just got the apple watch ultra 2 today and the night mode crown scrolling doesn’t work and it just goes to news and weather menu. Updated software, reset the watch. But no way I can change the night mode manually. Only can change from the phone ‘auto/on/off’ anyone have the same issue?
Apple Watch Ultra 2, watchOS 10
With the newest OS update, the crown doesn't activate night mode anymore. Night Mode works only on Wayfinder watch face, and you have to select the "Auto" option when selecting the Wayfinder watch face.
With the newest OS update, the crown doesn't activate night mode anymore. Night Mode works only on Wayfinder watch face, and you have to select the "Auto" option when selecting the Wayfinder watch face.
Hi Alexhsw08,
Turning the Digital Crown up to turn on Night Mode only works with the Wayfinder watch face, so make sure you're using that watch face: Apple Watch Ultra faces and their features
The Wayfinder watch face also includes Night Mode—a feature that turns all elements on the watch face red to help preserve your night vision. With the Wayfinder watch face showing, turn the Digital Crown up. To turn off Night Mode, turn the Digital Crown down.
There's more information that you may find useful here: Apple Watch Ultra User Guide
Regards.
NIGHT MODE WORK AROUND:
The Apple Watch Ultra was my first foray to the series and like you, the scrolling night mode was a huge selling point for me as well. I agree Apple needs to fix this (including the scroll/swipe duplication). It's seriously annoying. However, I found a pretty slick work around.
Within the shortcuts app, go under Apple Watch shortcuts; use the + to ADD ACTION
In the above search bar, type "Watch"
In the list below select SET WATCH FACE
Then, fill in the "set active watch face to [select face name] ".
Note: you can use the little carrot (>) to turn off "show me when run"
I made two shortcuts, one with a night mode red watch face that I can activate simply by taping my fingers once and then I can quickly return to my preferred day watch face by a double tap of the fingers.
One watch face shortcut assigned to "tap" and the other assigned to "double tap".
Note: I found it better to have ACTIVATION GESTURE set to "None"
Now you can bypass the scroll wheel using simple gestures of just one hand. Hope this is helpful!
NIGHT MODE WORK AROUND:
The Apple Watch Ultra was my first foray to the series and like you, the scrolling night mode was a huge selling point for me as well. I agree Apple needs to fix this (including the scroll/swipe duplication). It's seriously annoying. However, I found a pretty slick work around.
Within the shortcuts app, go under Apple Watch shortcuts; use the + to ADD ACTION
In the above search bar, type "Watch"
In the list below select SET WATCH FACE
Then fill in the "set active watch face to [select face name] ".
Note: you can use the little carrot (>) to turn off "show me when run"
I made two shortcuts, one with a night mode red watch face that I can activate simply by taping my fingers once and then I can quickly return to my preferred day watch face by a double tap of the fingers.
One watch face shortcut assigned to "tap" and the other assigned to "double tap".
Note: I found it better to have ACTIVATION GESTURE set to "None"
Now you can bypass the scroll wheel using simple gestures of just one hand. Hope this is helpful!
Since watch os10 release u can only use night-mode now with it on permanently or AUTO which changes in light etc.
you can edit wayfibder face to enable it but the crown is now used to access your widgets so sadly no longer works to turn night-mode on.
The Wayfinder watch face also includes Night Mode—a feature that turns all elements on the watch face red to help preserve your night vision.
Touch and hold the watch face, tap Edit, swipe to Night Mode, then use the crown to select Auto | On | Off.
Turning crown up/down doesn’t seem to change to day/night mode any longer. It is done automatically, based on ambient light.
@Spielerguy, I would say that everyone in this thread understands that you can set it to Auto|On|Off. The issue is that prior to a recent update, you could use the crown to "toggle" between night mode and normal while the Wayfinder face was active.
The other complaint is that the crown function is redundant, as swiping up from the bottom of the face will access the same widgets. So, they removed a useful function only to give us a less useful and duplicative one.
My life hack: create two identical watch faces on your Watch. Set one to night mode and the other one to day mode. Switch between them with a long tap as needed.
You can turn it on permanently if you edit the Wayfinder watch face (under the NIGHT MODE category). Not as handy as turning the crown, but it’s better than nothing. (I think I’ll eventually grow to like the new crown functionality.) Cheers!
Same problem, the Digital Crown functionality for the ultra is now completely removed and replaced with the same functionality as if you just pushed it. It seems that someone in Apple has not considered the reasons the ultra has additional functionality on the Digital Crown. Not only does night mode no longer work when turning the crown, the compass longitude and latitude were also available by turning the crown in compass mode on the Wayfairer watch face. Now, to go to night mode, you have to navigate into the edit screen for on, off or auto. Auto is next to useless as it’s on even at home when you want your watch face illuminated, you can’t swap to night mode any more while out running or walking at night unless you stop, take off your gloves, and navigate to the edit watch face. If you want that Lat and Long you have to wait a while until the compass slowly reveals it, but by that time the screen has dimmed and it’s hard to see them, if you turn the crown or touch them the screen to bring the brightness back, oh yeah they disappear, ohh hold on you can just turn the crown to see them…oh no, of course you can’t, Apple have just turned your ultra watch into a normal apple watch!!! Come on Apple, even your website still lists these as core functionality of the Ultra, but that seems of no concern to the iOS developers??? What is the point of having a watch for outdoor activities all year round when you remove the easily operated night function and replace it with an indoor gloves off function. please please please bring back those functions or allow users the option of registering the Digital Crown to a function, as currently its has no useful functionality at all!!
Apple removed this feature I used and loved every night when going to bed with my watch on so I could track sleep. Simple smooth scroll gone with clunky poor function auto or 10 steps to do what used to take one. For ultra watches, please revert to allowing the scroll wheel to use night mode.
Only way to get help and a possible change is to file feedback.
If there's 10,000 posts here, it won't help.
Yes of course you are correct but that’s the replacement for the previous and “as advertised function” of the crown, unfortunately it’s the exact thing we are all complaining about, bring it back Apple please 🙏
This is silly. I wish Apple would let us know before performing the update. I enjoyed turning on night mode even during day time manually because of the cool appearance. I hope we could get it back next update Apple!
Apple watch ultra night mode not working
