Is there a way to force an app to stay open/active on Apple Watch?

June 19, 2015 6:26 AM

I like my Apple Watch so far. But the #1 reason I got it was to take it with me on long bike rides so I could see speed/distance/time at a glance. To my chagrin, after a short time out the cycling app quits, so when I glance down I see the watch face. And because I'm riding I can't swipe around to get back to the app. Surely there's a way to fix this? Or is the OS design that foolish?
posted by AgentRocket to Technology (3 answers total)

Best answer: On your iPhone go to the watch app. Under general scroll down to activate on wrist raise and set it to resume previous activity.
posted by get off of my cloud at 6:52 AM on June 19, 2015

You can also do it on the watch by going to settings -->general -->activate on wrist raise -->scroll down to resume to and change it to last app used.
posted by get off of my cloud at 7:04 AM on June 19, 2015

Response by poster: I love you, get off my cloud.
posted by AgentRocket at 7:15 AM on June 19, 2015 [2 favorites]