Good, don’t like the new way of doing things and I’ve never, EVER accidentally swiped to a different watch face.
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watchOS 10.2 Beta Reintroduces Option to Change Apple Watch Faces With a Swipe
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IOS and WatchOS has turned into get a new update and wait for a future update to fix what they just changed.
Also Id love for Apple to fix whatever they ruined with the Weather app.
I got my mom an apple watch that she's has loved for years (series 4 and now series 7), and she was so disappointed in the new Weather update in WatchOS10. She stopped wearing it for a good 2 weeks. I dont have an apple watch so im not exactly sure what was removed or changed, but she would love to have it fixed.
I got my mom an apple watch that she's has loved for years (series 4 and now series 7), and she was so disappointed in the new Weather update in WatchOS10. She stopped wearing it for a good 2 weeks. I dont have an apple watch so im not exactly sure what was removed or changed, but she would love to have it fixed.
The watchOS changes Apple made this year should all have been options added to the OS, not defaults that users are unable to change. Unchangeable defaults such as what changed this year are user-hostile and frankly, insulting.
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What an about face.
(It's a pun.)
(It's a pun.)
You may be the only one! 😝 For less advanced users, accidental watch face changes were a source of confusion and frustration. I think the watchOS 10 default behavior is correct from a usability perspective, but I'm glad the option to swipe through faces is returning. I used it all the time. Less so now with the widget card display from the crown though.
I feel heard! I feel validated!
Those people should be kept away from sharp objects...
If this reintroduction stays, maybe people on MR will be able to get on with their lives. lol
One wrong righted. Now fix battery drain; remove hard to see transparency; put more information on screens, not less; and fix whatever that thing is you call a weather app.
Come on Apple. You can do it. Call it WatchOs 9. Yeah. Magical.
Come on Apple. You can do it. Call it WatchOs 9. Yeah. Magical.
Gosh, I don't know about that.
When there is too much customization, it breaks my brain trying to think of what is the most logical way and then half the time I forget how I had set it up. That is a problem of choices, or some would argue is a paradox of choices. We think by default the more choices there are the better. The paradox is that actually the more choices there are, the more difficult it can be to decide because there's a lot of thought that needs to go behind making a choice.
I'm not saying how Apple has it is perfect though.
Having too many options reminds me of some apps that are way too customizable (e.g., some workout apps) and I end up just not using it because to set it up properly (choices!) takes way too much work and having to think through all the various scenarios.
Bring back the return to clock animation on crown press and the zoom in/zoom out app icons, they just look better.
Not sure why having this as a toggle option was so difficult to come up with in the first place.
With this and restored ability to go straight into a new workout without ending it, all my gripes with WatchOS 10 has been adressed and all is right with the world again. What a weird step backwards.
Oh and Apple has been on the BALL with user feedback lately, with also restoring not adding favourites to the library in Apple Music.
Oh and Apple has been on the BALL with user feedback lately, with also restoring not adding favourites to the library in Apple Music.
I must say I was not a fan of the older watch OS behavior and also thought it was too easy to switch, but this new option is a great solution for everyone.
It only show on the actual watch setting for me. It doesn’t show in the watch app settings on the iPhone for some reason. I didn’t realize the watch settings and the watch app settings were different but somethings don’t show up in the watch app settings.
Yeah, I'm definitely not a fan of the older solution, but this new solution is fine.
The older solution was a disaster, especially when you are wearing synthetic jacket. Synthetic material touching the watch face mimics human touch and as such is liable to make the watchface change. I often wear synthetic jacket when running or hiking.
Watch OS is worse in a bunch of ways. The fitness summary now requires scrolling through 6 tabs to get what was smoothly visible on one previously. The control center being moved to a button - what a waste. The only improvement was the weather app. My watch now shows songs and playlists on my iPhone even when off wifi and running 5 miles away....no way I can play them just show me what I downloaded to the watch! Just absurd stuff.
Thank god for that. I had different faces setup for different things and swiped between them all the time. Without that I almost may as well not be wearing the watch. Thank goodness. Agreed with the button talk as well, put it back the way it was, or give you the option to make the button do whatever you want would be even better.
I've gotten used to the side button Control Centre. It's something I use multiple times a day so I can see how it deserves its own button. Only thing is it retained its legacy animation. It shouldn't come from the bottom. It should come from the right side like the Action button on the Ultra comes from the left.
What I have not gotten used to was having to press and hold to change my watch faces. It's just an unnecessary friction to swapping faces through the day according to the context I'm in. So glad to have this option back.
Only missing piece is allowing Watch faces to trigger Focus modes, not just the only way around where an iPhone Lock Screen chooses the focus globally.