After WatchOS 10 update I cannot swipe between watch faces

Not only the delay but also the movement involved. I could change the face without raising my arm. That’s a point of a smart watch, to be easily manipulated else we just get a smartphone. So it is even worse than the additional time.

Switching Watch faces based on the complications I want at the moment is the number one feature I need.

I just to let Apple know that this change makes the Apple Watch a pointless device for me. I will stop wearing my Watch (and buying new versions) if this feature is not restored in a future update.

The point of Watch faces is that you can set them up for different contexts (Work, Workout, Communicaiton, Weather, Travel, Fancy Event, Casual Event, etc.). The inability to breezily switch between them destroys the usuability of having multiple faces set up in the first place. I hope they fix this right away.

I don't expect Apple to revert the OS any time soon. I would guess that Watch OS 11 may possibly offer something.

I've suggested changing the Share button found in Edit mode to a Lock icon to lock the screen to one's choosing.

But the more I've given this OS update consideration, it's apparent to me that WatchOS is implementing elements that will be found in Vision Pro. So, for them to revert to a usable interface, it would mean negating interactions found in Vision Pro; specifically, the reliance of the crown and the finger tap gesture.

For Vision Pro, a device that's primarily used while stationary and given your full attention, this may make sense. For Apple Watch, a device that's used primarily on the go for quick glances of information, this user experience is a monumental failure.

The old Apple: Explore with a simple swipe to your favorite complications. A natural gesture fueled with intuition, recognition and rewarded with familiar joy.

New Apple: Provide a link for necessary instructions that involve multiple steps beginning with a counterintuitive LONG press, THEN swipe to a tiny unreadable miniature of what you want , THEN click and then WAIT for complications to load.

There, how does it feel to be stuck in a place that will be a grand total of a half dozen or more gyrations to go back?

Stand still, remember and execute. Total focus on a path divergent from a moment of real life.

How far is this from where Apple began? Remember Steve Jobs anyone? Imagine the choice he would have made.

And so here we are, reminding and pleading for Apple to be Apple.

IF accidental swipes was the problem, how was the solution not a new setting where one could select a method for changing between faces? Why force a change on everybody to address the issues of a few? Definitely a weird move, regardless of the reason.

It’s truly devastating that Apple has removed this significant feature, (why on earth would they do that)??? I used it in my business to quickly change between faces for different features. I am so dumbfounded by this that I’m genuinely thinking of getting rid of my Apple products. No user innovation either over several years… big thrill, now the new phone is made out of titanium…yaaaaay… let me go and spend $1200. Maybe next year they’ll go overboard with excitement and give us a new color…can’t wait.

Accidental swipes (which can still happen) can be avoided by locking the watch in the control centre. Press and hold the Crown to unlock .

That feature was available in vers. 9 so I think this whole issue has nothing to do with accidental swipes and it’s part of Apple’s fundamental rethink of the UE called the New Design Language

I'm Italian, there are no articles on this problem yet. This choice, which penalizes the most aware users of the watch, is inconceivable. Was it difficult to include a "no swipe" function for those who were bothered by it? now I will write in Italian for those like me who are looking for information:

si, purtroppo l'aggiornamento di apple watch 10 non consente di scorrere fra i diversi quadranti (no swipe) con il gesto ormai familiare del che scivola sullo schermo. Lo hanno fatto per coloro che temevano lo swipe accidentale fra quadranti. Speriamo che Apple ci ripensi e che reintroduca una funzione fondamentale! Per cambiare schermo occorre premere e attendere che si apra la galleria di quadranti….

Here’s part of the June 6 Press Release from Apple. It may help to understand how this issue has arisen. As usual Apple are very hot on trumpeting what’s new so we can “experience Apple Watch like never before “ - that’s true!

New Design Language and Navigation

With watchOS 10, redesigned apps provide more information at a glance, and there are new ways to navigate and quickly access content.

“With watchOS 10, we’ve redesigned the interface, allowing users to experience Apple Watch like never before,” said Alan Dye, Apple’s vice president of Human Interface Design. “The update gives users the information that matters most to them at a glance, simplified navigation, and a new visual language that takes full advantage of the Apple Watch display. We’re also introducing the Smart Stack, offering quick access to proactive and relevant information, right from the watch face.”

This is very disappointing but you would assume an easy fixe for Apple to make? I also have different watch faces that I use on a daily basis. Although it doesn’t take long to change it in the phone the quick swipe left is very convenient!!! Please fix it 👍🏻

Terrible human factors UIX reversal. Unclear what their intention is other than perhaps using swipe for some other purpose. Should at least give us the option to revert, if needed. I use this function constantly and now it’s a serious step backward and not intuitive either. Yeesh!

Absolutely Joe, how can the new way the user navigates to different faces be described as “simplified navigation”? The Smart Stack is clearly work in progress ; it’s nowhere near good enough to replace easy face switching. There are no widgets for messaging or email. No third party widgets. There’s a limit of 7. Some functions don’t lend themselves to widgets but there’s space for only 3 complications. In my IT days we had a golden rule: Never show the user something half finished.

I feel this so much!! You said everything! I too have given feed back. i suggested that in settings maybe they can give us the option for swipe or hard press swipe? After this update I MISS the swipe as I use various faces I have set up for my work. I agree too about the wiggly crown having to fight through the "smart" stack! You gotta have tiny *** fingers and hands to manipulate! I keep trying to swipe and its so sad and frustrating! I'll get used to it. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

They ruined my Watch experience and it is not exaggerated from me.

I considered purchasing a new AW in 1-2 years but it it stays that way that will be my last. From a smartwatch, it has almost become a dummy watch for my use.