How to turn off digital crown on apple watch series 7

“Digital Crown” has always been an integral part of Apple Watch. With Series 4, this physical button has become even more proactive and offers haptic feedback when you are using it to scroll through apps, lists, and other things. If you find the haptic feedback unusual or don’t require it anymore, you can choose to disable the haptic crown on your Apple Watch Series 4.

Personally, I find this new feature a pretty well as it helps me remain in the know about what I am up to. But then again, what’s good for me may not necessarily be the same for everyone. That’s why it’s better to have the desired control over such features.

How to Disable Haptic Crown on Apple Watch from iPhone

Step #1. Launch Watch app on your paired iPhone.

Step #2. Now, tap on Sounds & Haptics.

Step #3. Finally, turn off the switch next to Haptic Crown.

You can also disable it right from your Apple Watch. The steps are pretty same.

Step #1. Open Settings app on your Apple Watch.

Step #2. Now, tap on Sounds & Haptics.

Step #3. Next, turn off the switch next to Haptic Crown.

That’s it! From now onwards you will no longer get haptic feedback when turning the Digital Crown.

Well, if you happen to change your mind later, follow the same steps mentioned above and then turn on the switch next to Haptic Crown in the end.

Wrapping up

The Series 4 comes with some very user-friendly features like ECG report, Fall Detection and more. This new-add on for the Digital Crown is pretty good as well. For the folks who want to have some assistance to keep them informed while navigating through on-screen elements, it can be handy.

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What’s your favorite feature in the Series 4? It would be great to know that.

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Apple Watch Series 5 and later can display the time and other glanceable information, even when your wrist is down.

Always On is turned on by default on Apple Watch Series 5 and later, including Apple Watch Ultra.* In this mode, the time is always visible, along with your watch face or the most recent active app.

To preserve battery life, the display dims when your wrist is down, or by a quick gesture of covering the display with your hand. A wrist raise or tap on the screen brings everything back to full brightness and makes the watch screen active so that you can interact with your watch.

* Apple Watch SE doesn't support Always On.

Manage Always On settings

Always On has settings that let you turn the feature off, which can increase battery life. You can also choose the information that you want to appear on the screen when your wrist is down.

How to turn the Always On feature on or off

1. Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch. To do this, press the Digital Crown to see the Home screen, then tap the Settings button 
   
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2. Tap Display & Brightness.
3. Scroll down, then tap Always On.
4. Tap Always On to turn on or turn off the feature.

When your Apple Watch is in Low Power Mode, Always On isn't available.

How to manage the information that appears when your wrist is down

1. Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
2. Tap Display & Brightness.
3. Scroll down, then tap Always On.
4. Tap Show Complication Data, Show Notifications, or Show Apps. The apps that can show that type of information appear on the next screen.
5. Turn off the apps that you don't want to show information on the screen when your wrist is down. You can turn off the category of information entirely by tapping the button at the top of the screen.

How app complications appear when your wrist is down

While your wrist is down, the time and complications on the watch face update once a minute, and information appears as follows:

• Time complications, such as Stopwatch and Timer, round their displayed information to the minute.
• Complications that show live data, such as Compass and Noise, are not active.
• Other complications, such as Calendar, Weather, and third-party apps, refresh once per minute or as needed.

How to interact with your watch

When your display is dimmed, it ignores most swipes to prevent accidental input. Even with your wrist down, you can still tap a complication to open its app, swipe down from the top of the screen to see notifications, or swipe up from the bottom to use Control Center.

You can also raise your wrist, press the Digital Crown, or press the side button to bring your watch to full brightness.

Published Date: September 12, 2022

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