This showed up when I 'upgraded' to an Ultra 4 from my Ultra 1. It may be an artifact of Watch OS 27.x or of the hardware. I have no way to determine which it is. I am able to determine that I'm annoyed by this and questioning why, if this is an intended behavior, what benefit I'm supposed to get from it.
When I press the crown to open up the Apps screen I get mixed display. There are seveb icons one of which is a graphic with three horizontal lines. Press the lines graphic and a list view of the apps displays.
In my Ultra 1 with Watch OS 26.x I could set the watch to respond to a pure list view when I pressed the crown. I'd like to get that behavior back. As it stands, to get to my apps I need to press the crown and then press the lines icon to get where I got to with the Ultra 1 by simply pressing the crown.
OK, this isn't a world shaker but it has me questioning if I spent quite a bit of money up to 'upgrade' wisely. Every time I need to get to apps on the Ultra 4 I miss my Ultra 1.