Apple Watch won’t unlock, Voice Over on – How to fix

Facing some problem unlocking your Apple Watch? While the voiceover feature is activated on your Apple Watch, you may some problem unlocking the watch. There are not a many things that you can do while you are in this locked state. You can get out of this problem just by following these easy fixes.

 

Fix 1 – Turn off the Voiceover feature

You have to manually disable the Voiceover feature on your Apple Watch. As you are locked out of the Apple Watch, you have to do this via iPhone.

Step 1 – Go to the Watch app on your iPhone.

Step 2 – After opening it up, go to the “My Watch” panel.



Step 3 – Then, go to the “Accessibility” tab in that page.

 

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Step 4 – After visiting the Accessibility panel, open up the “Voiceover” feature.

 

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Step 5 – Turn off the “Voiceover” feature from there.

 

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After turning off the voiceover feature, it won’t restrict you on the Apple Watch. You may unlock it normally and use this.

 

Fix 2 – Turn off the Voiceover

There is another way you can pause the voiceover feature. You can do that via Apple Watch directly.

Step 1 – On your Apple Watch, tap the crown button once.

Step 2 – Next, tap the “⚙” to load up the Settings.

 

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Step 3 – Go to the “Accessibility” settings.

 

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Step 4 – Load up “Voiceover” section.

 

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Step 5 – Then, turn off the “voiceover” feature.

 

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Once you have done this, you may use the watch without this feature.

 

Fix 3 – Hard reboot the Apple Watch

If you are still locked out of the watch due to the voiceover problem, considering hard rebooting the watch.

Step 1 – Just hold down the crown and side button together on the watch.

Step 2 – If you continue pressing this down for 10 seconds, your watch will be hard-rebooted. The Apple logo should show up in the middle of the watch screen.



 

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Once the hard reboot procedure is complete, try using the Apple Watch once again. Test if this works out for you./

 

Fix 4 – Try a workaround

If you are facing this problem while pairing the Apple Watch, so you can try this simple workaround to get around this issue.

Step 1 – Simply, press the digital crown three times consecutively. This will get you out of the voiceover mode automatically.

Step 2 – After this, follow the steps mentioned before to turn off the voiceover.

We hope that these tips and tricks were useful for you!