Watch selfies

[MarcW]

I put my watch in my pocket for a while to protect it as I was moving a bunch of boxes. A couple hours later I noticed a number of watch screenshots in my iPhone camera roll. My watch was taking selfies in my pocket!

I shudder (shutter?) to think of what else the little bugger might do with the right combination of pocket button pushes.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Use passcode and unlock with iPhone and you won't have this problem.

That's why iPhone has slide to unlock and people sleep their iPhones before pocketing them, to prevent pocket dialing. But there's no slide to unlock on the Watch.

 

[MarcW]

Use passcode and unlock with iPhone and you won't have this problem.

That's why iPhone has slide to unlock and people sleep their iPhones before pocketing them, to prevent pocket dialing. But there's no slide to unlock on the Watch.

I do use both of those settings. Even though the watch locked when I took it off my wrist, the side buttons still operate together to produce a screenshot. Pressing them individually brings up the keypad.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

I do use both of those settings. Even though the watch locked when I took it off my wrist, the side buttons still operate together to produce a screenshot. Pressing them individually brings up the keypad.

Interesting. I didn't know that. I suppose they figured it wouldn't be a big problem as it's not designed to be a pocket watch.

However, you can lock the Watch. Hold down the side button and tap the "Lock Device" button.

 

[C DM]

I do use both of those settings. Even though the watch locked when I took it off my wrist, the side buttons still operate together to produce a screenshot. Pressing them individually brings up the keypad.

Odd that they wouldn't disable that when the watch is sleeping.

 

[MarcW]

However, you can lock the Watch. Hold down the side button and tap the "Lock Device" button.

OK. Tried that, but the result was no different. Still takes screenshots. Power down would really do it, though.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

OK. Tried that, but the result was no different. Still takes screenshots. Power down would really do it, though.

That's strange. Perhaps Apple can patch this in a future update.