Too Much Choice Can Be Confusing with Apple Watch Faces

If you are of the generation where watches once did nothing beyond telling the time, too many options can be overwhelming You can simplify things via the Watch Settings,

November 15, 2021

The Apple Watch has a lot to offer everyone, including heart rate monitoring, atrial fibrillation detection, fall detection, and electrocardiogram recording. But if you are—or are helping someone who is—of the generation where watches once did nothing beyond telling the time, too many options can be overwhelming. Or perhaps you or they just like their technology clean and simple.

Adding to the confusion is how easy it is to create and accidentally swipe between multiple watch faces, making it so the Apple Watch suddenly looks and works completely differently. If that’s an issue, use the Watch app to delete all but the preferred watch face. In Watch > My Watch, tap Edit to the right of My Faces ➊, tap the red delete button next to a face ➋, and then tap Remove ➌.

(Featured image by Adam Engst)

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