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Can I turn off Smart Stack on my Apple Watch?

Is there any way to change the behaviour of the Digital Crown or disable Smart Stack? Very often I activate Smart Stack unintentionally with the back of my hand since I wear my Apple Watch very close to it. I never use this feature anyway.



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Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 11

Posted on Sep 30, 2024 12:37 AM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2024 2:43 AM

Hi Apple Devs,


The Smart Stack feature doesn’t serve any real purpose and can be frustrating—it activates with just a slight touch of the crown, often when I’m simply moving my hand.


I value my Apple Watch for its watch faces; that’s the experience I bought it for. I don’t want or need the Smart Stack.


Please consider adding an option in the next update to turn this feature off entirely, giving users the choice to disable features they don’t find useful.


And, if I may suggest, it’s best to avoid forcing “innovations” on users. Letting the user decide what’s useful by including an “always off” option would greatly enhance the user experience.


Thank you.


Best regards,


C

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Oct 27, 2024 2:43 AM in response to Anders Wilhelmsson

Hi Apple Devs,


The Smart Stack feature doesn’t serve any real purpose and can be frustrating—it activates with just a slight touch of the crown, often when I’m simply moving my hand.


I value my Apple Watch for its watch faces; that’s the experience I bought it for. I don’t want or need the Smart Stack.


Please consider adding an option in the next update to turn this feature off entirely, giving users the choice to disable features they don’t find useful.


And, if I may suggest, it’s best to avoid forcing “innovations” on users. Letting the user decide what’s useful by including an “always off” option would greatly enhance the user experience.


Thank you.


Best regards,


C

Nov 5, 2024 1:42 PM in response to eliezailah96

I think smart stack is a GREAT feature; I use it multiple times every day. And with the latest update I can open it by just tapping two fingers together.


In general, Apple is not big on options. Probably because if you added options everywhere people think they want them the Settings app would grow by an order of magnitude. As it is, with each update it gets harder to find the option you are looking for in Settings.

Can I turn off Smart Stack on my Apple Watch?

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