My Apple Watch 9 is acting weird - Is this a bug?

watchOS 10.4 didn't fix this problem on my watch, which I bought last October. Stopping the erratic behavior is easy, but I can't ever remember what the fix is... Fortunately, this page has the button-press-hold solution.

The irratic screens, changing my amazon music seletion, workout counter, auto dialing 9-1-1, happened to me this morning. I am using the latest iOS 10.4. I am not putting this back on until it is fixed. I did a hard reboot, but not sure I trust it. Apple needs to fix this now! The police in my area were dispatched to my home to ensure everything was fine. This is not okay!

Mines doing exactly the same , it rang the emergency services , then all my SOS contacts , screens jumping from one to another , touch screen unreceptive , logged itself out , tries to log it self back in then too many attempts , I have just waited the 60 minutes and done a hard reset.

it’s only 1 month old the latest series 9

So, our conclusion is that if the Apple Watch doesn’t take its medication (in the form of a software update), then it will go off its rocker?? I hate to say this after I’ve gone whole hog on Apple tech for many years, but this is a “must fix” for me. Having technology that acts this way is unacceptable, especially when it scares my family with bogus emergency messages.

As a matter of fact, I did. I learned about the “known issue” after taking my watch to the Genius Bar last week where I described the symptoms clearly. The tech at the Apple Store did not mention the false touch issue or ghost touch or the apparent fix for it in 10.4. When I went to the Genius Bar, I had not yet read these posts, so I thought the issue was unique to me. Their remedy was to ship the watch off for repair. The record shows that once it arrived, it was turned around in 90 minutes with the comment “could not replicate.” Honestly, if they had mentioned the known issue they referred to as false touch and the specific fix, we could have saved time and shipping.

So, as of today, I have my watch back with latest update loaded. I also have disabled the SOS functions on the watch for now. I can rely on the phone for those functions for now. I will wait a couple of months to confirm that 10.4 has indeed solved the issue permanently.

Watch 9 went wonky this morning. Tried several ways to reset and finally looked here. The only thing that worked was to press the crown and the side button below it together for 10 seconds and wait for the apple to appear. Now it seems to be working well. There must be a glitch of some kind since so many people have also had this problem.

Talked to Apple. They said to make sure you have the latest software. Then they said to unpair your watch from your phone then restore watch to factory settings. So far no issues. Will let you all know if I have issues again.

Mine S9 just went crazy tonight. It started randomly entering passcodes and calling 911. Thank goodness it was not connected to my phone when this happened so that 911 wasn’t really being called. I have completed a hard reset but that didn’t fix the problem. I will have to continue to search for solution to this get the watch back to factory settings.

Same issue on my wife’s Apple Watch Series 9 with watchOS 10.5. It’s happened to her a couple times now. No issues with my Apple Watch Series 9.

A hard rebooting isn’t “fixing” it as the problem will probably occur again, as was the case for my wife. We’ve been through many versions of the Apple Watch and this is the first time experiencing an issue like this.

Apple Watch uses a LOT of battery - Apple Community

Apple Watch basic diagnostics - Apple Community

Report it https://apple.com/feedback

If it still does it on OS10.5 contact Apple Support.

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Contact Apple Support. I have never heard of this happening.

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rest-easy here. Also now my Iphone on the home screen has an Apple watch icon with a circle around it. My iPhone and watch OS are up to date.

Mine has just done the same. I don't know how to reboot it. Can someone help me. I can't even get it to power off!