Last week, we wrote about how the NBA just had a record-breaking year in terms of adding new fans on social media. This week, the NBA is back at their digitally-engaging ways as their NBA Game Time app is now available for the Apple Watch.
Like the mobile version of the app, the Apple Watch version of NBA Game Time allows fans to receive updates of scores, check schedules for all 30 teams using the watch’s force touch capabilities, get notifications from their favorite team, and go back and forth between their phone and watch seamlessly.
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At this point not all teams have their own team-specific Apple Watch apps yet. Teams are scheduled to be added but as of now, the teams with their own apps are the Hawks, Nets, Hornets, Cavaliers, Warriors, Warriors, Pacers, Clippers, Lakers, Grizzlies, Bucks, Timberwolves, Knicks, Thunder, Magic, 76ers, Suns, Trailblazers, Spurs, Raptors, and Wizards.
This announcement comes at a very good time for the NBA, as the playoffs are in full swing. With many more high-intensity, star-studded games coming up in the next few weeks, fans with the Apple Watch will be able to use the app to follow up-to-the-minute updates on the games that everybody will be talking about.
This is the latest league to offer a version of their app on the Apple Watch platform and it should not be long before we see more of the traditional sports mobile apps become available for the Apple Watch.
Already a popular app, NBA Game Time, which also had a record year in terms of downloads, should get even more downloads now. It is only a matter of time before the NBA takes another step forward with the app as they await more teams to have their own team-specific app for the Apple Watch.