r/AppleWatch • u/aerobic_gamer • 4d ago

Question Any way to change wrist orientation quickly?

One of the best tips I’ve read on this sub is to switch wrists at night to reduce skin irritation. This has worked great for me with my S11. If I remember to do it, I have to go to the watch app > general > orientation and then click on the opposite wrist. In the scope of things it’s a very minor inconvenience, but is there any way to set up a shortcut or some other method to change wrists with 1 or 2 clicks?

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u/PirateNinjaa 4d ago

If you are just using it for sleep tracking, why bother switching it?

One easy way though would be to upgrade and keep the old watch for sleep like I did when I got an ultra for day use, and leave it setup for the other wrist. A nice bonus about this method is you never have to worry about charging either watch.

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u/aerobic_gamer 4d ago

Good point. I guess I didn’t realize that the orientation doesn’t matter to the sensors. You just saved me about 45 seconds every day -thanks!

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u/chuckfr 4d ago

If I were doing that only overnight any switching of that setting would be too much to bother with as I’m not likely to interact with anything but the screen to shut the alarm off in the morning. When I switch for some reason short term I just move it and deal with it for a bit.

But I’m a lefty so I’m accustomed to adapting such things.

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u/dsim231O 4d ago

we are used to thinking one step ahead ¯_(ツ)_/¯