Find My iPhone button on my Apple Watch is gone

Reading_Ron wrote:

With every update, Apple deviates from the vision of Steve Jobs.

I think the Apple Watch was after Steve Jobs. I think the Apple Watch was the first Tim Cook product.

Then again, they say your memory is the second thing to go as you get older. I can't remember the first 🤔

rkyobo wrote:

Click the oval button on the right side of your watch and it comes up. Dumb, I know 🙄

Dumb? It’s a brilliant improvement. Now you can open the Control Center from ANY app, not just the watch face screen. Someone at Apple was really on the ball with this enhanced feature.

KIM from FL wrote:

Yes exactly scrolling through all the apps why did Apple do this??

Because they foolishly expected users to read the update document to learn how some functions of the watch have been moved around. And also expected users to read the other posts in a thread that answer their question before they post.

BobHarris wrote:

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.

YES! I used the feedback link to tell Apple how much I like the new interface.

Quick-press the oblong button next to the stem. Tap the iPhone icon on the Control Center display that opened when you pressed the side button. I just tried it, and it worked perfectly.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

rkyobo wrote:

Your latest update made it a two-step function to find my phone with my watch. You should go back to the old way for us older people!

It's exactly the same number of steps. Before, it was swipe then tap. Now, it's tap then tap.

Signed,

An older person

Agreed.

Signed,

An even older person

Sanjay Sesodia wrote:

Thanks for the hack to get back a useful feature that Apple removed.

Good Job you Apple Wizes!

Please be specific: WHAT useful feature was removed? You apparently didn’t read ANY of the posts in the thread you posted to or even on the page your post appears on.

There are SIXTEEN pages in this thread, and you didn’t bother to read ANY OF THEM BEFORE POSTING. If you had you would know that the feature to open the Control Center has been moved to the Side Button, under the digital crown.

WHYCHANGEWHATWORKS wrote:

BAD CHOICE APPLE

No, EXCELLENT CHOICE, APPLE. For the first time you can open the Control Center from ANY app that is currently using the screen (such as Workouts, Weather or Music). With the old swipe up you HAD to be on a clock face screen. And pressing a button is the same number of steps as swiping up, so there is no valid argument that the old way was “easier”. Actually, the new way is easier.

I lost the iPhone button on my watch after the upgrade

Iphoner188 wrote:

No it doesn’t…

What happens when you quick press and release the flat oval side button? More details would help diagnose tour issues.

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support

DO NOT hold the button, as that brings up Emergency services and the power off icon.

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.

tsacco4 wrote:

I have briefly pressed the flat oval button to bring up the "find my Iphone" feature yet no icon pops up on the screen as before. please advise as the information above in this thread isn't working

What should pop up is the Control Center, not one icon. What is popping up?

What model Watch do you have?

See also BobHarris's information on adjusting the speed of the tap.

What happens when you quick press and release the flat oval side button? More details would help diagnose tour issues.

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support

DO NOT hold the button, as that brings up Emergency services and the power off icon.

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.

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Meloche24 wrote:

I would like to be able to use my find my phone from my watch with just a flip up on face like I use to.

There is no current option to switch back to a swipe up

The previous Control Center swipe-up has moved to a quick press and release of the flat oval side button

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support

DO NOT hold the button, as that brings up Emergency services and the power off icon.

Control Center should then show you the iPhone ping icon (find my iPhone), Battery percentage, Flashlight, Water Lock, Airplane mode, Alarm silence, Theater mode, and all the other Control Center services.

An alternate way to get some of the Control Center services is:

"Hey Siri, find my iPhone"

"Hey Siri, Flashlight"

"Hey Siri, Battery"

"Hey Siri, Airplane mode"

Getting the press and release timing just right can be an issue. You can make it more reliable by changing:

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.

Of course, if you had bothered to read the release notes (watchOS 10 - Apple) when you updated you would have seen this:

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support

and known immediately. It also has many other new feature descriptions.

It is NOT another step.

Scroll Up: 1 step

Press a button: 1 step

This new way to open the control center has one major advantage: you can do it no matter what is displayed on the screen. The scroll up can only be done from the watch face.

And the answer is right at the top of this page, even with a picture showing you where the button is. I’ll repeat the picture here:

A quick press and release of the flat oval side button will bring up the Control Center

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support