My Apple Watch screen has gone black, how do I fix this?

If you have charged your watch in accordance with the charging instructions (see link below), but still have a black screen even after pressing and holding the side button, try force restarting your watch: press and hold both the side button and Digital Crown for around 10 seconds, until you see the Apple logo.

If your watch does not restart, contact Apple Support or make a Genius Bar reservation with a view to having it serviced under warranty:

- https://www.apple.com/support/watch/contact/

More information:

Check your battery and charge your Apple Watch - Apple Support

If your Apple Watch doesn't respond or won't turn on - Apple Support

I accidentally turned the voice over and screen curtain o and my screen is black but I hear Siri talking. On my iPhone , it says pair but couldn’t since I couldn’t see anything on my watch. What do I do?

Thanks Jonathan! I was about to bring back my iWatch to PowerMac store but found your suggestion before I did. Your solution works. Thanks!

Another possibility is that your watch has a low battery and has automatically entered into Power Reserve mode. In this mode, it will only display the time when you press the side button (in order to retain this function for as long as possible).

To exit this mode, you will need to press and hold the side button.

However, you may need to charge your watch first (allow 2.5 hours for a full charge).

Hi

Your watch may have VoiceOver and Screen Curtain activated. To check whether this is the case and, if so, to disable it:

On your iPhone, in the Apple Watch app, go to: My Watch > General > Accessibility > VoiceOver > on the VoiceOver screen:

- Turn off VoiceOver.

- Turn off Screen Curtain.

Well the panic is over thanks to this post. Worked exactly as stated. Thank you very much.

You're (both) welcome! 🙂