Apple Watch Ultra User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Apple Watch Ultra gestures
- Use double tap to perform common actions
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch Ultra with iPhone
- Set up more than one Apple Watch
- Pair Apple Watch Ultra with a new iPhone
- Choose a function for the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra
- The Apple Watch app
- Charge Apple Watch Ultra
- Turn on and wake Apple Watch Ultra
- Lock or unlock Apple Watch Ultra
- Change language and orientation on Apple Watch Ultra
- Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
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- Apps on Apple Watch Ultra
- 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 Ultra to a Wi-Fi network
- Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
- Hand off tasks from Apple Watch Ultra
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch Ultra
- Unlock your iPhone with Apple Watch Ultra
- Use Apple Watch Ultra without its paired iPhone
- Set up and use cellular service on Apple Watch Ultra
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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 Ultra (U.S. only)
- Manage Apple Cash (U.S. only)
- Use Wallet for passes
- Use rewards cards
- Pay with Apple Watch Ultra 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 Ultra using VoiceOver
- Apple Watch Ultra 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
Go for a swim with Apple Watch Ultra
Start a swimming workout
Open the Workout app on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Turn the Digital Crown to Open Water Swim or Pool Swim.
For Pool Swim workouts, set the pool length, then tap Start.
When you’re finished, press and hold the Digital Crown to unlock your Apple Watch Ultra, tap End, then tap End Workout.
The pool swim workout automatically tracks your sets and when you rest. The summary on your Apple Watch Ultra displays the kinds of strokes you used and the total distance you swam. You can find the pace for each set in the workout summary on your iPhone.
To pause or resume your swim, press the Digital Crown and side button at the same time. To review your swimming workout summary, unlock your Apple Watch Ultra, tap End, then tap End Workout.
Manually clear water after swimming
When you start a swimming workout, your Apple Watch Ultra automatically locks the screen with Water Lock to avoid accidental taps. When you’re out of the water to rest or because you’ve finished your workout, press and hold the Digital Crown to unlock the screen and clear any water from the speaker. You hear sounds and may feel some water on your wrist.
After your swim, press the side button to open Control Center, then tap .
Press and hold the Digital Crown to unlock the screen and clear water from the speaker.