The revolution of technology revolves around the inventions and innovations by the company Apple. One of its exceptional products is the Apple Watch Series. At first, one might think that it’s just a watch, but once you get to know its features (which are endless) you might want to change your mind. Since the launch of its very first series in 2015, there haven’t been many changes in it, including in its Digital Crown. It’s a very small wheel on the side of the watch, despite its small size, it controls about 50 percent of the watch’s features.
The most amazing and the most prominent feature that the digital crown of the watch holds is its water-resistant feature. The water-resistant feature of the Apple watch includes the water lock feature. But the water lock feature can only be found in series 2-6 of the watch and not in the first series. What this feature does is, locks the screen and prevents the user from activating the watch while swimming.
The features revolve around the digital crown of the watch. This is because it is the only way of turning on the water lock and ejecting the water afterward. Told you, digital crown controls about 50% of the watch’s features.
The feature of ejecting the water from the Apple watch through the digital crown is also used to put off long-term issues by eliminating the trapped moisture from it.
Let’s learn more about how to turn the digital crown in the Apple Watch to unlock and eject water on it.
You need to learn how to turn on the water lock feature on your Apple watch if you are planning to get it wet. Just follow these simple steps to do so:
Unlock the screen of your watch and make sure it’s dry. The thing to remember here is that its water-resistant ability does not make it water-proof. The screen should be wiped properly to prevent any water droplets from penetrating it.
After that, swipe up or scroll down to locate the control center.
Then, tap on the water lock icon. There, on the top of your screen, you’ll see a raindrop appearance. When activated, the icon turns teal.
Once that feature is activated, it will disable the taps on the watch and that will prevent any sort of accidental inputs while swimming or washing dishes. It is mandatory to enable this feature before doing any water chores or going swimming.
Well, the steps don’t end here, because there are some things that you need to take care of after doing the water chores or swimming.
Once you are done with the water chores, you will be required to disable the water lock feature to access your Apple watch again. The feature makes the taps of the Apple watch disabled so you won’t be able to tap or click anything on your watch, this is why to continue using your Apple watch, you need to turn the feature off. Let’s learn how to do so:
The process starts with turning the digital crown in one constant movement until the water droplet fills the entire circle on the screen. While doing this, you might feel some moisture on your hand. And you will hear beeping sounds and feel the vibrations. What this does is, allow the water to escape that is stored on the speaker grill.
Continue turning the digital crown until you see a pop up on the screen of your Apple watch saying ‘unlocked’. This means that the trapped water has been ejected from the speaker grill and the watch is ready to use again.
Sometimes, the digital crown stucks while turning it, in this case, you can’t eject water from your Apple watch but without ejecting the water, the watch won’t work. Here’s what you should do in this case.
Sometimes, you might not be able to turn your digital crown because it’s stuck, well, the reason for the crown being stuck could be anything, it could be dust, lotion messing with the rotation of the crown, or any other aspect. There’s nothing to worry about in this case either. Just follow these simple steps and you’ll be good to go:
If you have leather bands, remove them too to prevent them from getting in contact with the water and spoiling them. Turning off the Apple watch and disconnecting it from the charger will prevent the watch from shorting because of the use of freshwater to clean the watch.
Use running warm fresh water and hold the watch under it for 15 seconds. It is advised to not use any other cleaning agents, not even soap, the use of warm freshwater will do the work efficiently.
Turn and press the crown as you run the watch under warm freshwater. Allow the water to run under the small gaps between the crown and the housing. With this, any dust particle or lotion present in any corner of the watch will wash out.
Pressing the digital crown will help remove any resistance caused because of the dust particle or lotion in the crown that might be stuck in it. Turn off the tap once you are done cleaning the watch.
Wipe the surface of your Apple Watch, the space between the crown and the watch, and the surrounding surface of the watch with a clean dry cloth. Once the Apple watch is cleaned and dry, test the Digital crown by turning it to continue with the process of ejecting the water.
Let’s know more about the digital crown in the Apple watch.
The digital crown in the Apple watches holds immense importance. Pressing the digital crown from the watch face shows your home screen or the app library and pressing it again from the home screen, takes you back to the home face.
Not just the home screen, if a user is in an app and then presses the digital crown, it will take them to the home screen or the app library, and then pressing it again from there will take them to the watch face. In simpler words, a digital crown is used to switch screens in the Apple watch.
Another interesting thing about the digital crown is its double-pressing part. Double pressing the digital crown will take the user back to the app they last used. For instance, let’s say the user is on the activity app and then they shifted to the messaging app and, after that, they came back to the watch face. Now, double pressing the digital crown will take them back to the messaging app, and then double-pressing it again will take them to the activity app. This double-pressing feature is quite less-known amongst the users.
Another feature of the digital crown includes pressing and holding it, if the user presses the digital crown and holds it, it will activate Siri.
Well, this was all about pressing the digital crown, what about rotating it? What does it do then? For starters, on the home screen, rotating the digital crown can be used to zoom in and zoom out or scroll through the apps. If you are in control of a media app like Spotify or Wynk music, rotating the digital crown gives you access to managing the volume of whatever is playing.
Well, this is pretty much about it, the features of the Digital, rest of the features are quite self-explanatory.
Zoom in, zoom out, managing the volume, or scrolling can be done by just rotating the digital crown while switching between apps, moving back to the watch face, activating Siri, or locating the app activities can be done by pressing the Digital Crown.
The new Apple Watch can be used for all sorts of water activities like swimming, scuba diving, surfing, etc. The thing to remember about the Apple watch is that it has a water resistance rating of 50 meters, which means it cannot be taken below that. If going below 50 meters you may be required to take off your Apple watch as chances are there that it might not last. Plus the watch comes with a high price, therefore it is important to take precautions while using it.
The water resistance feature is represented by that water droplet. The feature is used to prevent the user from using their Apple watch while swimming or doing any water chores, or taking a bath. The droplet turns teal when activated and is located on the top of the screen. The feature simply disables the taps to avoid touching the watch underwater.
Turning the digital crown on your Apple watch simply means revolving the crown continues until all the water is ejected from the watch. The crown has to be turned until you hear the beep and the vibration sound. After that, once all the moisture has escaped from the watch, you’ll see ‘unlocked’ on your Apple watch display, which means the watch is ready to use again.
With all the technology evolving so much, Apple products are getting the most fame. The Apple Watch is becoming more famous after the introduction of its water-resistance feature. The feature has saved many watches by ejecting the water out of them and making them ready to use again. The most important part of ejecting all the water and moisture from the Apple Watch is the Digital Crown.
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