Apple Watch 6 won't swipe up!

Its probably just a matter of disabling Zoom - i had the same problem and just disabled zoom and no more issues

With the recent update of WatchOS 7.3, this problems seems now fixed.

What I'd found was that the zoom feature is easily triggered accidentally - a two-finder tap-like touch of the screen will do. If the zoom mode is presently set to a significant magnification, this is easily visible and easily reversed (by another double tap). However, if you double-tap-slide up/down, you can change the magnification and if you change it to just above 100% (practically no zoom), then you might not notice it - but the control center is now inaccessible. (I've never had an issue with the notification center, strangely.)

In the latest update, you can swipe up/down for the control/notification centers to appear even when zoomed and it all now works properly. At least, I have not seen a recurrence of this issue since the update a few days ago.

After the latest update, I find out, that the Apple Watch Will not swipe, if I after I put it on my whist open the whatch with using my iphone. If i open my APPLEWATCH by tapning the pincode on the watch, it have never failed - yet

Same issue and attempted resolutions on 44mm Titanium Apple Watch 6 that won’t swipe up or down. Wanting it to work during the day requires multiple hard resets- hold both buttons down, post reset it works for a few hours.

Just adding my voice to the choir. I have noticed swipe being disabled only happens on the home screen for me. If I press the crown, I can move around the screen nicely. I don't know about anyone else, but I have also been frustrated that even though I cannot intentionally swipe my screen, I will look at my watch and the face will have changed. Again. How is that happening if I cannot swipe on my screen. I did see that zoom had been turned on. I have disabled that and will see what that bears out.

I have had mine for just less than a month and today was the first time it happened. I had to reboot the watch.

Never had this problem with watch4 now with watch6 swipe up/down stops working quite often. Took off zoom, lets see if that helps. Booting is too much required, apple have to fix this, important functions disappear when swipe does not work.

I also have the same issue. It happens when trying to swipe down as well. I have to restart the watch or take it off and put it back on and enter the unlocking code. Very frustrating.

called Apple support and the direction given was the following

1- try to unpair and pair again: did not solve the issue

2- unpair and pair but also start the watch as new not from a backup: did not solve the issue

3- swap the watch, I did and tried the two suggestions above with the new watch: did not solve the issue

I have the stainless steel graphite 44mm and on the Apple Watch app on the phone it shows as a 44mm aluminum case.

not sure why this issue is happening.

I have never written to/about an Apple product since I first started using them decades ago... BUT this has now changed.

My new Apple Watch 6 (s/s 40mm) arrived home 2 days ago [replacing my old - and trusty - 5yo Watch 1] with my two most desired features (waterproof and always-on). After setup, I was quite pleased with the new arrival and it seemed that all features - including cellular connection - were firing on all cylinders... until yesterday morning - swipe up (utilities & control) and swipe down (notifications) had ceased to function on this 24hr-old device.

As I believed I may have set a parameter incorrectly, I went through the entire reset-reload and restart procedures only to have the inability-to-swipe-up/down issue recur.

Then I read these Communities posts and discovered 'we are not alone'... my 48hr-old wrist-brick is in the same state as far too many others... and, APPLE Inc, you are not responding well to this growing Community's concerns. For info, I have performed all the processes recommended above (remove Zoom from iPhone and Watch 6, reset Watch 6 to factory settings, etc.) with no positive swipe up or down outcome.

As I no longer have a go-back option (Watch 1 was gifted to another), I will, like many others, endure the wait while you decide when this Watch line feature will be rendered available again.... but I am disappointed that APPLE has known about this (since at least Fall 2020) and chosen to provide mis-information to customers seeking resolution of this failure in the product line rather than resolving the issue and advising Watch 6 purchasers accordingly.

Please act professionally... fix Watch 6 swipe functions and communicate with customers.

I am on my third Applewatch 6 aluminum!!! Getting very frustrated that the swipe up and down is intermittent. I can’t return it as last a month. There obviously is something wrong if so many people are reporting this problem. Why aren’t we being given adequate support!! alive written in before.

I noticed this within a week of owning the watch. I had the series 3 and didn't have this problem. I immediately reported this to Apple and they ended up replacing what I had, but I'm having the same issues even on the new one.

Thank you. I have tried everything, but it is nice to know I’m not the only one. I’ve been given the same response by support ... you’re the first person to report this. Now I know it’s NOT true. There is definitely something wrong with Apple. I bought the new watch because Siri and dictation weren’t working on my old one and I was told it needed repair at a cost so I decided to buy the new one. Well... with a new update, the old one works fine now and the new one doesn’t. Apple refuses to take back the new watch because it’s past the month for returns. If they know this is a problem, they should be providing customers a free return and full credit!!! ... especially if misinformed on problem with old watch. I do not like this kind of customer service when spending so much on products now. I have disable zoom so will see if that works. Why do consumers know more about how to fix problems than App,e Support??

Hi guys, I was just thinking if we have something in common and has something to do with the iPhone model. I am using iPhone 11. By the way for 24 hours I had no issue BUT today early in the morning stuck again :-(

This is the solution indeed! Thank you Waescher! I also wonder why it is so hard to find this correct answer by googling, and why everybody is giving misleading information. In addition please note that this is a huge bug as I was forced to switch off zoom, however I would need that so much.

Thank you! This took me 6 seconds to fix once I read this after looking all day. Saved me a trip to exchange it. What an engineering embarrassment on Apples part... It takes one Boolean exception to fix this Apple.