Apple Watch Randomly Vibrates? (Try THIS Fix First!)

It’s frustrating when your Apple Watch randomly vibrates for no reason. There are a couple of reasons why this may happen—and most are easy to fix.

Fortunately, there are ways to stop the random vibration. In this guide, we’ll go through all the possible reasons why your Apple Watch vibrates randomly and how to fix the problem. 

You may also be experiencing vibrations in your Apple Watch at seemingly random times because of band movements or phantom vibration syndrome.

If these unwanted vibrations make you feel nervous or uncomfortable, you can reset the Haptic settings on your Apple Watch.

You can do this both by your Apple Watch or the Watch app on your iPhone. To do this follow the steps below:

On Apple Watch:

1. Open Settings.

2. Roll down the crown and tap on Sounds & Haptics.

3. Turn Haptic Alerts off.

4. Turn Haptic Alerts on again. 

For iPhone:

1. Go to the Watch app.
2. Scroll down and tap on Sounds & Haptics.

3. Turn Haptic Alerts on or off.

You can choose the Prominent option to add extra emphasis to Haptic Alerts. 

Notifications stop working, apps not updating, etc. To check your Apple Watch connection with your iPhone, check your watch face. If you see a red exclamation mark next to the time, it shows the connection is lost. 

After Apple released watchOS 8, a feature has added as an option. You’ll get a haptic alert on your Apple Watch when you walk away from your phone. If you don’t like it, you can turn it off. 

1. Open the Find My app on your Apple Watch. 
2. Scroll down to find the Notify When Left Behind. 
3. Tap the switch to turn it off. 

There are many software glitches that can cause random vibrations on your Apple Watch. Sometimes, the watchOS is outdated, and you must check for updates.

You can also reset your Apple Watch to see if the problem solves or not. To restart your Apple Watch:

1. Press and hold the side button (under the crown) until you see the power menu. 
2. Slide the Power Off option.
3. Wait at least 10-15 seconds, and press and hold the button again to turn on your Apple Watch. 

Chimes are short, lovely sounds that can be activated on Apple Watch’s settings and will notify you of various events, such as incoming text messages, Instagram notifications, time, etc.

Sometimes, active chimes may cause random vibrations on Apple Watch. To check this:

1. Go to the Watch app (on your iPhone).
2. Open Accessibility.

3. Look for Chimes. 

4. If it’s on, tap on the switch to turn it off.

You can easily detach and replace the bands to fit your daily styles. Sometimes, some of these bands can give you feelings like vibration.

The leather loop band has gotten the most complaint. Change your Apple Watch band and check if the problem solves or not.

This can fix the bug causing your Apple Watch to vibrate randomly. Here’s how to reset your Apple Watch step by step. When you unpair your Apple Watch, your latest data will be saved to your paired iPhone.

So you don’t need to worry about losing your data. You can find more details in our “how to back up Apple Watch” guide.

Restore your Apple Watch from a backup and test to see if your watch still vibrates randomly.

Phantom vibration syndrome is the condition in which you anticipate your phone vibrating and believe it is doing so even when it isn’t.

Because you want to be able to react as quickly as possible, you become accustomed to the vibration and begin to anticipate feeling it.

One way you can reduce phantom vibration syndrome is to turn off the vibration. That way you know for sure your Apple Watch is not vibrating.

You can check the connection, update your watchOS, replace your watch band and change haptic alerts settings to solve this issue.

On the other hand, you may have Phantom Vibration Syndrome. Your Apple Watch may not be vibrating at all and it’s all in your head.

Let me know if this helped stop your Apple Watch’s random vibration. If you found success doing something else, leave me a comment down below!