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watchOS 10: How to use Smart Stack, Control Center, & Digital Crown on Apple Watch!

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Apple changed how you use Apple Watch with watchOS 10, redefining what the Digital Crown and Side Buttons do, along with adding a new Smart Stack with widgets and a full app switcher. Here is how to use all the new features in watchOS 10.

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Chapters ➡
0:00 Intro
0:39 Digital Crown
2:11 App Switcher
3:28 Smart Stack
5:32 Side Button
6:45 Exclusive Deals
7:52 Wrap Up

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  4. It appears with this update the ability to track total steps in the weekly summary of the fitness app is no longer available. Weekly summaries for move, exercise and stand goals are still active but not for steps, distance or flights climbed. Or am I missing something? Why roll out an update that removes previous functionality?

  9. Omg, I’m having trouble with the double-click change App function! It either brings me back to App view screen or engages Siri. Frustrating. Does just the crown get double pressed or does one need to hold the side of the watch at the same time? This is my first watch – the SE – and I’m ready to return it. 😮 Thank you!

  10. Thank you, Andrew, for this video. I just upgraded my Apple Watch to iOS10 and wondered where my control center was. I spent a good part of my morning looking online. Then your video popped up and answered all my questions. Thank you again!

  12. On the smart stack, at the bottom there is the quick launcher row of 3 icons. Are we able to add another row/stack of another 3 icons? For example maybe a stack of 3 for navigation apps, and a different stack of 3 for workout apps

  17. This UI is ok in some aspects and two major steps back. It’s hard to interact with apps menu and change the watch faces on the fly is no more. Stupid design

  19. Not being able to swipe between watch faces anymore is a terrible idea. I used multiple faces set up with different complications but now I will have to go into edit to change faces. A major loss of functionality and just a hassle. Not happy.

  21. This is the dumbest thing, like if I wanted my apps stacked like the new grid I’d choose list. Like if you’re having a hard time navigating your grid, you didn’t take time to set it up for your use. I want my dial back to being the manual way to turn night mode on, and my side button back to what it did before.

  23. Did they put the “add to library” button back into the Siri UI when you shazam a song? It seems like they just mostly remove features with every app update. Now they took away the app switcher…

  26. I wanted to mention that there is still going to be a dock. Although the video mentioned it as an app switcher, it still gives you the ability to force quit apps. On an Apple Watch Series 4 or later running watchOS 10 or later, you access the dock/application switcher by double pressing the Digital Crown. 2:11 . People must have skipped this specific clip-Hope this helps!!

  28. I've heard from many tech reviewers that "you don't need to force quit apps on your iPhone. It doesn't bring anything and hurts battery life."
    I know that's Apple's official message as well. But from first hand experience, I have to disagree. I use my iPhone with quite intensive music production tools, and I've realized that force quitting everything really gets the music production apps to run much more smoothly. It literally makes the difference between the device being usable for live performance, and being so sluggish that it's nearly unusable. I always force quit everything before a show.

  32. This update is annoying. I like the new snoopy watch face and that’s it. I don’t need a Smart Stack I have complications. I also switch between watch faces often and I like swiping.

  33. I absolutely hate redesign of buttons and crown use.. and I don’t see how this stupid stack of little widgets can help?? I like new screens and apps.. but button and crown are fabulous now and they change context on each part of the system or watch face! How do I change kaleidoscope face now? Not to mention night mode on trail face.. or other.. and side button for accessing control Center is a joke! Sloppy design comparable to hardwiring second mouse button to open system settings on big computer. Apple Watch design team – this is huge disappointment.

  34. Hi 👋🏼 Could you PLEASE do a video addressing Apple shutting down Photo Stream as of July 26th. I simply don’t know what to do or if its even legit. TY

  35. I don't think it's going to hurt my battery to close background apps. It's not something I think about one way or the other. I've never wore out a battery on any Apple device yet ✌🏼️BTW thank you for your video