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Apple watch pings at night

I updated my apple watch to Version 8.3. I charge it on my nightstand at night which was never a problem before the update. Now it softly pings about every 5-10 minutes all night long. I have the focus set to do not disturb during these hours and I also have mirror my iPhone set, which is also do not distur. In addition, I have tried turning off the red bell and last night I turned on the theater symbols. It still was pinging. When I removed it from the charger at 4am, it continued to ping so I don't know if it had to do with charging. Any ideas of what I should do?


Posted on Jan 3, 2022 2:24 PM

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Posted on Mar 20, 2022 7:44 PM

The OP perfectly describes what my SE watch has started doing—it softly pings, and cycles through the same displays it makes when I first connect it to the charger. It is as if it is continually disconnecting and reconnecting to the charger.

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May 1, 2022 1:45 AM in response to Flexigem

Yes and so far no acknowledgement from Apple that they have broken it or when they will release a fix. No way to roll back the update either. Guess it’s time to move away from Apple products, what use is a watch you have to take off the charger and leave in a draw overnight, leaving it only partially charged the next morning?

May 22, 2022 3:13 AM in response to Milke-1920

There needs to be a way to turn off all charging notifications. In fact, this ought to be a default. I bet if people had to choose between losing the charging notification and losing sleep, they'd vastly prefer the former.


Given how seriously Apple takes sleep, the fact that this device is ruining it for so many people, this ought to be a top priority.


(I'm on Apple Watch OS 8.6 and still getting chimed all night long when my watch is on any of my third party chargers. I haven't tried with the Apple charger.)

Apple watch pings at night

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