Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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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
- Manage your Apple ID
- Use shortcuts
- 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
- Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
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- Alarms
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Compass
- 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
- Weather
- 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
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Use a Bluetooth keyboard with VoiceOver on Apple Watch
You can connect a Bluetooth keyboard to control VoiceOver output. Hold down the keyboard’s modifier keys and type to navigate Apple Watch using VoiceOver.
Connect a Bluetooth keyboard
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.Go to Accessibility > VoiceOver > Keyboards.
Put the keyboard in pairing mode, scroll to the bottom of the screen, then tap the keyboard under Devices.
Change the keyboard settings
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.Go to Accessibility > VoiceOver > Keyboards.
Set any of the following:
Setting
Description
Phonetic feedback
Choose to hear characters and phonetics or phonetics only.
Typing feedback
Choose to hear characters, words, or characters and words as you type on the Bluetooth keyboard.
Modifier keys
Choose the modifier keys that must be pressed on a hardware keyboard to activate VoiceOver key commands. Options are Control + Option and Caps Lock.
Keyboard interaction time
Set the amount of time to wait before VoiceOver can start Slide to Type or make use of alternative keys on the software keyboard. Use the plus and minus buttons to adjust interaction time from zero to four seconds.
Navigate using a keyboard
Use the following keys to navigate with a Bluetooth keyboard.
Setting | Action |
Right Arrow key | Move to next item. |
Left Arrow key | Move to previous item. |
Modifier key + Down Arrow key | Read out character or phonetics of selected item from left to right. |
Modifier key + Up Arrow key | Read out character or phonetics of selected item from right to left. |
Modifier key + Space bar | Tap selected item. |
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