Does your Apple Watch recently acting up weird recently? A small group of Apple Watch users have recently observed this abysmal phenomenon, where the Apple Watch is doing things on its own. It can be anything from attempts at unlocking the wearable to opening or closing apps randomly. There are also some reports of the watch dialing up 911, the emergency number. These tricks will be helpful getting you out of this.
Fix 1 – Force restart the Apple Watch
If you are experiencing this problem, you can just force-restart the Apple Watch. The watch should work should become normal, after the device restarts.
Step 1 – At first, hold the side button and the digital crown together on the watch.
Step 2 – Keep pressing these two buttons until the watch screen turns off completely, and you can see the Apple logo on the display. This action is called as ‘Force reboot‘ process.
This may not solve the problem completely for you. But, it should solve the problem temporarily.
You should definitely try the next set of solutions to fix the problem.
Fix 2 – Don’t use any screen protector
Sometimes, broken or faulty screen protector can induce ghost touch problems on the watch. If you have a screen protector on the watch display, and if it is broken, that can create this problem for you.
If you are facing a similar situation, you can just detach the broken screen protector from the watch screen. Try to check whether you are still running into the same issue with the Apple Watch.
Fix 3 – Update the watchOS
This issue has been fixed in the recent update of the watchOS 10.4. So, updating the watch should address the problem and put a permanent fix for the bug that is causing the issue.
Step 1 – Open the Watch app on your iPhone or iPad. Go to the “My Watch” tab.
Step 2 – Next, go to the “General” tab.
Step 3 – Open up the “Software Update” page from there.
Step 4 – Let the Watch app fetch the update information to your iPhone.
Step 5 – Tap to install the update according to your preferences.
After you have updated the watchOS, you can expect the Watch to become functional once again. It won’t exert any abnormal behavior like before.