Apple Watch responding to ghost touch

I had the exact same issue this morning with my Apple Watch Ultra 2 (WatchOS 10.2 (21S364)):

It started when my AWU2 switched the lights on in my house via Homekit (I have the Home App as a complication in the watch face).

After that I was not able to attend a phone call because the display was unresponsive. Tap gesture didn't work either. Then suddenly the keypad opened and the watch started dialing.

I couldn't stop it, so I took the watch off to lock it. But then the it started entering pin-codes and lock me out for 1 minute then 5 minutes... This caused a little panic... I thought I'm hacked...

Then I solved it for now by doing a reboot pushing the crown and the button below on the right side at the same time for a couple of seconds, until the watch goes off.

After starting the watch again, everything was fine. (I had to wait the 5 minutes to pass).

Hope it's only a software thing and it will be fixed by the 10.3 update tonight.

And I'll remove the Home App from the watch face. Otherwise it'll maybe open the garage door next time... ;-) - Lesson learnt.

I have the excatly same issue , now i am lock out , i am leaving it on until the batteries dies out and hopefully it resets. Anyone has a solution?

Mine did the same thing today. Unfortunately since I have the My Chevrolet app on my screen, it started my car (from 6 states away) while it was randomly pressing places on the screen. Hard reset fixed it, but not before it failed password checks enough to lock me out for an hour. Very annoying.

Same issue here faced yesterday. Apple Watch OS 10.4. (21T216) Bug still in place. Apple please fix it ASAP. Temporary solution is rebooting the watch. .

Same issue here, watching going crazy by itself. Surprised Apple haven’t identified or acknowledged this issue

I am Australia based. Had by Ultra 2 for just over 2 months. Yesterday evening my watch became possessed. Ghost touching to the extreme and the screen was glitching as if it had a power issue. After the thing locked me out by randomly tapping numbers itself, I put it in the charger. This morning it seemed okay however I was not having that occur on a new and let’s be fair, for what it is an expensive watch. Took it into the Apple Store I purchased it from. Genius Bar staff were great. Ran a diagnostic and although they could not recreate the issue and it didn’t show up on their software, what was an issue was the battery diagnostic would not complete. Genius member suspected a seal issue in the unit from where I swim (all within expected tolerances). This likely caused the battery to swell putting pressure on the internals and causing the issue. Regardless they swapped it out for a brand new unit and the cover starts again. Top tip - If you have a problem with your unit, take it back to the store you got it from and be nice to the staff. It’s not their fault the unit is faulty. They will often go out of their way to help you more if you are nice as they are mainly dealing with angry folk complaining.

Start here:

If you forgot your Apple Watch passcode - Apple Support

Same issue for me, Ultra 2 started going haywire about three hours ago. Every time I touch it does random things and passcode appears and self generates but is now locked out.

any resolution from anyone?

Mine just encounter today! So just would like to confirm Apple not yet have solution? How am I going live with this? Oh my god !

this is really a Blocking defect and block me to use the watch in normal way at all!

help ~~~

I am running watchOS 10.5 on AW Series 9 and the problem of ghost touches has not been fixed. In my case it happens every time I use the workout app and wear a jacket. The AW9 registers touches from my sleeve: it marks segments by itself, stops music tracks, skips music tracks, changes the current screen view. It is extremely annoying and ongoing. The issue has been out there for a long time and Apple failed miserably to fix it.

What's more Apple support refuses to trigger a support call for this issue so they cut off support and haven't fixed the issue!

Reluctant to admit but Apple is so arrogant, slow and incompetent. I am deeply disappointed and this will be my last Apple Watch.

I'm having the ghost touch issue. It started yesterday afternoon. After trying the recommended fixes ie: force a restart, place on charge, and update (updating I could not do), the problem persists. I did get the watch to force restart, but it will only get to the apple screen then it shuts back off then back on with three seconds on apple screen and 3 on black screen. This is while charging. It has been doing that same cycle for the last 20ish hours. This is a fairly new watch just put on my cellular plan about 2 or 3 months ago. It was a new device from insurance claim. Wish this could get resolved as I use my watch all the time for work. Any real fixes yet?

Anyone here faced the problem days after a swim/under heavy water?

@vkodryan That’s a different issue caused by actual contact to the screen. This issue is about the watch simulating multiple inputs in quick succession without any contact.