After WatchOS 10 update I cannot swipe between watch faces

I am surprised it took me this long to notice. I have different watch faces for different purposes. I had a complication disappear, probably because its app got an update. I just had to re-add it to the two faces. Before doing this, I swiped to see if the complication was on the other face; that's when I found out.

I accidentally turn my flashlight on; I accidentally open apps; Every time I wash my hands I get a warning that the water is too loud. But, not once have I ever accidentally changed watch faces, (since the very first Apple watch).

Also, I liked being able to go to Reminders quickly, they got rid of favorite apps. They added a Widget for the Apple Watch for reminders that is even harder than scrolling to the app and opening it. Because it takes you to a different reminder list that you don't want. That's right, the widget is useless, unless that is the list you want to go to. Could you set up your favorite apps using the IOS watch app, yes. Can you set up Widgets on your phone, nope, just have to hold your arm horizontal for long enough to set a Guinness Record and all the Widgets seem to have no purpose at all, except to make ones life even harder. It has been weeks since I installed this, every day I think I need to simply now buy a sledgehammer, to eliminate this stress from my life. And even with all the changes the Time Zone can still not be set to stay the same as the iPhone. I just tested it again. I set the time zone on the iPhone to GMT, turned off my iPhone to simulate going for a walk without my phone and sure enough the time changed to local time on my watch, only to change back to GMT when I turned my phone back on. This is critical. People say just keep your phone with you. Right, then I no longer need the watch. I almost missed my cruise ship because my watch was an hour off from the ship with no notification. I did buy another watch that I can keep set correctly. I have posted on every cruise and travel forum to not buy an Apple watch unless you like missing the ship and paying $1,000s of dollars.

Oh, my. AND with all the bases you covered (and very relevant they are, too), you missed some of my favorite aggravations -- and I'm sure pet annoyances of others.

If I thought the people who undesigned the watch could read, I'd hope they would read your post.

I haven't responded with feedback for the latest version, because there is an army of people with the same complaints. I have provided feedback to keep the Apple Watch on the set timezone, even when you walk away from the iPhone; after all, why have a manual setting/settable timezone if the Apple Watch won't stay set to that timezone.

I use my watch faces all the time for work, workouts and home. Why would they take away a convenient switch and make it less simple? An update should make things easier not harder. If people have trouble with the faces accidentally switching give them an option instead of taking it away from everyone else.

I can live with the long press nonsense but on the new scene there's a "download" and an "edit" function. Swipe up and you get a red trash can and "delete" function. (I discovered these when I needed the timer for a project and wasn't paying close attention to long press options. At least the red is something of a warning.) A test of "Download" pulled up two (random?) phone numbers . Evidently I'm supposed to be panting to - what text a link and image to someone I know has an Android watch or my doctor's office. A test of "Edit" showed variations of the face, with the one I use several swipes along.

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There is no “long press nonsense”. As I’ve said before in a reply to you “Touch and hold until you feel the haptic “

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Should Apple have hobbled quick and easy face switching in watch os10 ? No., in my opinion

Is the new “widgets & Smart Stack “ an acceptable alternative? Again, No., in my opinion.

There’s no doubt many users have come to rely on easy face switching to access info and complications and the new navigation via the Smart Stack simply doesn’t meet their expectations.

I suggest you address your complaints to Apple, Bob Harris will tell you how to do that.

This forum is intended to help other users, it is not a soapbox . What two new shares did you find?

The features you describe as a ‘new scene’ invoked by the “long press nonsense” are exactly as it worked in Watch os9; so no difference there between version 9 and 10. I think “download” is better described as “Share”. And face editing has been there for as long as I can remember, but I think that easier done on the phone.

Hope that helps.

Thanks didn’t know about the long-press (still sucks). Wish I found your post last week - when I was on a group vacation and my arms weren’t long-enough to press the button to take group selfies. Normally I use the remote watch face for that… but couldn’t figure out how to get to my other faces 🥲

I finally figured it out. On Watch OS 10.0/10.1.

You got to, tap hold, on the watch face and the interface will popup. You select faces by turning the crown.

You can edit or add new watch faces.

You tap on the face you want to be displayed.

hope it helps.

I also can't stand OS10, primarily because I swiped between watch faces all the time. Now it's simply too laborious to do so (hold down face, get to edit screen, swipe to face, get out of edit screen)....ughhh!!!! What was apple thinking?

I also don't like the new version of the weather app. I would quickly enter the weather complication and see what the temp and rainfall probability was over the next several hours...that's all I wanted to know...what's the temp, will it rain? instead I need to page through visibility, wind speed, humidity....who cares!!!????

I hope Apple will come to its senses and restore the swiping between faces, at least. I can learn to live with the weather app......I guess.

Ken_Kodama wrote:

What was apple thinking?

Probably that it was time to do something about all the complaints they got about people accidentally switching faces. But, that's just my guess.

I also don't like the new version of the weather app. I would quickly enter the weather complication and see what the temp and rainfall probability was over the next several hours...that's all I wanted to know...what's the temp, will it rain?

There are hundreds of other weather apps available in the App Store, many of them with Watch versions. And many of them are free or at least free to try. Perhaps one of them would suit you better.

And, what BobHarris said.

“Upload' my watch face? (Press it and you get phone numbers, perhaps for sending a text.) Why on earth would anyone want to do that?”

It’s not ‘upload’ it’s Share. You can share a face with someone. Note that it’s the face design that’s being shared, not your information or data.

The features that follow the “long press” (it’s actually “touch & hold”) are not new in Watch OS 10.

Were there really so many people accidently switching faces? Never happened to me once or anyone else I know who has an Apple Watch. Also a pretty easy fix, just swipe back. I think that more ppl had multiple faces in order to quickly switch between useful complications

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Ken_Kodama wrote:

What was apple thinking?

Probably that it was time to do something about all the complaints they got about people accidentally switching faces. But, that's just my guess.

There are hundreds of other weather apps available in the App Store, many of them with Watch versions. And many of them are free or at least free to try. Perhaps one of them would suit you better.

Based on the Watch os10 Press Release and the Event it seems to me Apple thought swiping between widgets would be better than swiping between faces. Unfortunately there are no third party widgets (yet!). And without a ‘Favourites ‘ function any additional apps would only appear in ‘All Apps’. It’s a dog’s breakfast really.

>which others may have complained about

I can't buy that "others" "may" have complained about accidentally switching faces without supporting data. Has anyone seen an actual complaint about accidentally switching faces? Where? When? Has anyone seen anything said about accidental switching other than vague gossip?

There are 10 Apple watches among my family and no one will admit to having EVER switched faces accidentally.