I did not see it with WatchOS 9 or before, but since WatchOS10.2 which reintroduced the Swipe to change faces, the time always displays first as 10:09:31 before setting the correct time one second later. Why is it so ? Is it only me ? Is there a setting to change ? It is really inconvenient.
Apple Watch Series 5
I think you’ve misunderstood the issue, which I think a lot of people are who read this thread and I understand why. This is NOT about it showing 10:09 when swiping to change the watch face.
The issue is that when swiping to change watch face is set to on, that for a lot of watch faces, EVERY TIME you raise your wrist, you can see the time flick from the correct time (the 1hz display) to 10:09 for a split second, then back to the correct time.
Its a bug, an unintended consequence. The only fix is to turn off the new option for swipe to change watch face - rendering the feature useless.
this bug means the watch tells the wrong time every time you look. It is beyond annoying. I’ve turned off swipe watch faces but it is so surprising that this has not yet been fixed.
It’s definitely intentional. The analog watch faces have a smooth adjustment from 10:09 to whatever the current time is. Making it do that would have to be intentional.
Yes mine does this as well. It definitely didn’t use to happen before OS10. So the new toggle they have put in haven’t actually put the functionality back exactly the same as it was before. It is clearly much better now that you can actually swipe between the watch faces but the implementation seems rushed and very amateurish and annoying. The toggle needs to put it back properly to the way it was before OS10. Perhaps in the next update ?
I did file a bug report: Dec 13, 2023 at 11:31 PM – FB13466486
Yes, the hour selection is intentional.
The problem is not the value, it is that when the screen appears it shows a time that is not the actual hour just to update 1 second later. This 2 steps set up is not very clean, at least if we refer to usual Apple's standards for UI perfection…
If a bug is defined as an unintended problem in software - then that is what this is and that’s without question. Possibly you don’t quite understand the issue? Have you repeated it on your watch? If so, you would see it is most definitely a bug that has gone unfixed for a while now, despite many submissions to the link you posted.
alexrparr wrote:
Yes, but what you are saying is a bit ridiculous - of course it’s a bug - not sure why you keep saying that! It would take an apple developer 5 seconds to see that!!!
I think perhaps you don't understand the meaning of the term "bug". It means "an error, flaw or fault in the design, development, or operation of computer software that causes it to produce an incorrect or unexpected result, or to behave in unintended ways.
It does not mean "a programming or interface choice made by the developers that I don't like".
You can let Apple know your thoughts on the matter here:
Darkus_2020 wrote:
Whatever this problem is, I don't like it. I never noticed it before. I do swap my screens around, because I can. It's annoying that it has to switch time. They should change this. It serves no good to have it set to the wrong time first, despite all the symmetry of 1009.
You probably never noticed it before because it's a recent feature.
You can let Apple know what you'd like to see here:
Be prepared for people to tell you this is normal, that it is expected behaviour for a watch to not tell the time correctly. Simply astonishing this has not been fixed, given it is apparently an unintended consequence of some odd programming choices apple has made.
Just had the chance to test this on an Apple Watch 5, watchOS 10.4
Same behaviour as my Ultra 2, no flickering of any kind after raising the wrist and checking the time.
Can you check another Apple Watch model to rule out, that this is only related to either your watch or the Apple Watch 8 in general?
The bug is visible for ALL watch faces, not only the analogous ones, but You can see it much better when switching to an analogous...
Sorry, an Apple product for 500,-- EUR has to show the correct time immediately, just like she has done for the last 10 years before the bug was implemented !
I have submitted feedback asking them to put it back to as it was before. Perhaps if enough of us do it, it will change ?
As far as I remember, this has also been the exact time, as the iPhone has been introduced officially for the first time by Steve Jobs at the Apple Event.
Ridiculously, we are many months in and apple still haven’t fixed this bug. Astonishing.
It's been driving me nuts too. I did notice though that most of the info i'm interested in is available when swiping up from the bottom. For example, the date. I miss having a date complication on the Snoopy screens but love the animations especially the apropos ones like raining and waking up. I should probably take some time to arrange the info screens to my liking. (I'd love to see Calvin and Hobbes too.)
It is becoming clear that most people in this thread do not understand or have not taken the time to understand the issue here. It is a bug! Always surprises me how quick people are to jump to Apples defence on here. It is unambiguously a bug. To state otherwise can only be trolling or just not understanding. Very odd!
claudeFromToulouse wrote:
Yes, it is likely a design choice not to update in the background to save on battery. But we must admit that the result is disturbing and not a friendly UI.
No, "we" don't have to admit that. Again, the fact that some people dislike something to does not make it bad.
Swiping Watch faces always display 10:09 before exact time
