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Thick short blue bar at top of watch face?

DC41

DC41

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Feb 23, 2021
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Honestly, I've tried to find the answer with internet and forum searches, but apparently my search-foo is weak.

I have a 7series running 9.3.1. I know that the blue flash around the edge of the display indicates that accessibility options are turned on. But there is also a short, thick blue bar that appears near the top edge of the face. It usually flashes along with the blue border but stays visible a little longer. Sometimes it will appear without the blue border.

What does it indicate?! 🤬 I can't find a mention of it anywhere. A little help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
 
If you press the two buttons together it will take a screenshot. You can then go to your phone and upload it here and that might help.
 
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Took a few tries. It seems to go away when a button is pressed, so I had to anticipate its appearance and press early to capture it! Does anyone know of what it's an indicator?
 
The only thing i can find relating to a blue line on a watch face is a blue border around a watch face if assistive touch is turned on. You could check in the watch app at Settings > Accessibility > AssistiveTouch to see if thats turned on and that particular watch face isnt showing the border correctly but not 100% sure thats what it is.
 
Beards said:
Does it happen on other faces and have you tried one by one changing the apps you have loaded on the watch face?
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Yes. It does it on every watch face. Some of the faces have different complications, so I don't think it is related to that. I thought it was related to notifications, but it appears whether there are notifications or not.

I get the blue border because I have assistive touch enabled (double tap two finger zoom). If I turn that off the blue border doesn't appear, but that thick blue line is still there. I think it must be related to a setting I have enabled, but I haven't gone through them all to see if disabling one turns it off.
 
Found this on reddit:
I believe it was an artifact of iOS 16’s installation program. (...)
I tried the hard reset and it’s gone too!
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Restart Apple Watch

If something isn’t working right, try restarting your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone.
support.apple.com
 
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So I actually just did some digging around it’s indicating that quick actions is turned on!
 
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