that a lot of Apple Watch apps don't actually run on the watch itself, exactly - they're more-or-less streamed from the iPhone it's paired with, with the phone providing most of the processing horsepower.

It made the first batch of Apple Watch apps easy for coders to make, but it also meant that the first bunch of apps were disappointingly slow and nonresponsive.

Plus, it meant that third-party Apple Watch apps not made by Apple itself had a very limited abiity to use the watch's sensors to collect more data.

But with better tools to run apps directly on the Apple Watch, developers can make sure their apps are quicker, more pleasant to use, and actually use the watch's sensors to their fullest potential.

Obviously, it'll take some time for developers to use the new tools that Apple is giving them to get their apps all ready for these new features. But very soon, Apple Watch apps are going to get a lot better.