Where is the swipe up option to locate phone after watchOS 10.1.1 update?

KarenE1964 wrote:

Please bring back the swipe-up screen on Apple Watch to find I-phone, check battery level, etc. this new update is utterly useless!

Tell Apple:

Product Feedback - Apple

Meanwhile, you can access those same features by tapping on the side button, the flat oval button next to the Digital Crown.

What's even better about the new way of accessing the Control Center is that you can now get to it from any screen, not just the watch face. Great job, Apple!

KarenE1964 wrote:

Please bring back the swipe-up screen on Apple Watch to find I-phone, check battery level, etc. this new update is utterly useless!

"Hey Siri, Find my iPhone"

"Hey Siri, Battery"

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.

CajunNewsGirl wrote:

What happened to the slide up and find my phone option!! That was the most useful button on there. If I knew it was taken out in the update I would’ve have skipped it. Terrible decision who ever thought it was a good idea!!!!

please put it back!!!! Actually the whole the up screen was extremely useful!!!!!

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.

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...

Use AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Tesazb wrote:

I agree! Cannot stand the update. I’m considering moving away from further Apple products. They don’t understand their customers & apparently never misplace their phones inside the house.

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.

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...

Use AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch - Apple Support

IowaGmaDeb wrote:

I too was dismayed that the swipe up menu is gone, but there is Find Devices in the list of all the other things like checking for Afib, etc. Irritating not as convenient.

Momentarily press and release this button

That will bring up Control Center

https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/control-center-apd06bc15da1/watchos

debbie-argy wrote:

how do i get the swipe down screen to find my iphone ? the recent update now shows my calendar😳

I have copied BobHarris's post from above:

Quick press and release the flat oval side button (see picture)

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support

This will give you the Control Center that swipe up used to give you, and all the same services.

DO NOT hold the button, as that will bring up the Emergency services display.

I cleared my notifications, then hit that side button and there they are! Do a quick press.

Mkg045 wrote:

I am among the hundreds probably thousands of others who hate the latest Apple update.

APPLE YOU NEED TO PLEASE THE CUSTOMER NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! Do an opinion poll before you make changes that you think are progress!! Please PUT THE SWIPE UP FEATURE BACK!

Have you considered the possibility that Apple IS pleasing the customer? Maybe the thousands of users who complained that swiping up to reach the Control Center was inconvenient and not user friendly? And it really is a bad way to reach the Control Center, because you can only use it when a watch face is displayed. If you have an app open you can’t swipe up. But you CAN press the side button to open the Control Center, even when you are using an app.

And also consider the possibility that your opinion is not the only one that matters, and perhaps many other people disagree with you.

Mkg045 wrote:

I am among the hundreds probably thousands of others who hate the latest Apple update.

…

Please PUT THE SWIPE UP FEATURE BACK!

Apple sold about 200 million Apple Watches in the past 4 years (if you can trust numbers from the Internet). Assuming your thousands are 10,000, that is 0.005 percent of the Apple Watch base.

Also Lawrence Finch makes some very good arguments. I know when using an exercise app, I cannot swipe-up.

Regardless, Apple does not read this user-to-user technical support forum for feedback.

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.

Until Apple makes a change, quick press and release the flat oval side button to bring up the Control Center.

Short press and release of oval button under the crown button

If you swipe up and then push the long oval button, it shows the old swipe up menu with the flashlight, ping your iPhone, etc. 🙂

shandi176 wrote:

If you swipe up and then push the long oval button, it shows the old swipe up menu with the flashlight, ping your iPhone, etc. 🙂

You don't need to swipe first. Just push the oval button.

I was having the same problem. I finally tapped the button on the side just below the crown & that's where it is!! Yayyyy!

LST63 wrote:

The only way I have found to now pinging my phone from my Watch after the new update is to go to the Find My devices on my watch and pinging it that way. Very inconvenient.!

The Control Center moved to the flat oval side button (see picture)

Feedback - Watch - Apple

A quick press and release will bring up the Control Center that has the iPhone ping icon.

DO NOT hold the button, as that will bring up the Emergency services display.

If you do not see the iPhone ping icon, then scroll to the end, and tap "Edit" where you will be able to add the iPhone ping icon to the Control Center display.

You should also tell Apple what you would like to see in future watchOS versions, relating to swiping and button actions via

Feedback - Watch - Apple

jdt589 wrote:

The dot isn't there on my watch face. My wife showed me different faces that have it but not my customized favorite. This is garbage and I want old iOS back

That information about the dot is completely wrong. You get to the Control Center by tapping on the side button, the flat, oval button next to the Digital Crown.