The display on my Apple Watch shuts off after about 10 seconds. When I tilt my wrist to look at it, it does not come back on unless I tap the face. Is this normal?

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The display on my Apple Watch shuts off after about 10 seconds. When I tilt my wrist to look at it, it does not come back on unless I tap the face. Is this normal?

The display on the face of my Apple Watch only stays on for about 10 seconds or so, and then shuts off. I cannot make it come back on unless I tap the face or push the button on the right. It seems like when I first got it when I tilted up my wrist to look at it the display was on, something changed and I don’t know what it is. Thank you very much.

Apple Watch SE

Posted on Feb 19, 2023 1:51 PM

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Gillfitzhugh Author

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Feb 20, 2023 8:13 AM in response to MacOSVentura

Thank you very much that was exactly what happened. I do not know how I accidentally turned on the theater mode but when I turn it off, everything was back to normal. Thanks for answering. I really appreciate it.

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Feb 19, 2023 10:48 PM in response to Gillfitzhugh

Dear @Gillfitzhugh, happy to help 😎.

By the way, Theater mode is also useful when you want to save your watch battery, during the night if you activated sleep analysis and do not want a flash with every movement.

Theater mode is activated the same way you deactivated it.

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Feb 19, 2023 2:21 PM in response to Gillfitzhugh

On your iPhone go to the Watch app > Display & Brightness and turn on Wake on Wrist Rise.

On your Apple Watch go to Settings > Display & Brightness and turn on Wake on Wrist Rise.

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Feb 19, 2023 2:24 PM in response to Gillfitzhugh

Dear @Gillfitzhugh,

Have you tried to remove « Theater mode » ? Tap the screen, slide up to show options and touch the orange masks to make Theater mode inactive.

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Gillfitzhugh Author

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Feb 19, 2023 4:32 PM in response to Jegerober1

Thank you very much. I don’t know how I turned on the theater mode but I took it off and I now have the display. Thank you very much.

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Gillfitzhugh Author

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Feb 19, 2023 5:40 PM in response to MacOSVentura

Thank you very much, I appreciate the help. One of the other responder said if I deactivated the theater mode that that would fix it and it did. Two very helpful answers, and I thank you very much.

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Feb 20, 2023 12:01 AM in response to Jegerober1

Also make sure to have Theatre Mode off in Control Center.

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The display on my Apple Watch shuts off after about 10 seconds. When I tilt my wrist to look at it, it does not come back on unless I tap the face. Is this normal?

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