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Table of Contents
Apple Watch User Guide
Welcome
Your Apple Watch
What’s new
Set up and get started
Get started
Apple Watch gestures
Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
The Apple Watch app
Charge Apple Watch
Turn on and wake Apple Watch
Lock or unlock Apple Watch
Change language and orientation on Apple Watch
Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
Stay fit with Apple Watch
Track important health information with Apple Watch
Stay connected with Apple Watch
Set up Apple Watch for a family member
Set up a family member’s Apple Watch
Set up reminders on a family member’s Apple Watch
Get started with Schooltime
Play music
See health and activity reports
Use Apple Cash Family
Basics
Apps on Apple Watch
Open apps
Organize apps
Get more apps
Tell time
Status icons
Control Center
Use Focus
Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
See and respond to notifications
Change notification settings
Manage your Apple ID
Use shortcuts
Create an emergency Medical ID
Manage fall detection
Set up Handwashing
Connect Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network
Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
Hand off tasks from Apple Watch
Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch
Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
Siri
Use Siri
Listen and respond to notifications
Announce calls with Siri
Apple Watch faces
Explore the Face Gallery
Customize the watch face
Share Apple Watch faces
Faces and features
Apple Fitness+
All about Apple Fitness+
Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
Set up Apple Fitness+ on Apple TV
Browse Fitness+ workouts and Meditations
Start a Fitness+ workout
Pause and resume a Fitness+ workout
End and review a Fitness+ workout
Work out together using SharePlay
Change what’s on the screen during a Fitness+ workout
Download a Fitness+ workout
Apps
Activity
Track daily activity with Apple Watch
Share activity
Alarms
Audiobooks
Add audiobooks
Play audiobooks
Blood Oxygen
Calculator
Calendar
Camera Remote
Compass
Contacts
Cycle Tracking
ECG
Find People, Devices, and Items
Find People
Find People
Get directions or contact a friend
Find devices
Find Items
Locate an AirTag
Mark an AirTag as lost
Heart Rate
Home
Control your home
Send and receive Intercom messages
Remotely access your smart home accessories
Mail
Read mail
Write and reply to mail
Manage mail
Maps
Maps
Get directions
Memoji
Messages
Read messages
Send messages
Reply to messages
Mindfulness
Practice mindfulness
Listen to guided Meditations
Music
Add music
Remove music
Play music
Do more with Music
Radio
News
Noise
Noise
Monitor your environmental noise exposure
Now Playing
Phone
Phone
Make phone calls
Make an emergency phone call
Use Apple Watch with Dual SIM iPhone
Photos
Choose a photo album and manage storage
View photos
Podcasts
Add podcasts
Play podcasts
Reminders
Remote
Control music on a Mac or PC
Control Apple TV
Sleep
Stocks
Stopwatch
Timers
Tips
Voice Memos
Walkie-Talkie
Wallet and Apple Pay
About Wallet
Apple Pay
Set up Apple Pay
Make purchases
Send, receive, and request money with Apple Watch (U.S. only)
Manage Apple Cash (U.S. only)
Use Wallet for passes
Use rewards cards
Pay with Apple Watch on Mac
Ride transit
Use your driver’s license or state ID
Use digital keys
Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
Weather
Workout
Work out with Apple Watch
Start a workout on Apple Watch
End and review your workout
Go for a swim
Use gym equipment with Apple Watch
Adjust your workout settings
World Clock
Accessibility and related settings
VoiceOver
Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver
Apple Watch basics with VoiceOver
AssistiveTouch
Use a braille display
Zoom
Tell time with haptic feedback
Adjust text size and other visual settings
Adjust motor skills settings
Set up and use RTT
Accessibility audio settings
The Accessibility Shortcut
Restart, erase, recover, restore, and update
Restart Apple Watch
Erase Apple Watch
Recover Apple Watch
Restore Apple Watch from a backup
Update Apple Watch software
If you forget your passcode
Get help
Sell, give away, or protect a lost Apple Watch
Get information about Apple Watch
Other ways to view this user guide
Apple Watch Support site
Learn more, service, and support
Safety and handling
Important safety information
Important handling information
Band care information
FCC compliance statement
ISED Canada compliance statement
Ultra Wideband information
Disposal and recycling information
Apple and the environment
Copyright
Track daily activity with
Apple Watch
The Activity app
on your Apple Watch.
Tap Activity, then configure the notifications.
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