Apple Watch freezes after completing walk and run activities

Watch 12 froze at the completion of walk and run, activities, at least once each. I took it back to Apple Store, they ran diagnostics, said all the hardware was ok and the new software release 27.0.1 should fix it. I had in fact already downloaded it on Friday morning before going to the store. Yesterday and today functioned fine but let’s see!

Posted on Sep 27, 2026 4:18 AM

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WheelieNick

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Oct 17, 2026 1:35 PM in response to Altennis

Next Steps if the Freeze Happens Again

Force Restart: Press and hold both the Side Button and the Digital Crown at the same time for at least 10 seconds until the Apple logo appears.
Reset Fitness Calibration Data: Open the Watch app on your iPhone, go to Privacy, and tap Reset Fitness Calibration Data to clear corrupted tracking caches.
Unpair and Re-pair (As a New Device): If the freeze returns, unpair the watch from your iPhone and set it up as a new device rather than restoring from a backup, which helps eliminate deep software corruption.