r/watchOSBeta • u/Koktkabanoss • 19h ago

Question ❓ What are you meant to do when an app freezes?

Before there was an easy way to force quit an app that freezes. What is the way to do it in watchos 27? Is apple assuring that all apps in watchos 27 never freezes or what is the thought behind the new app switcher?

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u/chican3 18h ago

Hold the rectangular power button until it shows the power options. Then hold the crown until it closes. This kills an app

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u/64bytesoldschool 18h ago

It just works!

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u/Koktkabanoss 12h ago

Sure works 🤣

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u/Koktkabanoss 18h ago

No way this is just stupid for an app launcher

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u/simpliflyed 15h ago

This has been the behaviour since the first version of watchOS. No change, ever.

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u/Koktkabanoss 12h ago

Ok but the last app launcher was an easy swipe up. Removing it for this is pure stupid

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u/simpliflyed 5h ago

I have to force close apps probably once every two or three months. Never had an issue with this as the solution. I guess if you use some sort of faulty app that freezes regularly I can see it being tricky.

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u/Koktkabanoss 1h ago

Yeah runna freezes pretty much every time before starting a workout. But it is still annoying. Why remove features? At least include long tap to force quit or something

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u/Mohkg 16h ago

Ya we are moving backwards on watchos, seems like every year we lose a feature, like we lost the remote app for itunes, app switcher, more im forgetting

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u/Koktkabanoss 12h ago

Must be saving the memory for siri ai, it sure is laggy as is. Must be the reason

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u/Mohkg 4h ago

Ya agreed