Find My iPhone button on my Apple Watch is gone

Thanks Bob,

Maybe you could review the function of some of the nonintuitive icons in the control center???? I'm going to google these but do most folks already know their function???? walkie-talkie, the crescent moon, connect a device............... Also , maybe you could clarify how texts and notifications work????

thanks

Very frustrated with the new software upgrade, can't easily silence the phone, can't activate the control center - nothing happens after press and release the flat oval side button!!! Can't find where I can locate my phone which is seriously needed on a daily basis. This makes my apple watch useless. How can I get to the locate my phone without using the side button? it is not in settings...???

jtsuang wrote:

Very frustrated with the new software upgrade, can't easily silence the phone, can't activate the control center - nothing happens after press and release the flat oval side button!!! Can't find where I can locate my phone which is seriously needed on a daily basis. This makes my apple watch useless. How can I get to the locate my phone without using the side button? it is not in settings...???

What do you mean when you say nothing happens when you quickly press and release this button

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 🤔

Why does Apple change a good thing!?!?! Sad to see how they do this. Sure miss the swiping up to find my iPhone from my watch. I also don’t know why you have to mess with things. I miss being able to flip my watch faces to coordinate with my mood or color of the day.

why is the icon gone from my Apple Watch to find my phone??? I want it back. The reason I bought the watch is because of the extra things the watch did and now you are taking them away??? Hopefully there is a way to get it back ???

This works and thank you for the warning about the feature to call emergency services. I liked the old swipe up method better, have a feeling this is yet another way I’ll end up calling EMS by accident because I don’t have the fine motor skills to vary my intensity of mechanical button pressing. Anyone know if there is an accessibility alternative to the new method?

pcniles wrote:

I don't see why anyone would find this new method of getting to these settings a problem. It works quickly and well.

Lots of people don't deal well with change. It can make modern life very uncomfortable for them.

Change is a fact of life. It is constantly happening. Day to day, even moment to moment.

Change occurred during 'olden times' too, not just these modern times, perhaps more so then than now in ways greater than now. Good thing Homo Sapiens are adaptable to change or else we'd still be swinging from tree to tree, or living bare-naked on the Savannah.

This watch thing is such a minor change, too. I didn't like it at first, either... but it didn't take long for me to appreciate why Apple made the change. Bright people.

I decided to give my feedback.

It was positive. No complaints.

I thanked Apple, in fact.

Updates are good. I know people who are afraid of updates and eventually wind up with a non-functioning device. I always update, but not always immediately. It depends.

I just bought a new phone, too and finally updated my husband's older phone to IOS 17+.

Everything is operating beautifully.

Thanks for your info and help.

I totally agree. Eliminating the swipe up is frustrating. I will go with a much better non-apple watch with many more features next. The ONLY reason for the Apple version is its ease of use. Horrible tech and less options than a much cheaper watch.

sjs17815 wrote:

I really dislike the updates changing how I my phone and watch are configured! I just get used to something and it’s gone - I don’t re-arrange your stuff!

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.

Use this iPhone feature daily. At 77, I can't remember all the time where I 'parked' my phone and saves me steps wondering around the house to find it! I always use to check if cell in my purse when leaving the house...just one of the most handy features ever developed and the two-step process for old hands isn't that easy to do!!! Please return this helpful feature to a swipe-only feature. Thanks!

I NEED my Watch to find my phone. Can't see well, I'm single and the Cat is not much help in finding a black screen face down on a dark surface.

I got the watch 'cuz the Cat cannot call for help either.

I did not need or want spiffed up graphics on the heart rate BPM check.

ACTUALLY, I am still grumbling because I have had to spend so much time returning BOTH my phone and watch to my preffered functions and displays.

Is this a puzzle or what am I doing or not doing. When I look up a contact, select a number, complete a call ... why / does the contact record I last used remain fully displayed on my phone? I select contacts to locate one! Not to remember who I called previously... sometimes it some a contact that I do NOT want to see.

Do I have to tolerate the continuous suggestion text how how he has been doing that is not even remotely useful! Sorll check sure! ** do i have to see these annoying sugg not sunglasses ! Yuck.

may be I will quit apple someday!!!

oh Okay Thank you. Also that is a bit more dicey than before! I accidentally called for help recently. NOW I know why. Apparently it happens a lot, I was told it does. I liked the iPhone icon smack dab in the middle at the top easy peasy. Whats wrong with easy and useful?