Power Off slider has disappeared

[PeterSmith]

After Watch OS 10 update, the Power Off slider has disappeared. (Long press the side button, and just get the emergency call slider: the physical button still works fine, e.g. for bringing control centre and Apple Pay cards).

So: either (1) the Power Off slider is now somewhere else ..if so, where?

Or (2) there's a software glitch? if so, how do you reinstall the OS if that's the way to go?

And/or (3) I'm being a senior idiot -- be kind

 

[alFR]

There's a (not very obvious) icon at the top right of the emergency call screen with the universal power switch symbol on it. Tap that to get the option to power off.

 

[PeterSmith]

Thanks!! OK, OK, that was option (3) then -- I'm an idiot.

But maybe I'll leave the question and reply here in case some other equally-challenged senior needs to know!

 

[sifpilsen]

Upper right corner on the screen that comes up. Adding a picture to show it, off-button highlighted in red.

 

[jdb8167]

Upper right corner on the screen that comes up. Adding a picture to show it, off-button highlighted in red.

The slider is still on Settings General>Shutdown.

 

[Bichon]

The slider is still on Settings General>Shutdown.

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That's exactly the same screen that appears after you press the power button icon that sifpilsen highlighted in his post.

Like the removal of scrolling watch faces, this just seems like an unnecessary change to basic functionality of the watch. Is it possible that people were fat fingering the wrong slider and accidently turning off their watch when they meant to call emergency services? Doesn't seem likely, and if not, I don't see any benefit to adding the extra step of pressing the power button before the accessing the power off slider.

 

[alFR]

Is it possible that people were fat fingering the wrong slider and accidently turning off their watch when they meant to call emergency services?

More likely the other way round, they were calling emergency services when trying to turn the thing off...

 

[xraydoc]

That's exactly the same screen that appears after you press the power button icon that sifpilsen highlighted in his post.

Like the removal of scrolling watch faces, this just seems like an unnecessary change to basic functionality of the watch. Is it possible that people were fat fingering the wrong slider and accidently turning off their watch when they meant to call emergency services? Doesn't seem likely, and if not, I don't see any benefit to adding the extra step of pressing the power button before the accessing the power off slider.

I'm pretty sure watchOS 9 was the same way.

 

[kitKAC]

I'm pretty sure watchOS 9 was the same way.

It was.

 

[kitKAC]

That's exactly the same screen that appears after you press the power button icon that sifpilsen highlighted in his post.

Like the removal of scrolling watch faces, this just seems like an unnecessary change to basic functionality of the watch. Is it possible that people were fat fingering the wrong slider and accidently turning off their watch when they meant to call emergency services? Doesn't seem likely, and if not, I don't see any benefit to adding the extra step of pressing the power button before the accessing the power off slider.

It seems pretty clear why the power-off function was moved, every option in that section is an emergency function... Medical ID, Compass Backtrack and Emergency Call.

As @sifpilsen's screenshot shows, Ultra's also have the Siren option in that section.

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