The WatchOS Control Center is home to some of my favorite features. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
If you woke up this morning and have WatchOS 10 installed on your Apple Watch, prepare for some changes.
One of the things I use my Apple Watch for all the time is tracking my iPhone, which I regularly misplace. So I have to use the ping function on my Apple Watch several times a week. So much so that it’s become muscle memory: swipe up on the Home screen to bring up the Control Center screen and tap the button.
Before upgrading to the Apple Watch Ultra, I often used Control Center to enable flashlight mode.
Control Center is still available, but its position has just been downgraded
The problem is that WatchOS 10 has changed the location of this function. Swiping up now brings up the widgets screen, which is super handy because you can customize them to show information that’s important to you “at a glance” and complement the information you have on the watch face.
It’s a good feature, but not when you’re trying to find your iPhone in an emergency.
Don’t worry, the Control Center is still available, but its position has just been downgraded.
WatchOS Control Center. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET
Where did the application switcher go?
Now, instead of swiping up, you just press a button – a simple press of the side button.
But those of you who have been paying attention and using your Apple Watch may remember that a simple press of the side button brought up the app switcher.
So where did the app switcher go?
It has been moved and is now behind a double press on the crown. All we have to do now is retrain our brains to find the things we need in new places.
Source: “ZDNet.com”