If you don’t want your watch to wake up when tapped, then Tap to Wake has to be turned off. Malcolm Parfitt
> On 25 Sep 2026, at 10:26, Parham Doustdar <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I turned this on for my series 12 on WatchOS 27, it turns on when I tap > the screen but then locks instantly. What I expected was that nothing would > happen, but now it just unlocks and locks super fast. The problem with this > is that if I have a widget like WeatherGods, when it gets bumped, it reads > the weather for like 10 seconds 😁 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 25 Sep 2026, at 05:37, R Van Lant <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This sounds great. I've been meaning to ask here how to keep my watch for >> chatting when I bump it on things. Especially if I'm going sighted guide, it >> seems my watch is getting triggered if it bumps the person I'm guiding off. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >> Jennie Facer >> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2026 3:21 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: New option available in Watch 27. >> >> Hello Malcolm and all, >> >> Yes, this is new. Before, when you accidentally touched your watch, it would >> wake up. Not raise to wake but tap to wake. Now with that feature turned >> off, you have to press the Digital Crown or have wake on wrist raise turned >> on to wake up your watch. Very handy! Thanks for sharing! >> >> Jenn >> >>>> On Sep 17, 2026, at 5:57 PM, Malcolm Parfitt <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Apple Watch owners may be interested in a new setting available in Watch >>> OS27. >>> >>> If you launch the Watch App on your iPhone double tap Accessibility and >>> Voiceover swipe down and you will reach a toggle for Tap to Wake. If you >>> deselect this then it may reduce unwanted speech and make Haptic Time more >>> reliable. >>> >>> The same option may be found on the watch itself by choosing Settings, >>> Accessibility and VoiceOver. >>> >>> Note if Tap to Wake is disabled then the other options for waking the watch >>> such as via the Digital Crown are still available. >>> Malcolm Parfitt >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> [email protected]. 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