Why can't I see the level on my Apple Watch Compass?

On my Apple Watch, I can get a face complication that has my direction, and a level on it, however, I cannot see the level in the Compass app. Am I missing something? (I have an Apple Watch Ultra 2 with watchOS 11.4)




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Posted on Apr 21, 2025 6:23 PM

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Posted on Apr 22, 2025 11:24 AM

I don't see any level in the Compass app or any indication in the support article that there should be. On the iPhone, level is a part of the Measure app, not the Compass.


Some watch faces do offer level as a complication.

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Apr 23, 2025 7:08 AM in response to Haryeh

Haryeh wrote:

There is a level in the middle of the compass on the iPhone Compass app. Yes, there is a more sophisticated one in the Measure app, but there is also one in the Compass app.

There is no level in the Compass on the Apple Watch. I don't see it on the Compass app on my iPhone, either:



Apple's instructions specifically say that the level is in the Measurement app.


Use iPhone as a level - Apple Support


Yes, the Apple Watch complication I have is a level and a compass, and it is from the Compass app.

I understand that. It doesn't change the fact that there is no level in the Compass app itself on the Apple Watch.

Apr 23, 2025 7:48 AM in response to Ingo2711

Ingo2711 wrote:

@Idris
Check the little cross on your screenshot, if you put your iPhone on your table, it will be exactly underneath the bigger cross.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/92b93ab7-ac89-484c-815a-d8ab60cea520



My iPhone tilted to the right side and slightly upwards, little cross for level showing up:


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/0ea50eea-55ba-4272-955a-1001089d579c

Neat! I never noticed that.

Apr 23, 2025 8:26 AM in response to Ingo2711

I saw that. And, while it certainly fills its function of making sure you're holding the "compass" level, I don't think it would be very useful for hanging a picture or anything else most people would need a level for. If there weren't a level in the Measurements app, though, I guess it would do.


And of course, the answer to the original question, is there a level on the Compass app on the Apple Watch, still seems to be no.

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