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Table of Contents
Apple Watch User Guide
Welcome
Introducing Apple Watch
Your Apple Watch
Get started
Stay fit with Apple Watch
Track important health information with Apple Watch
Stay connected with Apple Watch
What’s new
Set up and 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
Set up Apple Watch for a family member
Set up a family member’s Apple Watch
Get started with Schooltime
Play music
Add and play podcasts
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
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 your iPhone with Apple Watch
Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
Apple Watch safety features
Safety features on Apple Watch
Set up and view your Medical ID
Contact emergency services
Manage Fall Detection
Manage Crash Detection
Siri
Use Siri
Listen and respond to incoming 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
Work out together using SharePlay
Change what’s on the screen during a Fitness+ workout or meditation
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
Use Cycle Tracking
Receive retrospective ovulation estimates
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
Heart Rate
Heart Health
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
Medications
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
Use Dual SIM iPhone with Apple Watch
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
Track your sleep
Track your nightly wrist temperature
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
Track detection
End and review your workout
Customize workouts
View Heart Rate Zones
View and edit workout metrics
Outdoor run metrics
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
Apple Watch Mirroring
Control nearby devices
AssistiveTouch
Use a braille display
Use a Bluetooth keyboard
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
Use accessibility features with Siri
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
Unauthorized modification of watchOS
Band care information
FCC compliance statement
ISED Canada compliance statement
Ultra Wideband information
Disposal and recycling information
Apple and the environment
Copyright
Add an alarm on Apple Watch
Use the Alarms app
Open and choose a stopwatch
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