The Apple Watch Ultra, Apple’s high-end smartwatch, has a super-bright 2,000-nit display, twice the size of other Apple Watches, and a unique dial called Wayfinder that displays location coordinates and elevation data, taking advantage of the watch’s built-in dual-band GPS hardware.
Another special feature of the Wayfinder dial is the night mode. In night mode, the dial changes color to black and red, making it more suitable for viewing in dim light. Before watchOS 10, switching the night mode was done by rotating the digital crown. But in watchOS 10, the digital crown is used to activate a new widget area, so the night mode toggle is moved to the dial customization menu, which requires more steps to turn on.
watchOS 10 also brings a new improvement to the Apple WatchUltra, an automatic night mode, which determines whether night mode needs to be turned on based on the watch’s ambient light sensor.
That said, Night Mode currently only changes the color of the dial and does not affect the display of the widget area. If users view widgets in dim light, they may feel uncomfortable for their eyes. We hope that Apple will address this issue in a future system update to make the Apple Watch Ultra’s Night Mode even better.
