Since the 9.6.2 update my watch no longer wakes on wrist raise. When the timer goes off I now have to touch the face of the watch to see the face. I have done a hard reboot of the watch and disabled and and enabled that setting, but it still doesn’t work. I have a series 7 watch. My sister is experiencing the same behavior on her watch since the update.
Apple Watch Series 7
Hi Pat Hale,
For help with the feature, make sure the theater mode option is off. As you can temporarily prevent your Apple Watch from waking when you raise your wrist if it's turned on. The steps below found in the article here can help: Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support
"Use theater mode on Apple Watch
Theater mode prevents the Apple Watch display from turning on when you raise your wrist, so it stays dark. It also turns on silent mode and makes your Walkie-Talkie status unavailable, but you still receive haptic notifications.
Touch and hold the bottom of the screen, swipe up to open Control Center, tap 
, then tap Theater Mode.
When theater mode is on, you see 
at the top of the screen.
To wake Apple Watch when theater mode is on, tap the display, press the Digital Crown or side button, or turn the Digital Crown."
If this feature is off and the issue remains, check additional settings with the steps here: Turn on and wake Apple Watch, and reach out to Apple Support to further assist.
Best.
Hi Pat Hale,
For help with the feature, make sure the theater mode option is off. As you can temporarily prevent your Apple Watch from waking when you raise your wrist if it's turned on. The steps below found in the article here can help: Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support
"Use theater mode on Apple Watch
Theater mode prevents the Apple Watch display from turning on when you raise your wrist, so it stays dark. It also turns on silent mode and makes your Walkie-Talkie status unavailable, but you still receive haptic notifications.
Touch and hold the bottom of the screen, swipe up to open Control Center, tap , then tap Theater Mode.
When theater mode is on, you see at the top of the screen.
To wake Apple Watch when theater mode is on, tap the display, press the Digital Crown or side button, or turn the Digital Crown."
If this feature is off and the issue remains, check additional settings with the steps here: Turn on and wake Apple Watch, and reach out to Apple Support to further assist.
Best.
Wake on wrist not working on Apple series 7 watch
