Like the title suggests, watch os 10 has more or less ruined the apple watch experience for me. For context, i was a new apple watch user, with my first apple watch being the SE 1st gen back in january of 2022. I loved switching between the different watch faces with a simple swipe, being able to access the control center with a swipe up and opening the multitasking tab with just the press of the button underneath the crown. Even the animations felt smoother back then. Now, everytime i need to access the multitasking tab, i need to double press the crown. I hate switching between the watch faces and the animations definitely feel a bit slower compared to the previous OS version. These might seem like minor inconveniences but I don’t know, i wish i could switch back to the older version.
After my S10e broke I bought a temporary iPhone XR and a 40mm S5. I actually enjoyed it so much so that I was almost considering getting another iPhone next so I can keep the watch. Then WatchOS 10 came along and I pretty much stopped using my watch. It became clunky and hard to navigate, everything got hidden behind tons of clicks, turns and touches. It made me buy an android and a Wear OS watch two weeks later and I haven’t looked back since.
I genuinely tried using WatchOS 10 and I gave the bloody “smart stack” a try, but this update literally pushed me to stop using my watch altogether.