Where is the night stand mode in watch os 10

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Leo.1906 Author

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Where is the night stand mode in watch os 10

Since Watch is 10 my watch lights up in the middle of the night when it Stopps charging at 100%. I set it to stop at 80% and so the rest in the end but it doesn’t seem to care. Anyway, when it is at 100% it leaves the night stand mode and keeps the display on all the time. Super annoying and the option for the night stand mode is also gone from the setting. If I could go back to watch is 9 I would definitely do so. The update sucks big time. What can I do?

Apple Watch Series 6, watchOS 10

Posted on Oct 4, 2023 2:37 PM

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Vero_F1

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Oct 6, 2023 8:25 AM in response to Leo.1906

Hi Leo.1906,

WatchOS 10 does have a nightstand mode feature as seen in Add an alarm on Apple Watch:

Set up Apple Watch as a nightstand clock with alarm

1. Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.

2. Go to General > Nightstand Mode, then turn on Nightstand Mode.

When you connect your Apple Watch to its charger with nightstand mode turned on, it displays charging status, the current time and date, and the time of any alarm you’ve set. To see the time, tap the display or lightly nudge your Apple Watch. Even nudging or tapping the table might work.

Take care.

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Answer 2

Oct 7, 2023 12:01 PM in response to Leo.1906

Hey Leo,

Let's make sure that you are running the latest version of watchOS 10 as this may help to address the issue you're facing. See: Update your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Regards.

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Leo.1906 Author

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Oct 9, 2023 7:51 AM in response to Leo.1906

Turning on Weckermodus did not help. The display again tried to guard some ships around the cliffs today at 1am right next to my head 😂

I will try with a factory reset of the watch without recovering from a backup and see if that helps to bring it to sense and behave like it did back in the old watch os 9 days.

if that does not help I can’t charge it overnight anymore and have to figure something else out.

Not really what I am used to in the apple-verse 😅

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LD150

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Oct 8, 2023 8:54 AM in response to Leo.1906

In night stand mode the watch, when placed on its side and crown facing up,

becomes an alarm clock which:

lights up if you nudge the table and
lights up a few minutes before the alarm set time

It sounds like it to me.

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Answer 5

Oct 8, 2023 9:17 AM in response to Leo.1906

Yes it is. With nightstand mode on, your watch will display the time and battery level in green text when plugged in. It will also slowly light up in the minutes leading up to your first alarm if you have one set. Weckermodus is correct.

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Leo.1906 Author

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Oct 8, 2023 10:38 AM in response to LD150

But it is turned off. Yet the watch displays the time in green when placed on the charger. And in the middle of the night it starts to display the normal watch face while still on the charger. It’s very bright and it wakes me up every night. All of that since the update to watch is 10. before that it was all fine. What should I do? Even turning Theater mode was not helping. It is soooo annoying. I just want to sleep without a flashlight next to me

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Leo.1906 Author

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Oct 7, 2023 11:25 AM in response to Vero_F1

Yeah I read that but I don’t have that option on my watch. There is definitely no nightstand option. I recorded a video of it but I can’t share it here ..

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LD150

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Oct 7, 2023 1:19 PM in response to Leo.1906

Some countries like UK call it Bedside Mode, uou should have one or the other whatever the OS version.

iPhone, Watch app, My Watch tab, General…

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Leo.1906 Author

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Oct 8, 2023 3:14 AM in response to Keisha_Keisha

Yeah I am on the latest version. I uploaded the video I mentioned in the other post here:

YouTube

I am using the German translation of the Ui. I can’t find any option for this … do you see it?

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LD150

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Oct 8, 2023 4:42 AM in response to Leo.1906

weckermodus ?

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Leo.1906 Author

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Oct 8, 2023 8:42 AM in response to LD150

Does not sound like nightstand. It is the alarm clock. It says it will raise the display brightness to wake you up. That’s not what the nightstand mode is about …

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