Sleep mode focus problem on WatchOS 8

Hi- I recently updated to iOS 15/watch OS 8. I'm trying to track my sleep. On my watch I go to the control center and press the moon and enable the sleep focus. However, my watch does not dim the way it did on watchOS 7, and required me to turn the crown. The only way i can get the screen to stop lighting up is if i turn on the sleep focus and also theater mode.

Is the issue that i'm required to create a sleep schedule? I always just manually activated sleep mode on WatchOs 7 and turned the digital crown when i woke up.

Please advise

Apple Watch Series 6, watchOS 8

Posted on Oct 7, 2021 2:41 PM

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tzubairi Author

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Posted on Oct 27, 2021 1:29 PM

I was able to solve the issue. You should try the following: On your watch go to Settings> then scroll down to Sleep and Enable "Turn on Bedtime", & "Sleep Screen" & "Sleep Tracking".

I have not set up a sleep schedule because I work with different time zones so there's no consistent sleep/wake time. When I do sleep I turn on Sleep Focus manually from my watch control center. My watch goes into sleep tracking mode and I manually turn the crown when I wake up.

These settings fixed the issue for me. Good luck!

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