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
Stay connected with Apple Watch
Apple Watch makes it easier to communicate with friends, family, and coworkers, even when your iPhone isn’t with you.
Send a message, right from your wrist
When Apple Watch is connected to Wi-Fi or cellular, you can text a friend in a moment. Raise your wrist and say, “Tell Claire I’ll be there in five minutes.”
Make a call
With an Apple Watch with a cellular or Wi-Fi connection, you can quickly make a call. On an Apple Watch with cellular, just raise your wrist and say “Call Mom.” If you have a Wi-Fi connection, a simple “FaceTime Mom” will do the trick.
Announce your arrival
Meeting a friend for lunch? Apple Watch can let them know you’ve arrived. Open the Find People app 
and tap your friend. Scroll up, tap Notify, then choose to notify your friend when you arrive at their location.
Tap and talk
For a quick audio chat, try Walkie-Talkie 
. Tap a friend’s name, touch and hold Talk, and ask “Got time to chat?”
For more information, see Send messages, Use Walkie-Talkie, Use Apple Watch to get directions or contact a friend, and Make phone calls.