When I’m on my Home Screen where it displays the time, etc. I can swipe up for my control panel, I can’t swipe down for my notification center, and I can’t swipe left or right to switch my watch face.
Also, the hand-washing feature never senses me washing my hands.
I have already tried hard resetting multiple times already but it only works for a couple of hours.
Apple Watch SE, watchOS 7
Hi Konner24! Since your Apple Watch and iPhone are already up-to-date, let's try some other steps to see if we can get it working for you.
First, let's make sure your Apple Watch is clean and dry. Apple has some helpful information in the following resources:
Next, if you're still experiencing this issue, let's unpair and pair your Apple Watch with your iPhone:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch
If you're still experiencing the issue after trying these steps, connecting with Apple's Support team may be your next best option, as they may have some additional tools that will help look into this further. You can connect with them here: Get Support
Cheers!
Hi Konner24! Since your Apple Watch and iPhone are already up-to-date, let's try some other steps to see if we can get it working for you.
First, let's make sure your Apple Watch is clean and dry. Apple has some helpful information in the following resources:
Next, if you're still experiencing this issue, let's unpair and pair your Apple Watch with your iPhone:
Unpair and erase your Apple Watch
If you're still experiencing the issue after trying these steps, connecting with Apple's Support team may be your next best option, as they may have some additional tools that will help look into this further. You can connect with them here: Get Support
Cheers!
Hello once again, Unpairing the watch from my phone and then pairing it seemed to do the trick. A few hours after I unpaired it and paired it back, I have not had a problem with the control panel or notification panel or swiping to another watch face. Thank you for all your help.
Hello Konner24! Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
We understand that the Apple Watch is not responding to your touch, and restarting your Apple Watch only temporarily resolves the issue. We'd like to look into this with you to see how we can help.
If your Apple Watch and companion iPhone is on a previous version of watchOS and iOS, let's update, after creating a backup for your iPhone, to see if that helps with this issue:
Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Make it a great day!
Thank for all the helpful information, I cleaned my watch and powered it off before cleaning it like it said and when I turned it back on it seemed to be working again. I would send an update here tomorrow to see if it only lasts temporarily again.
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to respond. I just checked my watch and phone and they are both up to date. My phone version is iOS 14.4.1 and my watch version is watchOS 7.3.2
Hello again, cleaning the watch did not fix the problem, after school I will try unpairing the watch an repairing it to see it that option fixes the watch. Talk to you later.
Home Screen & Hand-washing Issues
