Why has Favourites/Dock been removed in WatchOS10??

On an average day, I probably accessed the dock 20+ times per day. Having my favorite apps at the touch of a button was a very helpful feature. What was the thinking in removing this feature?

To the UX personnel and developers; the open tasks dock is not a substitute or a lateral move. For my usage, this new OS makes my Apple watch significantly less usable/useful.

I have sent feedback to Apple via Feedback - Watch - Apple asking them to bring the Favourites back in the Dock, and hope that as many as possible of you do the same.

Thank you LD50.

Two things about this new functionality.

thing 1 - It is a pain to do this on the watch. I used to be able to more easily set my favorite apps for the old dock on my phone.

thing 2 - I can't access all my apps here. Some of my apps are just not available on this stack of apps. Like my Nike running app which used to be at the top of my favorites on the old dock. This app is not available to be pinned here. I can only access it through the full list of apps and is a pain to find.

Major downgrade from Apple.

Apple made me sad with his new upgrade. Trying to find a way to revert.

Not at all what I need. I used to be able to access my favorite apps quickly and easily though the old dock. Having to scroll through the entire stack of apps is a huge time consuming pain. This really takes away functionality for me. The new Smart Stack and ability to pin apps only works with certain apps and unfortunately some of my favorite apps are not available to be pinned.

Wipe up the face or rotate the crown to bring up Widgets which replaced Dock

You can choose what apps to keep there and can pin them to the top.

A Dock in another name.

I agree with all that the Dock feature taken away is not a favorable decision. At the risk of me stating the obvious, the double click feature on the crown will take you to your most recent apps, so if you click on your fav apps or use it frequently, it/they will always be there when you double click the crown. Hope this helps

This recent Watch OS update is TERRIBLE. It is now much harder to access my dock apps. It was not hard to access control panel in prior Watch OS. I used the dock apps button many many times a day. Now I need to quickly double tap the Crown button which is much harder. What functionality is created with this update? . All my muscle memory is gone . I keep accessing the control panel unintentionally. Upsetting.

I have exactly the same opinion. Please let us select favourites!

But not all apps are available to be pinned. Anyway to select any app from All Apps?

Swooper-33 wrote:

I agree!! This is a horrible change and makes my watch far less usable. Running app and music right there with an easy swipe. Use it multiple times during run to check time/distance, change music. Plus I just wasted an hour trying to find where the dock went and how to bring it back. Double click watch dial is awkward as **** and the scrolling is touchy. Keep clicking on the wrong stuff. Bring back the dock PLEASE! Have rolled with all other updates but this is a no-go. :(

Apple does not read this user-to-user technical support forum for feedback.

But you can send Apple feedback via:

Feedback - Watch - Apple

If enough users send feedback, it is more likely a decision maker will see it, and maybe take action.

Not all of the apps have available widgets. The one at the top of my favorites list doesn’t (adding the widget was the first thing I tried) so this update is super annoying for me.

I agree!! This is a horrible change and makes my watch far less usable. Running app and music right there with an easy swipe. Use it multiple times during run to check time/distance, change music. Plus I just wasted an hour trying to find where the dock went and how to bring it back. Double click watch dial is awkward as **** and the scrolling is touchy. Keep clicking on the wrong stuff. Bring back the dock PLEASE! Have rolled with all other updates but this is a no-go. :(

Double click the crown gives me recently viewed, not favorites. It appears the dock was removed.

Dlira wrote:

Agree. I want to select my favouite apps in the dock.

Tell Apple via

Feedback - Watch - Apple

If enough users send feedback, it is more likely it will reach a decision maker.