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
Listen to radio on Apple Watch
In the Music app 
on Apple Watch, Radio is the home of Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country—three Apple Music stations that feature the latest music from a variety of genres as well as exclusive interviews. You can also listen to broadcast radio and featured stations crafted by music experts.
No subscription is required to listen to Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, or Apple Music Country.
Listen to Apple Music radio
To listen to Apple Music radio, make sure your Apple Watch is near your iPhone or connected to a Wi-Fi network—or a cellular network, if you have an Apple Watch with cellular.
Open the Music app
on your Apple Watch.From the Home screen, tap
, tap Radio, then tap Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, or Apple Music Country.
Listen to a featured or genre station
Open the Music app
on your Apple Watch.From the Home screen, tap
, tap Radio, then turn the Digital Crown to scroll through stations and genres created by music experts.Tap a genre to see its stations, then tap a station to play it.
Explore radio options
When playing a radio station, you can see what’s playing next, add music to your library or a playlist, share songs and stations, mark what you do and don’t like, and go to an artist or album screen.
Open the Music app
on your Apple Watch.Tap Radio, then tap a station to play it.
Tap
, then choose an option.
Listen to broadcast radio
You can listen to thousands of broadcast radio stations on your Apple Watch.
Siri: Say something like “Play Wild 94.9” or “Tune in to ESPN Radio.”
You can ask for stations by name, call sign, frequency, and nickname.
Note: You don’t need a subscription to Apple Music to listen to broadcast radio. Broadcast radio isn’t available in all countries or regions. Not all stations are available in all countries or regions.
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