If you have an Apple Watch, surely the same thing happens to you as with the phone: you don't turn it off. Unless your battery dies (and normally what it does is go to sleep, it's rare that you ever want to. But it can happen. Now, do you know how to turn off the Apple Watch?
If we have just caught you that you do not know how to do it, or you are looking for how to do it to improve the performance of your watch, here you will find the keys and steps you must do to achieve it. Yes, it's easy, but its "thing" to make it work well.
What is the Apple Watch
The Apple Watch, or you may know it as iWatch, is actually a smartwatch, that is, a smart watch, in this case from the Apple brand.
It has been with us since 2015 with updates, such as the one that occurred in 2016 with the Apple Watch series 2. Yes, This implies that there are several models. that have been modified over time and improving the precision of the different capacities that this watch has.
Actually, you have more and more tasks or possibilities. Yes indeed, battery life has been a constant, with a total of 18 hours alone, although if it is set "low minimum" it could last you two days (on the other hand, there are other smartwatches that can last up to 1-2 weeks).
What is it for
If you wear an Apple brand smartwatch on your wrist, surely you already know everything it offers you. Usually, the objective is to be able to receive and answer notifications that arrive on the mobile without having to use this. But you can also make and receive calls with the watch, have a series of medical data, see the results of the physical exercise you do, etc.
Apart, more apps can be installed from the App Store, not all, but some.
Reasons to turn off your Apple Watch
Although it is not usually the usual thing, the truth is that, sometimes, it is necessary to turn off the Apple Watch for it to work well.
There are some cases or situations in which one of the solutions given is to turn off the watch for a while and then turn it on again so that the memory it has is cleaned and it is 100% operational again.
But, in what situations can it happen?
- It may be because your watch has frozen. That is, the screen does not work, you cannot move from one place to another, it does not react, etc. In all these cases, it is best to turn it off, let it rest for a few minutes, and then turn it on again.
- Because it does not connect with your mobile. Or despite being connected, you do not receive messages, calls, etc.
- have a bug. This, believe it or not, is more common than it seems, and is related to problems that can cause certain tasks to remain fixed and prevent the use of the clock for other things.
- because you want to take it off. For example, because you're going on vacation to the beach and you don't want to wear it so it doesn't get damaged.
In all these cases, turning off the Apple Watch becomes a necessity and, at the same time, a way to solve a problem. But how do you do it? We explain it to you below.
How to turn off Apple Watch
Now yes, we are going to talk to you about how this clock turns off. For this, you must know that, if it is charging, you will not be able to turn it off. In fact, if you turn it off and put it on charge, it will automatically turn on even if you don't want it to.
Therefore, when it comes to turning off, you must bear in mind that you have to have it charged a minimum so that it does not give you problems.
If you already have it, the steps you must take are:
- Press the side button. Keep it until you get the controls in which it appears: Power off, medical data and emergency SOS.
- Take control until device is turned off.
And voila, it will turn off by itself without you having to do anything else.
What if I can't turn off the Apple Watch
It may happen that, even if you want to turn it off and follow the steps, suddenly your watch does not work or does not turn off. Do you mean it's broken? not much less, it may be due to a bug, because it has been frozen, etc.
Thus, the solution in these cases is a forced restart, that is, forcing the clock to turn off in one way or another.
To get it done, you will need to hold down two buttons: on the one hand, the side, and, on the other, the digital crown. Make sure you press them at the same time.
You will have to press them all the time until you see the Apple screen turn black and, seconds later, the symbol of the bitten apple appears.
In this way, even if the clock is locked, this should be enough to 'force' the system to shut down. Although in reality what it does is not turn off but restart the entire system.
Yes, we would advise you, once you get access, to turn it off and leave it for a few minutes so that it cleans the entire system and does not cause problems again.
How to turn on your Apple Watch
If you just bought this smartwatch or you have turned it off, now you will have to know how to turn it on. And the truth is that it is very simple.
All you have to do is press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo appear on the screen. At that point you can stop pressing and wait a few minutes (2 or so) for the entire system to be operational on the clock. This way you prevent it from crashing or having a bug that could force you to have to turn it off again.
As you can see, turning off the Apple Watch is quite simple, whether you do it "by hook" or "by crook". It is convenient to do it when you are not going to use it for a while, or if there are problems, because, as with smartphones, it serves to readjust the entire system and that the processor “starts from scratch”. Do you have any more problems with your Apple Watch?