Some Apple Watch screen turns green after watchOS 9.5 update
Miscellaneous / / May 22, 2023
It is worth waiting with the update if you have not installed it yet.
On Reddit and the Apple forums appear complaints from Apple Watch users. After installing the latest watchOS 9.5, they noticed a greenish tint to the display on the passcode entry screen, as well as when viewing the notification and control center.
According to user reports, Apple Watch SE and Ultra suffer from this bug less often, and among Series 8 and previous licensed models, the error is more common.
On the forums they say assumptionthat the shading was added intentionally, but it's hard to believe. Only part of the updated watch is affected, and it looks strange: instead of deep black, which you expect from an AMOLED screen, you get a strange brightened display, which immediately catches your eye frame.
Some users managed to get rid of the green tint after restarting their watch, but others didn't.
Previously, some iPhone users experienced similar problems after updating iOS, and Apple fixed it with quick patches. If it's really in the firmware, you should expect it to be fixed with the next update.