I’ve been pretty neutral about the changes on watchOS 10. I understood that people don’t like changes -
but it’s been 2 months now and I still try to bring up the control center the old way, I still try to access my most recently used apps the old way and I’m still annoyed by having submenus everywhere where watchOS 9 was straightforward with everything. watchOS 10 is the most unintuitive Apple experience I ever had.
Old top menu bar, one line leaving space for the actual content
New top menu bar with huge buttons at the top, pushing down the actual content
Probably the worst part on my 40mm SE is that the colorful backgrounds made all app icons on watch faces smaller (there has recently been a post about this) and I keep missing icons when clicking them. I sometimes need to click an icon 4 times until it registers, along with the colorful backgrounds and unnecessarily huge flashy other buttons this feels like a $50 knockoff Watch to me now.
Also what did they think when changing the menu bar at the top? It used to be one small line (picture 1) but now on my 40mm Watch about 1 fourth of the screen is covered by each app’s title or clock (picture 2). I know what app I’m in, I don’t need half the screen (exaggerating yes) covered to be reminded of the app I’m using.
watchOS 10 must’ve been designed by someone who doesn’t really use their Apple Watch much I assume. I’m not blaming them, everyone can make mistakes when the goal was progress but it’s not like a mistake has to be set in stone. Just roll it back or give us a choice between design and functionality - I personally prefer functionality, it’s not like watchOS 9 was so ugly that it needed a re-design to begin with.
Seems fine for me. The only thing I would like to see a change is on the stacks. It has the time at the top of it which isn’t neccasary becasue as you scroll down the time appears anyway.
I’ve had absolutely no issues with getting used to the button functionality changes. If it’s taking you over two months to adjust, then it’s definitely an issYOU and nothing to do with Apple.
watchOS 10 must’ve been designed by someone who doesn’t really use their Apple Watch much I assume.
You know what they say about assuming.
Yeah when something worked for almost 10 years, and Apple changes it, it’s definitely me who’s suddenly at fault. Wow what a childish mindset that is.
Man y’all really love to complain here, easy unsub…
Yes, most people agree, OS10 is trash
Battery has been good but my cellular with Verizon stopped working and my automations related to my watch aren’t working either. SE2 40mm
i don’t undesrtand why they replaced the control center by the smart stack… when they removed the multitask (or the thing that was activated by pushing the side buton), they just add to put the smart stack on the side button… and done…
On every other devices in existence that has a control center or equivalent, you get to the control center by swiping up or down…
anyway my point is, i agree… still can’t get used to the new actions…
First Apple Watch and I’m loving it. I have no idea what it was like before cuz I was on android. P.s. their watches are not that good and I was with them for 8 years lol
It bothered me for a couple of days. Now I prefer it.
One of my least favorite small things is in the message app they blur the top for no reason… and it’s not even a smooth blur, there’s a clear line where they’re just taking away visible space for absolutely no reason. The usable space to read messages is much smaller.
That’s what I’m referring to with the top bar in my post, I really don’t like it
This is my first Apple Watch. It came with WatchOS 10. I don’t know any better.
I think it’s clearly just all in an effort to push consumers towards their newer, larger screened Apple watches.
I haven’t had any issues with the new UI on my AWU but I can completely see how it would have made the experience worse for smaller devices
Honestly that would be a valid point if they didn’t sell small Watches anymore. Decommissioning the experience of a product you are still selling is a really bad move.
Let’s see if we can get them to rethink this update.
I feel like the controls are way worse
ABSOLUTELY, I used to have mapped favourite apps with the big button which is no a blood useless control centre, LOVED the double click crown feature to come back to previous app-GONE. HATE the widgets, they are so laggy or not showing properly they open randomly when I’m in the shower with my watch. To be complete honest since ios10 I’m no longer using my watch as I was before, yes I still wear it but no longer check the weather as it’s so messed up(literally cannot read it and the multiple scroll it takes), I no longer close my rings and don’t care about the stats AT ALL, since to see them I need to scroll through massive windows on the activity app I hate hate hate this whole thing I WISH I could downgrade or at least stayed on the old system :( Not to mention the whole watch is slow and laggy, widgets are not loading and the battery life is trash, I cannot make it through the day when I use it as sleep tracker and alarm in the morning by around 4/5 o clock I have 20% ……
I reluctantly got used to the control centre. I never use the widgets at all. I mostly hate the full screen apps, especially the Activities app which was such a regressive change. Double tap is nice but undercooked and needs a lot of improvement - it should open the notifications list, not the pointless widgets area.