Cannot switch Apple Watch faces after 10.0.1 update

No one is talking to you or about you Bob Harris. Sorry for any confusion.

TO: pcniles Apple gave the option to turn off Always On feature. This time they just changed everyone's private property without permission or ability to refuse. You are entitled to your own belief that this is ok. But for me, this is far from ok. And I am willing to bet you they change this back.

Sorry to tell you but.... 1. GPS is now down loaded from satellites for most vehicles. 2. Insurance companies are not allowed to change policy without CONSENT. 3. They advertised this feature in sales ads.

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Lind-Z wrote:

I just read that WatchOS 10.2 fixes this glitch. Hopefully it’s released soon!

There are plenty of websites making that claim with a December update but we can neither confirm nor discuss it here

That’s wild, I’ve had the same watch for over 4 years and I've never accidentally swiped to another watch face. I use two btw, one has all my alarms, timers and stopwatch, and the other priorities weather. I wonder what people were doing that it was happening so often. There should be a setting for this, it's easily double the work now lol

Mariacris64 wrote:

It’s so annoying that you updated to be better and you can’t use your screens like usual 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼. Please revise this and put it like it was before .

There is no “You” here. This is a user-to-user technical support forum. Apple is not here, and the volunteers that answer questions did not make these UI changes.

However, you can send feedback to Apple, and if enough users send feedback, it will eventually reach a decision maker, and them maybe desired changes will happen

Feedback - Watch - Apple

andnavas wrote:

so weird, why it's under Clock

No one here in this user-to-user forum would know why Apple did or did not do a thing. However, as there are no settings for "Face," it seems as good a place as any to me.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Dah•veed wrote:

A watch is a tiny clock!

Ha! But when was the last time you changed the face on your kitchen clock? ;-)

I repainted a clock face a few years ago, and used a sharpie to put in the 12, 3, 6 and 9 numbers. Does that count?

It was a cheap battery operated clock, and the hands kept falling off 😩

Dah•veed wrote:

Because it's not connected to the Internet of Things, I have to change the time twice a year!

The clock on my stove is the one and only time-telling device in my house that doesn't change automatically. I've found that not having to change the time on clocks makes the time changes much easier on me. If I could turn the clock off on the stove, I would. I just haven't figured out how. I did figure out how to not have the time displayed on the microwave.

The stove and microwave in our home are Wifi connected, so the time changes on them automatically as do our cars and our thermostat. It's makes changing the time easy. I don't have to do it :-)

I can start cooking in my oven from anyplace I have an internet connection. I love technology. Yes, I do!

But back to the subject of swiping watch faces. I guess the clock app is an OK place to put the setting, because that's where Apple chose to put it. But honestly, there are other places it might have made more sense, like Display & Brightness or maybe even in the Face Gallery itself or a setting in General all by itself. But what do I know? And interestingly, you can't change the setting on your Apple Watch App on your iPhone. It can only be changed on the watch directly.

We would adopt you and your cats in a heartbeat, my dear!

I change my watch face almost daily, to match either the band I'm wearing (which is also changed almost daily) to match whatever color shirt I've selected. So just swiping between the faces being brought back was good for me, though I never complained about the change in WatchOS 10. Changes in settings rarely, if EVER upset me. That I can handle. But you'll NOT ever catch me wearing a band which doesn't coordinate with my watch face or attire. No, that's just not imaginable!

You sure you can handle being adopted by the severely OCD!! LOL

my problem started before the newest update. when i want to add a new watch face it says there are no synced photos and when i try to set a new watch face as my current one nothing happens. i can still swipe and change the watch faces but i can’t like add new ones because they don’t save to my watch

This update is awful. Thanks for pointing out how to change watch face. I also have an jssue with swioing UP to find things like flashligbt, battery power. All I see are Tips! And I cant even read the tips as the font is so bad. Why does Apple have to fix what isn not broken!?!

gwesq wrote:

This update is awful. Thanks for pointing out how to change watch face. I also have an jssue with swioing UP to find things like flashligbt, battery power. All I see are Tips! And I cant even read the tips as the font is so bad. Why does Apple have to fix what isn not broken!?!

Apple is not here. This is a user-to-user technical support forum.

But you can send Apple feedback via:

Feedback - Watch - Apple

If enough users send feedback, it is more likely a decision maker will see it, and maybe take action.

And to get the Control Center you press this button (see picture)

DO NOT hold the button, as that brings up Emergency services

Settings -> Accessibility -> Side Button Click Speed “Side Button Click Speed” can adjust the press and release timing, so you get the Control Center display every time. Adjusting The "Side Button Click Speed" is also useful for Apple Pay’s double press and release. There is “Default” (sub second timing of needed), “Slow” (up to a second between press and release), and “Slowest” (up to 2 seconds between press and release). I like the “Slow” setting. NOTE: Slow and Slowest settings do not mean you have to wait a full second or 2 seconds between press and release. It just means you do not need to be super fast.

Did that last night and then was able to scroll to my different watch faces. Woke up this morning and unable to do that again. Watch charged overnight, was at 100% at 9 AM, now down to 85%. THis update is AWFUL.

AND - went to the link provided on this site to notify apple. The drop down menu does not have 10.2, and the "Comments" section is greyed out, not allowing me to tell them what the problem is.

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I called when I first noticed I couldn’t do anything. With every update I’m just as disappointed. I cannot change the watch face period. Nothing loads from my phone to my watch, if I want a new face I have to make it on my watch and it isn’t a photo one (of course the face I want most) I’m highly annoyed with it.