Apple watch series 8 yellow screen glitch when taking off from wrist.


Yellow screen appears for very small time Apple watch series 8 yellow screen glitch when taking off from wrist.

apple has even replaced multiple watch but e even the new one does the same problem. Anyone else has the same issue?

This is very annoying. Is this a hardware or a software issue? Also, what is Apple doing about it?

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Posted on Mar 2, 2023 12:12 PM

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Posted on Mar 4, 2023 1:50 PM

You said "Yellow screen appears for very small time"

If it lasts long enough to take a photo of it then it is not normal, but as it had occurred on replacement watches it is unlikely to be hardware.


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Oct 28, 2023 11:07 PM in response to LD150

Appreciate the link. I’ve tried all the steps listed, with both the watch I sent back (I did this all over the phone when speaking to a senior engineer) and I’ve also tried it all with my current watch. The issue itself is very intermittent. I can take it off maybe 3-5 times in a row, and the screen won’t flash. But then after 30+mins of wearing it, when I take the watch off, it’ll more than likely flash; it’s strange.


Personally, I think I’m narrowing it down to the sensors underneath the watch itself and thinking it may have something to do with the software. Maybe it’s not recognising correctly, when the watch is on/off and it causes the glitch; which seems to be quite a bit more common than I expected.


I may try what Michael is doing, and hang onto the watch and just see what happens. I love getting a new device, but at the cost of Apple potentially sending replacement after replacement and it not solving the issue, I’d rather just hang on to what I’ve got until further information is available.

Nov 8, 2023 8:50 AM in response to Silviafr91

Sorry for the delay in an update. The senior advisor I spoke to initially last week never returned the call on Friday… I’ve chased it up and spoke to another senior advisor today who once again asked for the data logs so she can have the issue escalated; which the advisor last week didn’t do for whatever reason. However, with the release of the new iOS and WatchOS this morning and having updated both devices, I’ve failed in being able to make my watch do the “yellow flash”; slightly to my annoyance haha.


Due to this advisor needing my watch to flash so she can send the data onwards, I’ve been trying almost all day to replicate the issue; but to no avail. So… I’m thinking and hoping that with this latest update they may have possibly fixed this ongoing issue? I’m still trying as I’m typing this out and my watch just refuses to produce the yellow flash. If you haven’t updated your watch/iphone I suggest doing so and hopefully, like myself, it looks to have solved/fixed it.

Nov 8, 2023 1:35 PM in response to Michael Chengjie Yang

Yes, the update I installed was 10.1.1 for the Watch and 17.1.1 for my iPhone.


Funnily enough yesterday my watch was at its all time worst too. It would flash every time I took the watch off properly, and even if I laid it on my wrist and then pulled it off; it never did that previously. So I was getting a bit weary of it which is why I chased Apple up again this morning to say the issue had become worse. But with this update, everything seems to have done a 360, which is both bizarre but thankfully good. Fingers crossed something clicks and your watch sorts itself out. If I’m able to find anything else out from this Senior Advisor I’ll be sure to update you on here. All the best!

Nov 18, 2023 5:28 AM in response to LD150

Even i got the replacement as well, and my new watch 8 still shows the issue and the case is still with apple engineering investigation.

Mostly i noticed when the watch is on AOD and try to remove while the watch is not in awake state.. have you guys noticed some other situation shows flashing ?

Apple watch series 8 yellow screen glitch when taking off from wrist.

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