This simple trick solves one of the greatest trouble of the Apple Watch

Het it to look down on your Apple Watch and see something other As your watch face? It is a common problem these days.

The main cause of this is living activities. This is a function that Apple with Watchos 11 published in autumn 2024 that shows them things such as real-time sports values ​​or progress in grocery deliveries.

Live activities also support media playback controls. So if you listen to music or podcast or watch a video on your iPhone, see album artificial works or playbacks on your Apple Watch instead of your watch face.

You may also see your smart stack. This is the stack of widgets that you usually see when you turn around on your Apple Watch (or turn the digital crown). But sometimes the intelligent stack of stacks will also have a live activity widget, automatically, so that you can see it instead of your watch face.

If one of these things annoys you, there is good news. You can adapt some settings to prevent live activities or your smart stack at the automatic start. In this way you can see your watch face when you look down on your Apple Watch.

Just like you intended.

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