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.
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.
The display on my Ultra 2 is set to turn on if the wrist is raised, swipe to change the watch faces is enabled.
I can see the correct time right away, without seeing the symptoms you described. Also swiping the watch faces gives me 10:09 and then the correct time right away.
My watch faces are Activity Analog + Digital, Modular Ultra, Photos and another, modified Modular Ultra, showing just the time with no complications included.
That was not the behaviour prior to WatchOS 10. And the battery was not killed in not time. I may accept that it is an intentional feature, which does not mean it is a good one. What is disturbing is to see a wrong time before getting the correct one. If there are serious reasons to have changed in OS10 and no more update in background, wouldn't it be better to delay the display on swiping (show an empty watch for a second or less) and show only the correct time when available (and not an intermittent wrong display). That would not drain the battery and avoid the confusion.
@David M Brewer
How can You say it's not a bug, surely this is bug since iOS 17.x !
I own an Apple since 2015 and never had this issue. The 10:09 time show is only a marketing thing which You can see on all pictures of the watch, but switching watch faces has to show the correct time immediately, as it has the last 8 years since now !!! Sorry, no I can not accept any other explanation.
the topic of this thread is:
Swiping Watch faces always display 10:09 before exact time
-> this is the issue / bug since WatchOS10.2
what for heaven are You all talken about ?????
-> Please Apple: FIX THIS BUG !
moscheja wrote:
what for heaven are You all talken about ?????
We are trying to figure out what is causing this for the people who are seeing it.
Just saying "Apple fix this bug!" is 100% a waste of time. For one, Apple doesn't read these forums. For another, we've tried to reproduce this problem and failed spectacularly. I can guarantee that if any Apple engineers do look at this problem, they won't spend as much time investigating it as we are. So if people who are experiencing the problem meet us halfway and help us identify precisely what causes this bug, then you can take that to Apple and maybe get it fixed. Doing anything else is a guarantee of failure.
claudeFromToulouse wrote:
That's not the point. The question is not about 10:10:30 or 10:09:31. It is about having the watch display a totally wrong hour each time you swipe.
OMG!!!!!! That's so horrible!!!!! I mean, you might get confused and be late for something, you know?. Or early! I can't believe Apple does this!!!!!!
IdrisSeabright wrote:
OMG!!!!!! That's so horrible!!!!! I mean, you might get confused and be late for something, you know?. Or early! I can't believe Apple does this!!!!!!
Believe it. Apple was never like this under Steve Jobs.
Can anyone confirm that the latest version of watchOS fixes this bug???
Astonishing that this ever made it past QA. What happened to Apple?
If it's not a bug, it is at least a UI regression.
How could you describe showing the incorrect time as a ‘feature’?
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!!!
It's not a bug, it's a feature 😀
alexrparr wrote:
To state otherwise can only be trolling or just not understanding. Very odd!
Having a different opinion than yours is trolling or stupidity? What a very odd and rude idea!
very annoying
Swiping Watch faces always display 10:09 before exact time
