my work out app keeps pausing on my apple watch when the screen shuts off after about 45 seconds. I'd like to find out how to fix. I can't use this watch for work outs at all if it keeps doing this. Only time I got longer then that I had to hold up my arm and touch the screen every 20 seconds to keep it from going off. That kind of makes a work out hard to do and shouldn't have to do this to keep it going.
Here is the fix to the problem of the Apple Watch pausing during workouts with the screen locked. I have discovered that with the screen locked, it does not lock the crown and side button. This is by design. So, even with the screen locked if both the crown and side button are pressed at the same time the workout will pause. For me, this happens every time my wrist bends and the workout glove touches both the crown and side button. Now for the fix! Or, rather a work around. You have two options. Option 1, Take off your Apple Watch, Go into settings, General, Orientation, If your Digital Crown is set to right, change it to left and vice versa. Now, switch the the watch bands around and put the longest band nearest the crown. Put the Apple Watch on your wrist. If everything was done correctly, you should be able to view your screen properly and the crown and side button are now on the opposite side and away from your wrist. Now, bending your wrist will not touch the crown or side button and the Apple Watch will not pause during your workout! Option 2, wear your Apple watch on the opposite wrist. This will put the crown and side button on the opposite side and prevent contact when the wrist is bent. Option 1 has saved me a lot of hassle during my workouts and I either option will help you too. Of course, it does take a little adjustment relearning how to press the buttons that are now on the opposite side. Enjoy!
Here is the fix to the problem of the Apple Watch pausing during workouts with the screen locked. I have discovered that with the screen locked, it does not lock the crown and side button. This is by design. So, even with the screen locked if both the crown and side button are pressed at the same time the workout will pause. For me, this happens every time my wrist bends and the workout glove touches both the crown and side button. Now for the fix! Or, rather a work around. You have two options. Option 1, Take off your Apple Watch, Go into settings, General, Orientation, If your Digital Crown is set to right, change it to left and vice versa. Now, switch the the watch bands around and put the longest band nearest the crown. Put the Apple Watch on your wrist. If everything was done correctly, you should be able to view your screen properly and the crown and side button are now on the opposite side and away from your wrist. Now, bending your wrist will not touch the crown or side button and the Apple Watch will not pause during your workout! Option 2, wear your Apple watch on the opposite wrist. This will put the crown and side button on the opposite side and prevent contact when the wrist is bent. Option 1 has saved me a lot of hassle during my workouts and I either option will help you too. Of course, it does take a little adjustment relearning how to press the buttons that are now on the opposite side. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for your response concerning wrist detection. The pausing on my Apple watch activity app was driving me crazy! I almost dumped the watch, as I failed to buy Apple Care. You are a genius. Thank you so much!
I also get the problem playing golf making the app I use (GolfShot) unusable. I don't get the problem when running, only when doing aerobics classes - often the watch turns off completely half way through the class
Same here . I was lifting weights and looked to see how much time was left in my workout. It was paused .
I have no idea why . I guessed how much time had passed and set it on my phones timer.
Why do I have this watch again?
This started happening to my watch today (after a year and a half of it working fine). I set it up as a new watch, the first workout worked great, but then it started happening again. Did anyone ever get a fix?
So i've been dealing with the same thing, I was hoping to see that someone had an ultimate fix not a work around. I've sent my watch in to the repair center 3 times, had my watch replaced and the same thing. The only thing that helps the work out issue is turning wrist detection off. This is a major pain because you have to turn it off and on everytime you want to track a work out. And with the latest IOS it requires you to enter your password a bunch of times. Even with turning wrist detection off my heart rate tracker is a joke. Jumps from 60 bpm to 150 out of no where, or stays at 60 when i'm in the middle of a HIT workout. The other problem with turning wrist detection off is the watch then doesn't track the "standing" hours... My other issue i've noticed is the "unlock with iphone" option hardly ever works. Some days my watch is locked allll day other days it'll stay unlocked. Apple needs to own this issue and get the engineers involved big time. Worst apple product i've ever owned; iWatch Series 2 Nike.
Make sure the auto pause is not enable.
does apple even help with the issues we have?
not solved
glad I found this. Having the same problem. You need to get your watch replaced. It's a hardware issue. Nice to know I'm not the only one it happened to. My new watch is coming in tomorrow.
Had the same issue with my apple watch - seconds into a workout it just pauses for no reason - Walked 3 miles the other day to look at the watch and see it was paused after just 30 seconds and recorded none of my data. The only way i've found to stop it is to set the work out time to just 5 minutes and hit start - on 5 minute mode it doesnt pause and will continue recording for my full work out. Its not ideal but makes you look good when you've worked out for an hour and smashed your target. Hope Apple can sort this out - as its working on a 5 minute workout but nothing else for me, but hey at least its recording data now. Hope this helps everyone
set it to a 5 minute timed work out - it worked for me - any other setting and the bloody thing just pauses all the time or at least till you've reached the half way goal.
I had the same problem, Force restarting my apple watch fixed the problem....Hope it helps!
This is very annoying. I suspect it can happen with a loose band. I wear my metal band loose & rarely switch out to the nylon rubber band. I wish apple would have a setting to turn auto pause to off.
Hi
The behaviour that you describe may be caused by your watch losing contact with your skin, causing it to believe that it has been removed from your wrist. This would cause the Workout app to pause automatically.
A loose fitting band can trigger this by allowing your watch to lift from your wrist and/or by allowing clothing (for example, the end of a sleeve) to slip beneath the back of the watch.
During exercise, Apple Watch should be worn snugly on the top of your wrist. Apple suggests that you consider tightening your band before workouts and loosening it again afterwards. Better contact with your wrist may also improve heart rate sensor performance during your workout.
More information:
Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you’ll find it. - Apple Support
Work out app on my apple watch keeps pausing
