Apple Watch User Guide
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Welcome
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What’s new
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Get started
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Your Apple Watch
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Apple Watch gestures
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Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
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The Apple Watch app
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Charge Apple Watch
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Turn on and wake Apple Watch
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Lock or unlock Apple Watch
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Change language and orientation on Apple Watch
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Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
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Stay fit with Apple Watch
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Track important health information with Apple Watch
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Stay connected with Apple Watch
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Apps on Apple Watch
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Open apps
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Organize apps
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Get more apps
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Tell time
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Status icons
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Control Center
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Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
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Siri
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Listen and respond to messages
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See and respond to notifications
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Use shortcuts
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Create an emergency Medical ID
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Manage fall detection
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Set up Handwashing
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Connect Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network
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Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
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Hand off tasks from Apple Watch
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Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
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Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
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Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
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Stay connected with Apple Watch
Apple Watch makes it easy to communicate with friends, family, and coworkers, even when your iPhone isn’t with you.

Send a message, right from your wrist
Quickly respond to a message with Siri. When Apple Watch is connected to Wi-Fi or cellular, just raise your wrist and say, “Tell Julie I’ll be there in five minutes.” Or touch and hold the message to give your friend a thumbs up with a Tapback reply.

Make a call
Siri can also help you make a quick call. With an Apple Watch with a cellular or Wi-Fi connection, raise your wrist and say “Call Mom.” If you have a Wi-Fi connection, a simple “FaceTime Mom” does the trick.

Announce your arrival
Meeting a friend? Apple Watch can let them know you’ve arrived. Open the Find People app and tap your friend. Scroll up, tap Notify [your friend’s name], 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 the talk button, and ask “Got time to chat?”
For more information, see Send messages, Make phone calls, Use Apple Watch to get directions or contact a friend, and Use Walkie-Talkie.