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

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

Mine in the middle of the crazy act. Was so afraid I was being hacked. At the moment can’t get mine to force restart. Happy to hear it’s not just me, seriously unhappy so many people with this issue. Ugh

This morning it was my turn to have my watch go crazy. Exactly as everyone has already described. Including the siren and the 911 call. Person was nice enough and thanked me for confirming this was an error.

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.

I have just had the exact same thing!! my apple watch start spazzing out and i couldn’t do anything to stop it, it called emergency services and then started messaging my emergency contacts i’ve been in an accident, when my Nan has just had a massive stroke and my parents are in the hospital with her!!! Talk about bloody timing, i’m absolutely fuming, it’s also locked itself and i can’t seem to do anything with it now. My old apple watch was perfect, never had a problem with it.

Don't think they fixed it yet. Mine started this afternoon. I saw it go from one app to another and then to the passcode screen and random numbers were being entered. I took it off but it kept going and I was able to shut it down and restart. Seems to be fine right now but it was like someone was trying to hack it. Crazy

I have been having the same issues with my watch. Texting weird things, trying to open up all my apps, calling 911, and then trying multiple passwords and locking me out of my watch for hours.

I downloaded the new software update and it still has issues. My watch was sitting on the charger and then I get a phone call from my kids stating they got an emergency sos text from me. I eventually took it off the charger and turned it off. Not sure what to do now.

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.

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.

I haven’t done the most recent update yet, and it happened to me last night (February 4) on my iPhone also!

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!

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! It is also a Series 9, purchased in December 2023.

Same problem- Apple Watch out of control. Erratic scrolling. All numbers flashing on password screen. Unable to stop or reset the watch. Continually changing apps. Not responding at all.

It's interesting that this has happened to us all at about the same time.