Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Apple Watch gestures
- Use double tap to perform common actions
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
- Set up more than one Apple Watch
- Pair Apple Watch with a new 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
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- 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
- Use the Smart Stack to show timely widgets
- Manage your Apple ID
- Use shortcuts
- See time in daylight
- 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
- Set up and use cellular service on Apple Watch
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- Get started with Apple Fitness+
- Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
- Find Fitness+ workouts and meditations
- Start a Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Create a Custom Plan in Apple Fitness+
- Work out together using SharePlay
- Change what’s on the screen during a Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Download a Fitness+ workout
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- Alarms
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Contacts
- ECG
- Medications
- Memoji
- News
- Now Playing
- Reminders
- Stocks
- Stopwatch
- Timers
- Tips
- Voice Memos
- Walkie-Talkie
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- 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
- World Clock
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- 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
- Type to speak
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Use World Clock on Apple Watch to check the time in other locations
Use the World Clock app on your Apple Watch to check the time in cities around the globe.
Siri: Say something like: “What time is it in Auckland?”
Add and remove cities in World Clock
Open the World Clock app on your Apple Watch.
Tap , then tap .
Type the city name (on supported models only, not available in all languages), or use Scribble or dictation to enter the city name.
To use Scribble, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, then tap Scribble.
Note: Scribble is not available in all languages.
Tap the city name to add it to World Clock.
To remove a city, swipe left on its name in the city list, then tap X.
The cities you add on your iPhone also appear in World Clock on your Apple Watch.
Check the time in another city
Open the World Clock app on your Apple Watch.
Tap , then turn the Digital Crown or swipe to scroll through the list.
To see more information about a city, including time of sunrise and sunset, tap the city in the list.
When youʼre finished, tap in the top-left corner, or swipe right to return to the city list.
If there’s a city whose time you’d always like to see, you can add a World Clock complication to your watch face and choose the city to display.
Change city abbreviations
To change a city abbreviation used on your Apple Watch, follow these steps:
Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
Tap My Watch, then go to Clock > City Abbreviations.
Tap any city to change its abbreviation.
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