Tell time with haptic feedback on Apple Watch

The Taptic Time feature gives people who are blind or visually impaired another way to tell time without anyone else hearing it. When Apple Watch is in Silent Mode, you tap and hold two fingers on the watch face to feel a haptic version of the time.

Go to the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
Tap Clock, scroll down, then tap Taptic Time.
Turn on Taptic Time, then select the pattern you want Taptic Time to use.
- Digits: Conveys the hours and minutes by using long taps for tens and short taps for ones.
  For example, two long taps and three short taps, followed by three long taps and four short taps, would mean 23:34, or 11:34 p.m.
- Terse: Conveys the time accurate to a 15-minute period; it’s less precise than Digits. It uses long taps to signify that 5 hours have passed since midnight, followed by short taps for the remaining hours, then long taps again for each quarter-hour.
  For example, three long taps, four short taps, and two long taps would convey a time between 19:30 (7:30 p.m.) and 19:44 (7:44 p.m.).
- Morse Code: Taps out each digit of the current time in Morse Code. This is handy for people who are familiar with this coding system.
To feel a haptic version of the time, touch and hold two fingers on the watch face.

If VoiceOver is on, turn on Taptic Time by double-tapping the watch face while the display is inactive.

You can also configure Taptic Time on iPhone. Go to the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, go to Clock > Taptic Time, then turn it on.

Note: Taptic Time is disabled if Apple Watch is set to always speak the time. To be able to use Taptic Time, first go to Settings > Clock, then turn on Control With Silent Mode under Speak Time.

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Tell time with haptic feedback on Apple Watch