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    Apple Watch User Guide
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    Table of Contents

    Apple Watch User Guide

    • Welcome
      • Apple Watch models
      • Use buttons and gestures
      • Get started with Apple Watch
      • Stay active with Apple Watch
      • Stay connected with Apple Watch
      • Apple Watch Ultra, built for the outdoors
    • What’s new in watchOS 27
      • Pair and set up Apple Watch with iPhone
      • Pair another Apple Watch with your iPhone
        • Turn on or off
          • Charge the battery
          • Check battery health and usage
          • Extend the battery life
          • Connect to Wi-Fi
          • Set up and use cellular service
          • Use Dual SIM
          • Use Airplane Mode
        • Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
    • Apple Watch For Your Kids
      • Wake and unlock
      • Tell time
      • Check the status
      • Use apps
      • Use Control Center
      • Enter text
      • View Live Activities
      • See widgets in the Smart Stack
      • Use tap gestures
      • Use the Action button
      • Use the flashlight
      • Ping your iPhone
      • Manage your passcode
        • See and respond to notifications
        • Use gestures for notifications and alerts
        • Silence notifications for extended periods
        • Change notification settings
        • Use Focus
      • Remove and change Apple Watch bands
      • Organize apps
      • Change the settings
      • Change the language and orientation
      • Adjust the display settings
      • Adjust volume and haptics
      • Choose alert sounds and haptics
      • View app settings and storage
      • Update your Apple Account
      • Safety features
      • Contact emergency services
      • Set up and view Medical ID
      • Use Check In
      • Manage Fall Detection
      • Manage Crash Detection
        • Set up satellite communications
        • Use satellite features
      • How to use Siri
      • Get started with Siri AI
      • Use the Siri app
        • Find information with Siri
        • Take action with Siri on Apple Watch
        • Ask Siri to play audio
        • Control your Apple Watch and smart home devices
        • Change how Siri responds
        • Announce calls with Siri
        • Listen and respond to incoming notifications
      • Change Apple Watch faces
      • Add complications to the watch face
      • Share Apple Watch faces
      • Faces and features
    • Run with Apple Watch
      • Get started with health features
      • Update your health details
      • Set up Handwashing
      • See time in daylight
        • Track daily activity
        • Adjust your Activity ring goals
        • Track your training load
        • Share your activity
      • Alarms
      • App Store
      • Audiobooks
      • Blood Oxygen
      • Calculator
      • Calendar
      • Camera Remote
        • Use the Compass app
        • View and add waypoints
        • Use Backtrack to retrace your steps
      • Contacts
        • Use Cycle Tracking
        • Receive retrospective ovulation estimates
        • Track your pregnancy
        • Track menopause stages
        • Measure underwater temperature, duration, and depth
        • Log your underwater activity
        • Configure the Depth app
      • ECG
        • Set up Find My
        • Find people
        • Find devices
        • Find items
        • Heart Rate
        • Monitor your heart health
        • Receive hypertension notifications
      • Home
      • Mail
        • Get directions
        • Find places
        • Use offline maps
      • Medications
        • Read and respond to messages
        • Write messages
        • Translate messages
      • Memoji
        • Start a Reflect or Breathe session
        • Log your state of mind
        • Add music
        • Remove music
        • Play music
        • Do more with Music
        • Pin music
        • Radio
      • Music Recognition
      • News
      • Noise
      • Notes
      • Now Playing
        • Make calls
        • Accept or decline incoming calls
        • While on a call
        • Make a FaceTime audio call
        • Choose a photo album and manage storage
        • View photos
        • Customize the Photos watch face
      • Podcasts
      • Readiness
      • Reminders
      • Remote
      • Shortcuts
      • Siren
        • Set up sleep schedules
        • Track your sleep
        • View your sleep score
        • Track your nightly wrist temperature
        • Receive sleep apnea notifications
      • Stocks
      • Stopwatch
      • Tides
      • Timers
      • Tips
      • Translate
      • Vitals
      • Voice Memos
        • Set up cards and passes
        • Make purchases with Apple Pay
        • Use cards and passes
        • Manage cards and passes
      • Weather
          • Start a workout
          • Play audio during a workout
          • Use Workout Buddy
          • Use gym equipment
          • Create a Custom Workout
          • Combine multiple workouts
          • Customize workout views
          • Start an outdoor run workout
          • Workout views and running metrics
          • View Heart Rate Zones
        • Go cycling
        • Go for a swim
        • Change settings in Workout
      • World Clock
      • Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
      • Choose an audio destination
      • Hand off tasks
      • Unlock your Mac
      • Unlock your iPhone
      • Ping your Apple Watch with iPhone
      • Use accessibility features with Siri
      • Use the Accessibility Shortcut
        • Zoom
        • Adjust text and display settings
        • Tell time with haptic feedback
        • Use VoiceOver
        • Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver
        • Apple Watch basics with VoiceOver
        • Use a braille display
        • Use a Bluetooth keyboard
        • Apple Watch Mirroring
        • Control nearby devices
        • AssistiveTouch
        • Use a Bluetooth keyboard
        • Adjust motor skills settings
        • Automatically open the focused app
        • Set up and use RTT
        • Accessibility audio settings
        • Control Live Listen
        • Use Sound Recognition
        • Type to speak
      • Restart Apple Watch
      • Unpair and erase Apple Watch
      • If you forget your passcode
      • Recover Apple Watch
      • Restore Apple Watch from a backup
      • Update Apple Watch software
      • Protect a lost Apple Watch
      • Important safety information
      • Important handling information
      • Find more resources for software and service
      • 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 and trademarks

    Use apps on Apple Watch

    You can browse and open apps from the Home Screen. Your Apple Watch comes with a collection of helpful apps designed to keep you connected right from your wrist. These built-in apps work seamlessly with your iPhone and can help you stay active, communicate with others, access important information, and more.

    Open apps from the Home Screen

    1. From the watch face, press the Digital Crown to see the dynamic app grid, which shows the apps you use most and have used most recently.

      The dynamic app grid shows the apps you use most.
    2. Tap an app to open it.

    3. To see more apps, turn the Digital Crown.

      The Home Screen showing all your apps.

    To return to the Home Screen from an app, press the Digital Crown once, then press it again to switch to the watch face.

    Apps included with Apple Watch

    App icon

    App name

    For more information

    Activity icon

    Activity

    Track daily activity

    Alarm icon

    Alarms

    Add an alarm

    App Store icon

    App Store

    Get apps

    Audiobooks icon

    Audiobooks

    Listen to audiobooks

    Blood Oxygen icon

    Blood Oxygen

    (not available on Apple Watch SE; not available in all countries or regions)

    Measure blood oxygen levels

    Calculator icon

    Calculator

    Use Calculator

    Calendar icon

    Calendar

    Check and update your calendar

    Camera Remote icon

    Camera Remote

    Use Camera Remote

    Compass icon

    Compass

    Use the compass

    Contacts icon

    Contacts

    See contact information

    Cycle Tracking icon

    Cycle Tracking

    Use Cycle Tracking

    Depth icon

    Depth

    Measure underwater temperature, duration, and depth

    ECG icon

    ECG

    Record an electrocardiogram

    Find My icon

    Find My

    Set up Find My

    Heart Rate icon

    Heart Rate

    Check your heart rate

    Home icon

    Home

    Control your home

    Mail icon

    Mail

    Read and write mail

    Maps icon

    Maps

    Get directions

    Medications icon

    Medications

    Track your medications

    Memoji icon

    Memoji

    Use Memoji

    Messages icon

    Messages

    Read and respond to messages

    Mindfulness icon

    Mindfulness

    Practice mindfulness

    Music icon

    Music

    Add and play music

    Music Recognition icon

    Music Recognition

    Identify songs with Shazam

    News icon

    News

    (not available in all countries or regions)

    Read news stories

    Noise icon

    Noise

    Measure noise levels

    Notes icon

    Notes