The Apple Watch It is one of the products that has taken off the best in recent years in the Cupertino company, going from being a niche device with a fairly mediocre performance, to being the reference in the wearables market. Certainly it is no longer uncommon to see Apple Watch users everywhere, the success is remarkable.
However, as with all devices, Apple Watch can become slow and somewhat difficult to use over time. We bring you some simple tricks with which you can make your Apple Watch recover fluidity.
Obviously miracles do not exist, many features in an Apple Watch from past generations, especially if we talk between the original Apple Watch and the Apple Watch Series 3, are going to be somewhat slower and less effective than in the latest generation devices. However, don't give up on your Apple Watch, you can give it a second life by improving its performance, plus these tricks are for everyone. Apple Watch and they will improve their autonomy and speed of execution of tasks, so don't miss them.
Restart your Apple Watch from time to time
It may be the simplest and at the same time logical solution to the vast majority of your mobile devices. Restarting the device will free up some procedures that might have been permanently left running due to a software error, and even free up RAM. That's why we recommend that you periodically turn off and on or restart your Apple Watch, In this way you will see how its performance improves almost instantly.
It's very simple, you just have to press and hold the Home button on your Apple Watch for several seconds and wait for the emergency and shutdown menu to appear. Now just swipe the turn off clock feature from left to right and wait for it to turn off. Once turned off, you can turn it on simply by pressing any of the buttons for a few seconds. You will be able to check how after the restart the Apple Watch moves more smoothly.
Remove apps from the Dock
The Apple Watch Dock allows us to quickly and easily access a good number of applications in order to skip the list step and thus run them without problems. However, this can cause a slight problem when it comes to performance, since these applications are generally active in the background and therefore consume those valuable resources that we need for our Apple Watch to work properly.
To remove applications from the Dock simply press the Home button on the Apple Watch to invoke it and when the list of applications is displayed, swipe said application from left to right to display the "delete" button. This is the same gesture used in numerous apps throughout the iOS UI, so it's pretty familiar to us.
Delete those useless applications
We are not going to fool ourselves, many watchOS applications are useless and unnecessary, since they do not have added functions. Unfortunately, it is possible that we have activated the function that automatically installs in our Apple Watch those applications that we have installed on our device, and this does not allow us to choose quickly enough, but do not worry, you can easily get rid of annoying and useless applications that slow down your iPhone.
To remove the apps follow these steps: Press on the digital crown to open the applications menu, press and hold on any application (as you would on the iPhone) until an "X" appears on each application, and now press on said application to open a message that tells us It will ask if you want to remove the application.
You can also do this directly from the iPhone, You simply have to go to the Watch application, browse the applications that we have installed on the Apple Watch and slide the switch that indicates “show on Apple Watch”, once we have put it to OFF it will be automatically uninstalled from our Apple Watch.
Disable background refresh
This is something we have talked about at length in Actualidad iPhone on other Apple devices, obviously the background update is a drain on resources, mobile data and battery. We're not saying that background updating is useless, but we do need to use it responsibly and disable those applications whose refreshing doesn't make any sense, don't you think?
Disabling background refresh on iPhone is relatively easy. To do this, simply go to the Settings application of the Apple Watch, enter the General section and navigate to the option of updating in the background. In this case if your Apple Watch is slow, just turn it off, you will save battery and resources.
Fewer complications, fewer resources
It is true that the complications and the watchfaces are precisely the point in favor of the Apple Watch over the competition, just as it is true that the constant updating of the complications is something that makes the fluidity of our Apple Watch seriously questionable.
Therefore, I recommend that you have two main Watchfaces, one to your liking and win with all the complications that you like and need, and another that is rather simple, showing the time and little more information, in this way you will not only extend the autonomy of the device, but you will improve its fluidity in moments concrete.
Deactivate functions that you do not consider useful
With fewer features, more performance and autonomy, this does not have much of a mystery, that's why I make you a list of what I consider the most expendable features of the iPhone.
- Turn off the hand washing timer: Settings > Hand washing > Off
- Turn off training reminders: Settings > Training > Training reminders
- Turn off location services on Apple Watch: Settings > Privacy > Location Services
- Turn off photo sync: Settings > Photos > Sync
- Reduce animations > Settings > Accessibility > Reduce motion
And finally, the mechanism that does not usually fail is to reset your Apple Watch and start as if nothing had happened.