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Table of Contents

  • Welcome
  • What’s new
    • Get started
    • Your Apple Watch
    • 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 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
    • Apps on Apple Watch
    • Open apps
    • Organize apps
    • Get more apps
    • Tell time
    • Status icons
    • Control Center
    • Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
    • Siri
    • Listen and respond to messages
    • See and respond to notifications
    • 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
    • Explore the Face Gallery
    • Customize the watch face
    • Share Apple Watch faces
    • Faces and features
    • All about Apple Fitness+
    • Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
    • Set up Apple Fitness+ on Apple TV
    • Browse Fitness+ workouts
    • Start a Fitness+ workout
    • Pause and resume a Fitness+ workout
    • End and review a Fitness+ workout
    • Change what’s on the screen during a Fitness+ workout
    • Download a Fitness+ workout
      • Track daily activity with Apple Watch
      • Share activity
    • Alarms
      • Add audiobooks
      • Play audiobooks
    • Blood Oxygen
    • Breathe
    • Calculator
    • Calendar
    • Camera Remote
    • Compass
    • Cycle Tracking
    • ECG
      • Find People
      • Get directions or contact a friend
    • Heart Rate
      • Control your home
      • Send and receive Intercom messages
      • Remotely access your smart home accessories
      • Read mail
      • Write and reply to mail
      • Manage mail
      • Maps
      • Get directions
    • Memoji
      • Read messages
      • Send messages
      • Send a Digital Touch
      • Add music
      • Remove music
      • Play music
    • News
    • Noise
    • Now Playing
      • Phone
      • Make phone calls
      • Make an emergency phone call
      • Use Apple Watch with Dual SIM iPhone
      • Choose a photo album and manage storage
      • View photos
      • Add podcasts
      • Play podcasts
    • Radio
    • Reminders
      • Control music on a Mac or PC
      • Control Apple TV
    • Sleep
      • Stocks
      • Display stock information on the watch face
    • Stopwatch
    • Timer
    • Voice Memos
    • Walkie-Talkie
      • 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 car keys
    • Weather
      • 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
    • VoiceOver
    • Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver
    • Apple Watch basics with VoiceOver
    • 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 Apple Watch
    • Erase Apple Watch
    • Restore Apple Watch from a backup
    • Update Apple Watch software
    • If you forget your passcode
    • 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
    • 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

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