A circle made of bubbles with the number 16 or 17 keeps appearing on my watch, what does this mean?

Sounds like the hand washing app detecting that your washing your hands,it counts down from 20 with animated bubbles.

Read here;

Wash your hands with Apple Watch Series 4 or later

mhairi80 Said:

"A circle made of bubbles with the number 16 or 17 keeps appearing on my watch, what does this mean?"

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