Changing between active watch faces on watchOS 10

By Mlth, 13 September, 2023

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Hi
Is there a new way to change between active watch faces on watchOS 10?
I used to be able to two-finger swipe left and right, but for me VoiceOver just makes the boundry reached indication now.

Best
Malthe

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Comments

By Holger Fiallo on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 14:33

Using one finger flick up to customize face. Tap and slide left or right and select your face, flick up to edit. Also you can use your phone to pick a face.

By Mlth on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 20:47

Ah thanks! I didn't realize that was an alternative. I do miss the two finger swipe though, so I filed it as feedback, since the gesture doesn't really do anything now on the watch face screen.

By Andy Lane on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 21:03

It’s changed for sighted users too. They were able to just flick left and right with one finger to change the face. Now they have to long press then select from available faces. I wonder if apple have done this to reduce the amount of data related to the faces stored in memory. Whatever the reason, they’ve done it very deliberately to make you select from a menu instead of having the data queued up and ready to go with a flick or 2 finger swipe.

By Adrian Wyka on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 21:24

OMG.
This is completely stupid.
Just like you can quickly change screens on the iPhone, you should be able to quickly change faces on the Watch.

Sometimes I don't understand the changes Apple makes.
Instead of making it easier, they make it harder to use.

By Holger Fiallo on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 - 21:30

I had been using the one finger to change faces no issues. Also to edit them. Although I like using my iPhone to change it.

By Theepan on Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 15:23

I filed it as a bug report very early on in the beta testing. Even though they have ironed out a lot of other issues, two finger swiping hasn't come back. I don't think it will.

By Mlth on Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 19:29

Thanks for your replies guys!
Yes - it would seem it might not be coming back. Perhaps I'll have to get into widgets!😉

Best
Malthe

By Holger Fiallo on Thursday, September 14, 2023 - 19:44

Changing faces or editing is not a big deal. Easy even she who should not be name can do so. Do not wish to get in trouble by using her name.

By ChoonHwee on Monday, September 25, 2023 - 00:48

Just discovered you can do a 1 finger triple tap to bring up the watch faces and Change them.