Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Open apps
- Apps on Apple Watch
- Organize apps
- Get more apps
- Tell time
- Status icons
- Control Center
- Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
- Siri
- See and respond to notifications
- Create an emergency Medical ID
- Manage fall detection
- 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
- Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
- Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
- Copyright
Connect Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network
By connecting your Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network, you can continue to use many of its features, even when you don’t have your iPhone with you.
Choose a Wi-Fi network
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.Tap Wi-Fi, then tap the name of an available Wi-Fi network.
Wi-Fi networks compatible with Apple Watch are 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz.
If the network requires a password, use your finger to scribble the password characters on the screen.
Use the Digital Crown to choose uppercase or lowercase characters.
Tap Join.
Forget a network
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.Tap Wi-Fi, then tap the name of the network you’re connected to.
Tap Forget This Network.
If you rejoin that network at a later time, you must reenter its password if it requires one.
For more information, see the Apple Support article Connect your Apple Watch to Wi-Fi.