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watchOS 10.2 Beta Reintroduces Option to Change Apple Watch Faces With a Swipe
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Nope I still phantom tap the twitter app sometimes that had been on my Home Screen at the same position for 10 years even though I deleted the app last year. Habits die hard.
Also I hardly interact with my Apple Watch since I basically use it to tell time so the few times I need to engage with the UI, I am still used to the old way like going to the cinema „oh let’s put it in theater mode. DAMN IT wrong gesture“. It usually goes swipe > nope > press on crown > nope > press on button AAH
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Yay! Now let me put the dock back on the button and control center on swipe-up and let me turn the crown for Siri as God intended.
Yes, very much absurd, especially the fitness summary. Instead of sticking with information rich and data dense, they went with information poor and data minimalism.
I have issues with podcasts too on the Watch. Instead of playing downloaded podcasts sometimes, the Watch might play podcasts from the phone even when I select episodes specifically in the Download section.
Do you do a lot of different exercises often? I tend to do the same 3 activities every time and they have bubbled up to populate the top 3 spots in Workouts without me pinning anything. I assumed it learned my habits and now offers me those each time.How about also adding ability to pin your favourite workouts? Why it seems to randomise them all for years confuses me. Yes totally off topic
Sure, they sometimes switch order but it always is the same 3.
Glad its an option instead of going back to being the default, because I got really sick of my watch face changing when my watch brushed up against something. There were way too many times where I’d look at my watch and see a face that was NOT the one I had originally set. I know I’m in the minority here, but I much prefer the way it is now. (Granted, I don’t change my faces often enough to justify WANTING to be able to just swipe through them. Being able to do it that way was more an annoyance than anything else).
This is SO welcome. I often switch between watch faces in the middle of the night to control various gadgets (like my thermostat). The 'swipe to switch' was so convenient but I hated the new 'hold, wait, swipe, switch' procedure. I did send Apple feedback the first day IOS10 came out expressing my displeasure.![]()
The third watchOS 10.2 beta that Apple released this week reintroduces an Apple Watch feature for swapping watch faces that was initially removed with the upgrade to watchOS 10.
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Users can now choose to use a swipe gesture to switch the active Apple Watch face by enabling the option in the Apple Watch Settings app. With the feature turned on, swiping left or right on the watch face scrolls through the available watch faces that have been set up.
Switching watch faces with a swipe gesture was the default in watchOS 9, but Apple updated the interaction because of complaints that it was too easy to accidentally change watch faces. The current gesture requires long pressing before swiping to change the active watch face.
With watchOS 10.2, Apple Watch owners who preferred the prior method of changing their watch faces can choose to enable the setting if desired. The option is under Settings > Clock in the third beta.
watchOS 10.2 is available to both developers and public beta testers at this time, and it is expected to see a public launch in December.
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Update: I just installed 10.2 beta 3 - Enabling the feature isn't exactly straightforward. You have to update the Watch to the latest beta, and you cannot switch this option on from your iPhone. You have to open Settings on the Watch itself, scroll down to Clock, and turn on "Swipe to Switch Watch Face."
Ever getting rid of it was stupid.![]()
The third watchOS 10.2 beta that Apple released this week reintroduces an Apple Watch feature for swapping watch faces that was initially removed with the upgrade to watchOS 10.
![apple-watch-ultra-blue.jpg]()
Users can now choose to use a swipe gesture to switch the active Apple Watch face by enabling the option in the Apple Watch Settings app. With the feature turned on, swiping left or right on the watch face scrolls through the available watch faces that have been set up.
Switching watch faces with a swipe gesture was the default in watchOS 9, but Apple updated the interaction because of complaints that it was too easy to accidentally change watch faces. The current gesture requires long pressing before swiping to change the active watch face.
With watchOS 10.2, Apple Watch owners who preferred the prior method of changing their watch faces can choose to enable the setting if desired. The option is under Settings > Clock in the third beta.
watchOS 10.2 is available to both developers and public beta testers at this time, and it is expected to see a public launch in December.
Article Link: watchOS 10.2 Beta Reintroduces Option to Change Apple Watch Faces With a Swipe
But there’s truth in your humor. Many of us allowed the AW to become an integral part of our lives and chose to use different faces in those workflows. This “minor” change felt very disruptive to us.
The favourites dock still exists. Now you access it by double pressing the Digital Crown. Once you get use to it, it works great.
Not sure why I’m being downvoted here. Options means you can have it either way. Seems like a win-win to me.
This isn't necessarily directed at you, but a lot of people would benefit from reading about the beginner’s mind. Here is a good place to start https://zenhabits.net/beginner/.
I don't believe that is a bug but instead a feature of the ambient light sensor. We cant adjust it because Apple doesn't trust us and thinks too many will complain about battery issues if we can disable this awful feature. It really does makes a face difficult to read in the dark.