Since the lastest upgrade to watchOS 10, I am no longer able to swap left or right to see other watch faces. I tried restarting and unpairing my watch and it doesn’t work still. I have the first gen SE applewatch.
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Apple Watch SE, watchOS 10
Apple has changed the method because too many users were getting accidental swipes changing their watch face. The new method is to Long Press the watch face, so it pops up the option to Edit. Don't pick edit, simply swipe left to right as before.
The same convenience that caused occasional accidental watch face swipeovers was so convenient that switching back to the correct face was also effortless. I never minded it when I looked down to see Mickey Mouse instead of my usual face. Flick flick, fixed. Please Apple, restore this important function.
Swiping pages of UI is a general navigation principle inherent to every Apple mobile device, and also the Mac with Spaces. Suddenly, this watch does not feel like it came from Apple without it. Face-swiping is the page-swiping of the iPhone and iPad. That paging gesture is as inherent what makes these devices feel Apple magical. Please make it possible to toggle on left-right swipe in the settings. Thank you.
joecunningham_mpls wrote:
Please make it possible to toggle on left-right swipe in the settings. Thank you.
Apple doesn't read here for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:
"But you KNOW how to switch watch faces. If you are a novice user and the watch face switches and you do not know how it happened, and do not know how to get your desired watch face back, it is EXTREMELY Frustrating. It also generates support calls, and Apple Store visits by upset customers."
Sorry but this is a ridiculous answer. If your watch face switches it means you knew enough to create secondary faces and therefore will know how to switch between them, since the switching was way easier than the creation.
The simple solution is to have a setting "Allow swiping of watch faces" that can be turned on or off. Then everyone can be happy, which isn't always possible in life.
Northern Survivor wrote:
I wonder if the Siri watch face will survive……. maybe I should use it. I could tap the Siri complication rather than long-pressing the crown.
I've been a big fan of the Siri face since it was introduced. I actually stopped using it most of the time since iOS 10 so that I could play with the Smart Stack more. I suspect that if may not last much longer. And that will make me sad.
IdrisSeabright wrote:
I've been a big fan of the Siri face since it was introduced. I actually stopped using it most of the time since iOS 10 so that I could play with the Smart Stack more. I suspect that if may not last much longer. And that will make me sad.
Well who knows; the design ideas in the Siri face have now been baked into the operating system. Maybe more of those ideas will make it into future versions of the Smart Stack such as having better control over Widgets . You may not have direct control over the "tiles" in the Siri face, but you can switch off data sources (Settings>Clock>Siri Face Data Sources) to make it more 'focussed'.
Also, I don't recall any face being retired so maybe the Siri face will survive; I suspect Apple will think long and hard before binning anything labelled "siri".
LD150 wrote:
A number of faces were changed or removed from OS8 to OS9 and may well do in future, but a version of Siri will probably survive
I'm not convinced that the Siri face, as it exists now will continue. One of its major functions, that the watch will provide the information you need now is being taken over by the Smart Stack. And, regardless of what happens, I will adapt.
LD150 wrote:
I rarely have Siri suggestions turned on anyway.
I suspect it's not a terribly popular face.
The iPhone used to have a feature where, at the top of the Search window, it showed you people you might want to contact based on the time of day and location. I loved that. But, it freaked people out. I think lots of people don't like it when the device suggests things. Not sure how this bodes for the Smart Stack.
Saying Apple needs to change something on these forums doesn’t get Apple’s attention. No one here is an Apple employee and we volunteers are not paid by Apple to be here. We are users just like yourself trying to help one another. If you want to get Apple’s attention please submit feedback.
I have done that now.
Everyone that complains here should be reminded that this is not a bug reporting avenue.
I thought this was an official apple – monitored forum. Being a software professional myself, if I were Apple, and concerned about customer feedback, I would certainly be monitoring at least the busiest discussions.
fpa1976 wrote:
I have done that now.
Everyone that complains here should be reminded that this is not a bug reporting avenue.
I thought this was an official apple – monitored forum. Being a software professional myself, if I were Apple, and concerned about customer feedback, I would certainly be monitoring at least the busiest discussions.
The volume of traffic on all the discussions.apple.com forums is far too large on a daily basis to monitor, analyze, extract meaningful information, and come up with conclusions.
I only monitor a subset of the forums, having it sent to my email inbox, that get filtered into a discussions folder, and it is sometimes so large for my subset, that I declare email bankruptcy and just delete the email in the folder.
NOTE: and a lot of the posts do not make sense, so extracting meaning information can be non-trivial. And if it is a reply to an existing post, then the analysis would have to review the existing thread to make sure they understood what was being said.
Apple provides a feedback URL, and you can get a free (as in free beer) developers account to file actual bug reports.
The feedback goes to someone(s) that compile information about the feedback and channel that up the chain of command. The bug reports go to most likely development screeners looking for duplicates and channeling new information into existing bugs, that will eventually go to a developer.
I have worked for Fortune 500 computer companies, starting with UNIVAC back in the 1970's, and the only bugs I see are the ones that make it through the screeners, and even then the bug reports are not open to the general public, but rather to customers with paid support contracts. I have not see any of the companies I work for monitor the internet for issues. Apple at least lets anyone that takes the trouble to open a developer account the ability to file a bug report, and offers a feedback URL that anyone can send wishes to.
No idea if Apple are reading this but just to add to the discussion....WHY WHY WHY???? The most pointless and disruptive update to my apple watch since I started using my first Apple Watch (version3).
BRING SWIPE FACES BACK!
please.
If you think some users have an issue with it then simply add a toggle in the Watch app to turn face swiping on or off. Simple.
Yep…already did that. Just adding to the general ‘ambiance’ around this subject. Who knows what AI hoovering goes on at Apple…maybe nothing but nothing ventured!
It is a bit rubbish though. Completely stuffed how I use my watch…
The watch face update is most certainly painful but does anyone also feel betrayed by the disappearance of the "dock" apps? This one is hurting me bad, I used that all the time. Cannot fathom why on earth Apple would have removed this shortcut and instead expects us to scroll through tens of tiny widgets from the main menu. Ridiculous!
LoloDance wrote:
The watch face update is most certainly painful but does anyone also feel betrayed by the disappearance of the "dock" apps?
"Betrayed"? Uh, no. Can you show me where Apple promised they would never, ever change or remove a feature you liked?
This one is hurting me bad, I used that all the time. Cannot fathom why on earth Apple would have removed this shortcut and instead expects us to scroll through tens of tiny widgets from the main menu. Ridiculous!
Seriously, letting yourself get this upset by a piece of electronics is not good for your health.
Tell Apple:
The Apple Support Communities aren't a place to air grievances. It is a user-to-user tech support forum where users with many years of experience with Apple devices volunteer their time and attempt to offer solutions to other users' tech issues.
Can't swipe left for other Apple Watch faces on watchOS 10
