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

Apple is not here, just other Apple Watch users.

You can send feedback to Apple via

Feedback - Watch - Apple

The more users that send feedback, the more likely it will reach a decision maker.

And pinging your iPhone is just a switch from a swipe up to a quick button press and release

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support

Everything else is the same once you bring up the Control Center display.

And I'm sure the developers actually use what they write. They most likely are using the new software months before any of us see it.

But they are a small sample of users. What makes the product managers, and business managers happen, and makes the developers comfortable about an implementation, is not the same as the millions of users that do not want any changes to the user interface. Most people are OK with change they initiate. And most people that have change put upon them, dislike it. That is pretty much human nature, or at least my observations as a software developer for the past 50 years. Lucky for me, I would on file systems which where the user interface has POSIX standards on how it should behave, so there is not much that we can change that the user will see.

letsa151 wrote:

This did not work for me when I hit the side button quick press or not it just takes me to my apps not the control center to ping phone or see battery power left ??? Any other suggestions?

Wrong button. You pressed the round, rotating, sticks out from the case, Digital Crown.

You do a quick press and release of the other button, which is the flat oval button (see picture)

Use Control Center on Apple Watch - Apple Support

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

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.

Press the side button on your Apple Watch for "Control Center". You should be able to see the "Ping iPhone" button from there.

I just learned if you press the lower button on the watch it brings up the what used to be the swipe up screen! NOT SURE WHY APPLE SUPPORT COULDN'T tell me that when chatting with them regarding the update!

YAY! It's STILL THERE!

ashanig wrote:

I don’t like the new updates either, the swipe button to Find my iPhone was so useful.

It's still there. You just need to tap the side button, the flat oval button next to the Digital Crown. In fact, it's even better now because you can access it from any screen on the watch, not just the face.

I was also hoping that the new health focus would give me more options to take control of my browsing, instead it’s just mindfulness apps.

I don't recall Apple saying that was a new feature.

The biggest strain on my mental health is that I have to use a smart phone and watch to stay in touch but I can’t turn off horribly addictive time sinks !!

Apple already offers ScreenTime. Have you tried using that on your phone?

Use Screen Time on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

BobHarris wrote:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Mkg045 wrote:

If you click on the button under the dial, it will bring up the old swipe screen.

Hope that helps!

That is incorect.

Well it is kind-of correct , if you are talking about the old swipe-up Control Center display, then the dial being the Digital Crown, and the button under it being the flat oval side button.

You're right. I misread it and thought it was another of those "tap the icon on the watch face" posts.

My apologies to Mkg045.

adk2790 wrote:

Thanks, it helps to know that you can tap the button on the side. But it was so much easier just to swipe up. Why does Apple continually have to take things that work and change them?

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.

I had the same concern. I ping my phone on the daily. You simply tap the oval button on the right side of the watch. It is easy to miss - it sits FLUSH with the watch and below the round toggle button that sticks out.

After browsing this site, I found a solution, suggested by someone else, that ACTUALLY works Below the Apple Watch stem, there is an ovalish button. Press. the button once; the original pull up menu will appear.

There should be a dot on top of the screen tap on it. It will bring up the old swipe up screen with find my phone/silence ring/plane mode…..

I was on the phone with Apple for an hour yesterday. You can’t uninstall it. You have to get to the controls by the side button now. However, after the update, my side button no longer responds so now nothing works on the watch. The side button does everything now. I ended up having to buy a new watch. We tried a reset from my phone using an old backup and nothing! Hope your side button still works or you have an Apple Store nearby. My closest one is an hour away! It’s infuriating

IowaGmaDeb wrote:

Not on mine! I get the emergency sos option!!!!

A single tap. DO NOT hold the button, or it will bring up the Emergency calling display.

Single Tap - Control Center

Quick double Tap - Apple Wallet

Tap and hold - Emergency calling, Medical Information and the ability to power off your Apple Watch

I found the swipe for “ find my phone “- it’s the vertical button underneath the round one on the right side of the iwatch. Just done press it long. Just a short press or it goes to the turn off/ Emergency page.

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!

Apple does not read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Meanwhile, you can access the function by tapping on the side button. It's the flat, oval button next to the Digital Crown. Look at the post from BobHarris earlier on this page for more details.

Kcee15 wrote:

The oval button on the side of the phone does not bring up locate my phone with the ping. That button is for emergency contacts.

Quick press and release is Control Center

Quick Double Press and Release is Apple Pay

Press and hold is Emergency services

If you are having difficulties with the press and release timing, you can adjust the following option:

Settings -> Accessibility -> Side Button Click Speed

Default, which is a fraction of a second

Slow, which is up to about a second

Slowest, which is up to about 2 seconds.

Play with the settings till you find one that works for you on all 3 functions.