Watch series 4 slow to wake since os6 update

For me, right now worked to TURN OFF ANIMATIONS in WatchOS 6 (on your iPhone go to Watch application, scroll down to Accessibility and in REDUCE MOTION feature allow first option), I am second day with this option and lagging is not present even with newest watchfaces.

Friends, please check in watch's control panel. Theatre mode (shows 2 mask) should be off.

Also wake up..should be enabled.

I had same problem

Watch OS 6.1 has solved this for my WS3. Been using it for a couple hours and it's back to how it used to be.

Yes, just made the update to watchOS 6.1. Problem solved. Thanks :)

Maybe this is the fix: "watchOS 6.1 introduces support for AirPods Pro and includes improvements and bug fixes. This update also brings watchOS 6 to Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2."

watchOS 6.1 just dropped today. Perhaps that’ll fix the issues

It is a plague: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-watch-4-display-not-turning-on-waking-up-sometimes.2199659/

and it is related to watchos 6: happens, randomly, with my new Watch 5 and old Watch 4 since I updated to watchos 6.

It’s sad how Apple care less about Apple Watch 4 owners and focusing only to the new watch. This issue with slow wake up screen on AW4 it’s very well know and have something to do with always on display that it is on AW5. The last update watchOS 6.0.1 was good but didn’t fix this issue. Other thing it’s that AW4 is discontinued by Apple because the competition with AW5..I hope that Apple will fix that soon enough for the rest of use that still have AW4..

I have the same problem with Apple Watch Series 3, 42 mm, latest WatchOS 6.0.1. I experience the problems with slow display waking even if Theatre Mode is enabled or not. I have feeling, that the problem is more intense when using new WatchOS watchfaces Numbers Duo and Numbers Mono. While old classic watchfaces are working better.

I am pretty upset with this issue, because I always preferred Apple for great hardware-software optimization.

Yup, same here, new watch 5, slow to wake on both tap and on pressing the crown, happens randomly.

Here is hoping Apple fix this with 6.1 :-(

I have a week old 5 series and have been swearing and cursing about this issue for days. Don’t want to use wake on wrist raise as the watch will be on and off like a strobe. I’m actually pleased it’s a known issue (amongst users - hopefully now Apple know too) and not something specific to my watch. Just hope Apple get their finger out and resolve this massive irritation ASAP.

I enabled wake on wrist raise hoping it would fix the issue. Everything was working fine. Later that day my watch froze up and the touchscreen was not accepting touch input for about a minute or so. I contacted Apple Support. They said they are aware of the issues being reported, but they do not currently fully understand the root of the issue. They said they will push out an update once a fix is available.

You are not alone: https://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?p=31131150#post31131150

Regards.