Toggle Theater Mode

Switches the Theater Mode setting on your Apple Watch to enable or disable all alerts, touches, and wake-on-raise-wrist.

Actions Used

Set Theater Mode
Enable Theater Mode to reduce Watch sounds and display activity.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Toggle%20Theater%20Mode
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Toggle%20Theater%20Mode
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Toggle Theater Mode” end tell

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