I just updated my Apple Watch 10 to watchOS 10.0.1 The swiping motions on the watch now bring different 'option' panels. "Swipe-up" no longer shows the same functions (battery %, vibrate phone, theater mode, etc). Where can I learn how to control my watch with OS 10?
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You can open the Tips app (orange background light bulb) on your watch and it will guide you through this and other changes made to the operating system. The guides in that app cover the main things you'll likely be looking to do.
By pretending that the oval side button is a swipe up.
I finally got the side button to work to bring up the missing functions, but it is inconvenient since it also too easily triggers the SOS function.
karyn29 wrote:
BEFORE:
Access control panel on iPhone = Swipe up ✅
Access control panel on Apple Watch = Swipe up ✅
AFTER:
Access control panel on iPhone = Swipe up ✅
Access control panel on Apple Watch = Button below crown ⛔️/⁉️
Your post is not entirely accurate. On the iPhone X and later, you access the Control Centre by swiping down.
I'm also not at all clear why you would think that two completely different types of devices, with different operating systems should work the same way. To me, that's the real logic failure.
One of the really nice changes is that you can now access the Control Center on the Watch from any screen, not just from the watch face.
Let Apple know your thoughts here:
On left side of watch there are two thin buttons. Press lower button. Press Digital Crown to return. Previous method was better.
idsmakemecrazy wrote:
When i press this side button i get the emergency prompts.
That's because you're pressing, not tapping. Just one tap should bring it up.
Press on the bits you don’t like and you can delete them but I don’t seem to be able to remove it all.
so annoying I like lots of other loved to be able to swipe up, click the find my phone and see the battery life then it was gone 😩 so pleased to read the fix is to now use the side flat button and press just once…
Cindo65 wrote:
I found that but no ping happens on my phone. How do I fix that. Thank you
Use Control Center on Apple Watch
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Ping your iPhone (Apple Watch Series 8 and earlier)
Your Apple Watch can help you find your iPhone if it’s nearby.
Press the side button to open Control Center, then tap
Your iPhone plays a sound so you can track it down.
Tip: In the dark? Touch and hold and your iPhone flashes as well.
If your iPhone isn’t in range of your Apple Watch, try using Find My from iCloud.com.
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Ping and find your iPhone (Apple Watch Series 9 only)
On Apple Watch Series 9 you can use Precision Finding to ping your nearby iPhone 15 and get directions to it.
Tip: In the dark? Touch and hold and your iPhone flashes as well.
If your iPhone isn’t in range of your Apple Watch, try using Find My from iCloud.com.
Note: Precision Finding is not available in all regions.
Alicebow wrote:
When I hold down the main button (not the crown button) I only get a screen for emergency phone calls. I want that original menu back.
Don't hold it down. Just tap it.
It sounds like you're pressing the crown and not the oval side button.
That didn't take long - Swipe up on your watch's home page (watch face). When you see all the stuff that replaced the control center press on that page and you will see the + and - signs. From there you can delete and add what you want when you swipe up on your main watch face.
Thanks again.
TravelingJane wrote:
This does not consistently work for me. The oval side button still just gives me SOS/Medical/power off menu.
Swipe up was MUCH BETTER. Please bring it back.
Getting the press and release timing just right can be an issue. You can make it more reliable by changing:
Apple Watch -> Settings -> Accessibility -> Side Button Click Speed
After changing this I never accidentally get the Emergency Services display.
“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 press and release timing 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. And as I said, I do not accidentally get the wrong display.
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.
If the flat oval side button is giving you difficulties, then look at
Use AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch - Apple Support
Apple Watch -> Settings -> Accessibility -> AssistiveTouch
can be used to access things like:
o Control Center
o Apple Pay
o Emergency Services and the Power Off icon (labeled "Hold Side Button")
o and many other things...
Clarkie13 wrote:
Sorry this does not work.
Yes it does. Getting to the Emergency Call screen means you are depressing the side button too long. Just a quick tap is required.
Momsurroundedbyboys wrote:
Secondly, I used to be able to swipe up, send 1 chime to my phone and rest assured it was close by.
This function is still available as well. Instead of swiping up, briefly press the side button to invoke it.
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.)
He's correct. Try again and just a really fast depression of that button. Still not as easy as the swipe up.
Swipe-up no longer shows the same features/functions on Apple Watch after the update
