Swipe-up no longer shows the same features/functions on Apple Watch after the update

What genius at Apple messed up the most convenient part of the watch? I’m so frustrated! I used the swipe up multiple times a day, especially to quickly find my phone, the sound was much louder than the find my iPhone ping sound. As well as checking battery life and turning on the DND feature. If there is a work around for that, they need to give us a better heads up. I’ve been reading through the tips but it’s not helpful for what I want. The update was terrible!

Bebe1102 wrote:

What genius at Apple messed up the most convenient part of the watch? I’m so frustrated! I used the swipe up multiple times a day, especially to quickly find my phone, the sound was much louder than the find my iPhone ping sound. As well as checking battery life and turning on the DND feature. If there is a work around for that, they need to give us a better heads up. I’ve been reading through the tips but it’s not helpful for what I want. The update was terrible!

Did you read this thread? All of those features you want are still there. All you need to do is press the flat oval button next to the Digital Crown.

Bebe1102 wrote:

Doesn’t work.

Are you sure you're pressing the correct button? Do NOT press the Digital Crown, the large button that rotates. Press the one below it. Do not press and hold. Just press it once.

Nope. I’m going to power down and turn on again and see if that works, otherwise im

just going to pop into a store. Thanks for your help. It was just a shock when a feature I used multiple times a day just disappeared and they didn’t adequately address it with the update.

Bebe1102 wrote:

Nope. I’m going to power down and turn on again and see if that works, otherwise im

just going to pop into a store. Thanks for your help. It was just a shock when a feature I used multiple times a day just disappeared and they didn’t adequately address it with the update.

Before you make a trip to the store, try un-pairing and re-pairing the watch. That will generally clear up random little glitches.

Cobggirl wrote:

it’s inconvenient, a horrible change and nobody likes it, so change it back to Swipe Up!

Have you asked everyone? It's a mistake to assume that everyone has the same needs and preferences that you do.

makowalski wrote:

The swipe up doesn’t work nor does pressing the side button, Destroyed a very useful function

Swiping up will no longer pull up the Control Center, but I can assure you that the feature is still there. Please explain what happens when you tap the side button. Are you sure you're pressing the side button, the flat oval button next to the Digital Crown? Are you tapping it rather than pressing and holding it?

This is the worst update!!! How do I silence the watch? That was the most convenient feature. This update stinks. I can’t get it to work when I gently tap the side button and even if it did that is still silly! Change it back!

Not only do you press that side bar/button to get the old swipe options, but if you hold it too long, you get emergency services, AND if you press it quickly twice you finally get your wallet. Don’t like these changes!

Using the side button to bring up the functions that used to be accessed via a swipe-up doesn't really bother me. What does bother me is that there seems to be no way to access the functionality that the side button used to provide (i.e., quick access to a user-ordered list of favorite apps). A double-tap on the crown does bring up a list of the most recently used apps, but that's not the same as the functionality that the side button used to provide. Is the previous functionality of the side button accessible in any way? (@BobHarris, you seem knowledgable - not to mention patient - perhaps you know.)

Thanks, Bob. Regrettably, it seems that apps can only be put in a custom order when using the grid view, and not when using the list view, which I use since I find the grid view irritating. In any case, I have sent my feedback to Apple, using the link you provided. Thanks again.

idsmakemecrazy wrote:

When i press this side button i get the emergency prompts.

If you cannot get the quick press and release timing right, then adjust the

Settings -> Accessibility -> Side Button Click Speed.

I have mine set to "Slow". My Wife finds that "Slowest" works best for her.

Adjusting the speed also helps with bringing up Apple Pay, which is a quick double-press and release.

I HATE the new swipe up and crown push features on the 10 Apple Watch update

I frequently used my swipe up and it’s no lo n er convenient nor can I seem to change it back.

crown push showing my progress is dumb, if I wanted to see that I’d open the app; absolutely pointless.

Rides2Far wrote:

I like that Apple changed the swipe up feature. The information is more tailored to my needs and I like the new look. You can still get to the control panel, just have to retrain your brain, and it is good to retrain your brain.

Exactly!

Is someone messing things up on purpouse or what is happenig ? First I got my contacts full gray page on my iphone after update and now this ? Why mess up something that goes well and 99,9 user used this function of swiping up on apple watch to see they’re battery, wifi status, cellular connection ..etc. Why do I have to press a button in 2023 ? Are we going retro with this updates ? This is not normal.

I had to search on google- how I can see the battery in ios 10.2 :) this is hilarious.