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Mute by covering with palm - I can't get it to work. How do you do it?
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YOu have to do it when a notification comes in. Also, i noticed it takes longer than I thought it would (~5 full seconds)
Only when notification comes in? There are times where I want to do it on demand. I.e. about to go to a meeting in 5 minutes and want to start the mute right now.
Ah, so the on-demand mute is not a function Apple set.
BTW, I received Tapatalk notification when you replied. When the screen is ON, I tried to cover the screen with my palm and... nothing happened. Am I supposed to cover the screen while touching it?
I think there's a bit of confusion in this thread. Covering the watch screen with your palm will mute an incoming notification or phone call (although I think it's really only useful for phone calls because by the time you manage to cover the screen for a notification the notification will be over anyway). It will also put the watch to sleep if the screen is on. It will *not* turn on do not disturb or mute future notifications.
In order to do it, you need to touch the screen with your palm, while covering all of the screen. If too much of the screen is left exposed it tends to register it as a touch or a force touch. It happens instantly... there's no need to leave your hand there for any length of time. You can practice by turning your watch on, then covering the screen with your palm, being sure to touch the watch, then immediately removing your hand. If you did it right now the screen will be off. The same gesture will also mute incoming phone calls (or other notifications if you're super fast).
In order to do it, you need to touch the screen with your palm, while covering all of the screen. If too much of the screen is left exposed it tends to register it as a touch or a force touch. It happens instantly... there's no need to leave your hand there for any length of time. You can practice by turning your watch on, then covering the screen with your palm, being sure to touch the watch, then immediately removing your hand. If you did it right now the screen will be off. The same gesture will also mute incoming phone calls (or other notifications if you're super fast).
This. Also, make sure the setting is turned on, Cover to Mute iirc. I think it's under Sounds and Haptic in the Apple watch app.
Yea actually having to touch your hand to the screen confused me for a while. I couldn't get it to work either until I read that some where else.
Incorrecto!
It will set mute, but, only if you cover it in response to a notification *AND* keep it covered for at least 3 seconds. You get confirmation of the mute status change in the form of a haptic tap.
It is documented as such in the Apple Watch guide.
Interesting, I guess I learned my one new thing for today. I can go sleep now
Of course, I always keep my watch muted anyway, so maybe that's why I never noticed
To OP: You really have to palm the whole screen, fully touching it, not just cupping the watch or something. You're gonna want to full on smother that entire screen to trigger the palm cover effects. I had troubles with it at first because I was just trying to block out light, and not full on touching the entire screen at once. Now I just flatten my palm against it and it works every time.
I think you must be touching it, maybe without realizing it. I've tried pretty hard to get it to work without touching the screen at all and it doesn't seem to do anything.