Measurements Suspended on noise app

I have an Apple watch 6 and recently I tried using the noise app and it said “Measurements Suspended”. It claims I either have the water lock on (I don’t) or the speaker is in use with another application. I have closed down all the apps and I don’t appear to be using the microphone for anything else. What is causing this and how do I fix it? I’m assuming it could have been from a recent update because I used to be able to use the noise app any time I wanted. I’ve read that people in the past (2022) would restart their watch and it would temporarily help. I restarted my watch and now the noise app appears to work. If it is a temporary fix, how long will it work for?

Apple Watch Series 6

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 10:50 AM

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Apr 12, 2024 06:00 PM in response to tommy.graham

Yes a restart will “fix” it but only temporarily. I’ve restarted my watch probably close to 100 times since October 2023. It will work for awhile and the after a week or two weeks or a day or an hour it will fail again. But I finally figured out what triggers the issue! So maybe it can be fixed if Apple becomes aware (I submitted a bug report) and knows how to reliably reproduce it.


This is with a Series 9 GPS 45mm + iPhone 12 Mini and the latest OS version as of this posting date.


  1. Add the large noise complication to a watch face. It should always show real time measurement bars when the watch is awake
  2. Restart the watch (to make sure the noise complication is working… when it stops working, the only way to restore function is a restart)
  3. Have someone call you and answer the phone call on the watch
  4. during the call, bring up the keypad and tap some numbers randomly 
  5. Hang up the call and put the watch face to sleep
  6. Wake up the watch. The noise complication should show the measurement bars for a second and then it will grey out and say “measurement suspended”


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