Apple 5 watch face with 8 complications - things have changed recently.

The Apple Watch 5 I bought last January has one face I use with 8-complications has changed in the mornings and evenings in the past week on so.


It dims to large digital numerals, and requires that I turn the stem, or tap the watch to light it up. Very annoying. Never had this problem previously. I don't want that change. It happens at night and in the morning, even though I have removed all times for "do not disturb"


I have looked at, changed and explored settings, including the "do not disturb" settings - to try to get nothing brings it back to the complications face I use exclusively all of the time..


  • I do not want the face to change from my complications, or to DIM to save battery life. I don't care about saving the battery. I always have enough battery left. For 10 months the watch face I want stayed on all the time. What's up with this?


  • Additionally, suddenly, the complication showing activity rings fades, and also does not show all the time. All the other complications show all the time--but it forces me to touch the "activity ring" location in order to see my progress. That is simply unnecessary. I never had to do an extra step to see my progress.


Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 7

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 8:52 AM

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