Apple Watch Fireworks animation - 2019

[PhillyGuy72]

Did the watch do this in previous years? I never noticed this until now.
Kind of cool.

If you check out "Notifications" it will say "Happy New Year (Name)" - hit that and you should see the fireworks.

 

[MacManiac76]

Just came here to post about this. Was a nice surprise when the clock hit midnight on my watch. Definitely was not expecting this.

 

[akash.nu]

Yep it was a nice surprise indeed.

 

[dbrewood]

My wife got it at Midnight on her S3, my S4 didn't have it there until this morning.

 

[Jason Hensley]

It was a pretty cool little thing Apple did!

 

[csurfr]

Indeed they had the same thing last year. You will get one on your birthday with balloons as well.

 

[user1234]

That was a nice surprise. I checked the time at midnight and got this animation. Have played it many times since

 

[adamgbiggs]

I thought it was pretty cool too, nice of Apple to add little touches like this.

Adam.

 

[Julien]

Where is the audio?

 

[Starship67]

It’s had this for a couple years I believe. Also on your birthday you should get one similar with balloons.

 

[testcard]

I like it!

 

[PhillyGuy72]

Where is the audio?

I muted that, it was just background noise from my TV anyway.
The animation on the watch didn't have sound.

 

[kohlson]

I just happened to look down at my AW3 a few seconds after midnight - my daughter saw it, too. It was fun and celebratory. I am rarely up past midnight these days, and even more rare that I am looking at my watch for something other than time or exercise.

 

[testcard]

The animation is still sitting on my AW in notifications. It’s a nice personalised touch 🙂

 

[Traverse]

I know I got this last year as well, but I don't recall the year before.

 

[spytech]

It's been like so for a while. Honestly I've been using watchOS since version 1 and I could swear it does this every year, as well as the balloons, but can't be sure. Surprised to see this thread given that I take it for granted 😅 Anyhow this year was odd as it did not trigger at midnight like usual.

 

[⌚️SteveS]

Did the watch do this in previous years? I never noticed this until now.
Kind of cool.

If you check out "Notifications" it will say "Happy New Year (Name)" - hit that and you should see the fireworks.

Yup 👋 - happened here in the UK as well.

 

[The Game 161]

Happened last year too

 

[JagdTiger]

Did the watch do this in previous years? I never noticed this until now.
Kind of cool.

If you check out "Notifications" it will say "Happy New Year (Name)" - hit that and you should see the fireworks.

That’s kinda cool.

 

[Strangedream]

They should add animations for Halloween and Christmas too

 

[TimothyL]

Didn’t get it this year and haven’t in years past either

 

[jbachandouris]

It did happen last year. My only complaint was that after you watch it, you can't clear the 'notification.' It has to go away on its own.

 

[jaybar]

It did happen last year. My only complaint was that after you watch it, you can't clear the 'notification.' It has to go away on its own.

What was nice became annoying for the reason you stated.

Since I purchased my first AW in February 2019, I missed it and had no idea when it would vanish.

 

[digitalexplr]

Got New Years, missed my birthday a few days earlier.

 

[topcat001]

Got New Years, missed my birthday a few days earlier.

Does your contact card have your birthday, and does it show up in the Calendar app with a little birthday present icon? The Birthdays calendar needs to be enabled.