As the days go by, new things are known about the Apple Watch. While most are good things about the operation of this new wonder of Apple, others are bugs being found. The truth is that I start to think about the news we have given in which we reported that Apple had a secret laboratory in which Apple Watch was tested for months and we fail to understand how these failures were not detected under those circumstances.
A few days ago, the fact that the Apple Watch sensors did not measure the heart rate well if the user had tattoos in the area of contact of the watch with the skin became viral. Another topic that has been talked about a lot is if the steel model is very prone to scratches and now, some users have reported that the fluidity of the crown of their Apple Watch has decreased.
One of the star features of the Apple Watch is the existence of a wheel, like a watch of a lifetime. It is a crown that when rotated makes us interact in a simpler way with certain parts of the interface. As we have seen in many videos, the rotation of this is very smooth and does not offer much resistance, however, there have already been several users who have reported in the Apple support website that the turning of the crown of their watches has become harder.
Given this information, we might think that the problem may have been due to the fact that, under intense use while doing sports, the sweat may have entered the area of the crown mechanism and when it dries, the salts it contains will crystallize. Another option is that dust may have entered the area due to intense use in an unsuitable atmosphere. However, there are users who have reported that they have not subjected their Apple Watch to any of these situations so Apple has been quick to indicate what to do in the event that this occurs.
On the Apple support website we can read that we will have to perform these steps as many times as necessary until the problem is solved:
1. Turn off Apple Watch and remove the charging cable if it is connected.
2. Remove the straps from it so that we only have the body of the Apple Watch in our hands.
3. Pour water on the crown area for 10 to 15 seconds turning and pressing the crown at the same time.
4. Finally we dry the Apple Watch again and we verify that the wheel has regained its fluidity.
More information | Apple support
