How to add apps on the watch to the dock using Favourites view

By snowyowl, 26 November, 2019

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watchOS and Apple Watch Apps

Hi Everyone.

I have been trying for some time to put apps that are not in the dock area of my apple watch into the dock area.

For Weather Gods I need to use the favourite apps one. No matter what I do I can't move any apps that aren't in my dock to the dock even if the dock is empty.

Is there a way to do this mark an app as a favourite.

this has been driving me mad for ages.

Cheers.

From Snowy.

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By Morgan Watkins on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 21:55

I have been managing favorites in the dock for the last couple of years, but noticed after the introduction of Watch OS 6 that the old method no longer worked. I, too, am still looking for a solution and would appreciate ideas and work-arounds. The Watch OS will still allow the dock to keep track of those apps recently launched, but I really want my favorites back. It is still possible to remove old Favorites from the dock, but I have not figured out a way to put apps back into the Apple Watch dock. I am using an Apple Watch 4 with cellular, running the latest Apple Watch operating system. My iPhone is a 10 R, also running the latest version of iOS 13. I use VoiceOver on both my iPhone and my Apple Watch.

By snowyowl on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 21:55

So if I double tap on weather gods which isn't at the bottom of the list it should be added to the favourites? I will try that so tap twice on the re order button?

Cheers.

By Morgan Watkins on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 21:55

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, I cannot find the Insert button, which did function in the past. However, I tried just dragging the Activity app into the dock and it appeared to work. That was not the app I wanted to move, but at least it appears, at first glance, that I had some kind of success. My big problem, I suspect, is that the Insert button is not showing up in VoiceOver for me.

By snowyowl on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 21:55

Hi After double tapping on weather gods do I swipe about til I find an insert button?

I tried double tapping on weather gods itself and dragging it up the screen but that didn't work neither.

Cheers.