You can control vibration (also known as haptics) on your Apple Watch through its settings. This allows you to manage vibrations for alerts, system feedback, and more.
Controlling vibration on your Apple Watch typically involves adjusting settings related to sounds, haptics, and notifications. The level of control varies, allowing you to turn off specific types of vibrations or silence the watch entirely.
Understanding Apple Watch Haptics
The Apple Watch uses haptic feedback (vibrations) to silently notify you of incoming alerts and provide subtle feedback for system interactions. Based on common settings and information like the provided reference, key types of haptics include:
- Alert Haptics: Vibrations for notifications from apps, calls, texts, etc. The reference specifically mentions "haptics here alerts".
- Crown Haptics: Vibrations you feel when you rotate the Digital Crown for scrolling or other actions. The reference describes "crown haptics which basically as you're rolling it or rotating it you'll get a vibration feedback," and suggests you can "disable that".
Methods to Turn Off Apple Watch Vibration
Here are common ways to manage or turn off vibrations on your Apple Watch:
1. Disable Crown Haptics
If you want to stop the vibration feedback when rotating the Digital Crown, you can disable this specific haptic setting.
- Go to the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
- Tap Sounds & Haptics.
- Find the option for Crown Haptics.
- Disable this setting (as mentioned in the reference: "If you don't want that disable that").
2. Manage Alert Haptics
For vibrations related to notifications ("alerts"), you typically manage these via the Sounds & Haptics settings or through specific app notification settings.
- Go to the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
- Tap Sounds & Haptics.
- Look for options related to Haptic Strength or Haptic Alerts. You can often adjust the intensity or turn them off here.
- For specific apps, you may need to adjust notification settings either on the watch (Settings > Notifications) or via the Watch app on your paired iPhone.
3. Silence Your Apple Watch
Silencing your Apple Watch is a quick way to stop most vibrations and sounds for notifications and alerts, without affecting timers, alarms, or haptic feedback for actions like using the Digital Crown (unless you've turned Crown Haptics off separately).
- Using Control Center: Swipe up from the watch face to open Control Center. Tap the bell icon to toggle Silent Mode on or off. When the bell icon is red and crossed out, Silent Mode is active.
By using a combination of these settings, you can control which types of vibrations you receive on your Apple Watch, from specific system feedback like Crown Haptics to notification alerts.
