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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 AssistiveTouch on Apple Watch

    AssistiveTouch helps you use Apple Watch if you have difficulty touching the screen or pressing the buttons. The built-in sensors on Apple Watch can help you answer calls, control an onscreen pointer, and launch a menu of actions—all through hand gestures.

    Using gestures with AssistiveTouch, you can perform these and other actions:

    • Tap the display

    • Press and turn the Digital Crown

    • Swipe between screens

    • Hold the side button

    • Access Notification Center, Control Center, and the App Switcher

    • Show apps

    • Use Apple Pay

    • Confirm double-clicks of the side button

    • Activate Siri

    • Run a Siri shortcut

    Note: The universal double tap gesture isn’t available when you turn on AssistiveTouch.

    Set up AssistiveTouch

    1. Go to the Settings app on your Apple Watch.

    2. Go to Accessibility > AssistiveTouch, then turn on AssistiveTouch.

    3. Tap Hand Gestures, then turn on Hand Gestures.

      Tip: To learn how to use hand gestures, tap “Learn more” below the Hand Gestures switch, then tap each gesture. When you tap a gesture, an interactive animation shows you how to perform and perfect the gesture.

    You can also go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, go to Accessibility > AssistiveTouch, then turn on AssistiveTouch.

    Use AssistiveTouch with Apple Watch

    With AssistiveTouch and Hand Gestures turned on, navigate your Apple Watch using the following default gestures:

    • Tap: Forward

    • Double tap: Back