How to disable "are you sure" question when you end a workout?

OMG, I hate this so much! I'm trying to end a workout not confirm nuclear launch codes! What is this Microsoft? as a programmer:

1. The normative use case is to end, not to accidently end
2. Its an extra step
3. it is NOT a good user experience
4. An "insanely great" solution would either have a application wide setting for confirmations (at least) and/or follow the normative path. So for instance, you end the workout, and if within 1 minute you start the SAME workout again, THEN you ask if you want to resume your previous workout rather than screwing up the normative user experience for the edge case condition.

I did submit this in the feedback app, but as a daily user of the workout app, its so annoying I'm about ready to sell my ultra and get something else.

Just to add, I completely share OP’s frustration at the extra step needed to end a workout.

I keep accidentally leaving it running on the ‘are you sure?’ screen, whereas previously pressing ‘End’ was all that I needed to do.

I have never needed to instantly start a new workout!

When you have got used to something being a particular way for a long time, it takes a while to adjust. I’m sure we’ll cope. But it’s no less valid a complaint.

I HATE this new feature. At first I didn't recognize it, and now I still continually forget.

I record and log my workout times religiously. Now they are constantly getting messed up by the watch continuing to run because I forgot about the extra step.

MAKE IT STOP.

Hi Squiddz. Thanks for confirming you'd requested this change as an option.

I just came back here to tell you about a discovery I made to pretty much bypass that are-you-sure step - somewhat ironically since I'm one of the people who likes the change.

I accidentally double-tapped on the end-workout red X and it immediately ended the workout and took me to the workout summary screen. I suspect the software isn't actually reacting to a double-tap on the X but what is actually happening is that the first tap is ending the workout and then the second tap, despite being slightly above where the are-you-sure button is on the next screen (which I do see flashing up briefly) is still recognised as a yes-I'm-sure push on that button. Whatever's actually happening I've tried it a few times and it always seems to get me right through that are-you-sure screen without really seeing it's there so if you just conceptualise it in your mind that to instantly end your workout you double-tap rather than single-tap the red X you might sort of get want you want with the current release.

I found this accidentally but give it a go yourself and see if it works for you and helps at least a bit.

lol omg I thought it was just me! Did they also move the end workout button? Because I keep accidentally adding a new segment instead of ending the workout so it ends up being THREE clicks for me 🤣🤣🤣 I get so annoyed every time but forgot to google it until now, and most search results that came up were people complaining about how their watch keeps asking if they want to end workout.

I just read the double tap or Siri workarounds. I never use Siri but I’ll try the double tap method next time, if I don’t end up accidentally adding two segments instead lol.

I also don’t like the extra step + being over 60, the tiny red text is really difficult to read. They have the whole screen to use, why crunch it down to small targets and small fonts? Red also implies something is wrong, confirming an action should be green.

RMaistros wrote:

Hurrah! Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who put in a complaint to https://apple.com/feedback

In a very rare U-Turn they fixed this and the Face Swipe change in only 10 weeks, I admit I didn’t think it would happen.

Thr only other one I can think of is the automatic headphones volume reduction for “Safety”

I'd be surprised if triathlon users outnumber regular users. And even amongst triathlon users, I doubt they're regularly chaining workouts.

Perhaps the "New Workout" option could have been added to the initial screen when you swipe right (in addition to End, Pause, and Segment). That wouldn't have created an extra step for anyone...

It is an extra step. The “new workout” button was there previously on the menu when the Apple Watch screen was swiped right, along with pause and end. It’s a poor feature that should have the ability to be disabled.

As always, the Apple apologists are here to convince you that the Apple way is the best way.

Traditionally, Apple decides what you will do and that’s it. Eventually, they realize that the customer is right and then provide options.

This is one of those situations where having the option to disable the “are you sure?” Would be the correct way to go.

Apple may be too arrogant to grant their users this level of immense customization, but maybe we can hope.

Nope. Your memory is playing with you, buckaroo. Tapping “Done” at the end of the summary screen wasn’t an extra step to stop the workout. The workout stopped recording once you hit the red “X.” In the new OS, you have to tap the “X” and then tap “End Workout,” to confirm. This, an extra step.