Apple Watch will get back a popular and useful feature in watchOS 10.2

Apple Watch will get back a popular and useful feature in watchOS 10.2،

When Apple released watchOS 10, it got rid of a very useful feature that Apple Watch wearers appreciated. This feature allowed a user to change their watch face by sliding their finger across the screen. The removal of this feature apparently upset Apple Watch owners enough that Apple felt obligated to return it in watchOS 10.2 beta 3. This comes from an “X” subscriber. @aaronp613 which posted strings of code from the beta, including one that says “Swipe to Switch Watch Face.”

To use this feature, once watchOS 10.2 beta 3 is installed or once Apple releases watchOS 10.2, go to Settings > Clock. From there, you’ll be able to set your preferred method of changing the dial. So if you have watchOS 10.2 beta 3 on your Apple Watch, you can restore this functionality right now. If you don’t have the beta installed, you’ll have to wait for the final version of watchOS 10.2 to be released later this year.

Code strings show the return of Swipe to Switch Watch Face in watchOS 10.2

You can configure which watch faces to swipe to by going to the Watch app on your iPhone, tapping the Face Gallery tab, and creating alternate watch faces. You can create several different watch faces for different occasions, including functional watch faces with lots of complications for the work day, a more formal watch face for the upcoming holiday season, and other watch faces for other events, including your workouts.

You can find an Apple Watch watch face for any occasion on the iPhone’s Watch app

With a simple swipe, you can change the face of your watch to have a watch suitable for all occasions without having to own more than one watch. By setting your Apple Watch to enable “Swipe to Switch Watch Face,” you can quickly navigate the watch faces you have set up by swiping your Apple Watch screen.

It’s unclear why Apple decided to remove this feature, as swiping the screen in watchOS 10 does nothing. However, the company must have received enough feedback from Apple Watch users missing this quick and easy way to change their smartwatch watch face.