Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Get started
- Your Apple Watch
- Apple Watch gestures
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch with 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
- Stay fit with Apple Watch
- Track important health information with Apple Watch
- Stay connected with Apple Watch
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- Apps on Apple Watch
- Open apps
- Organize apps
- Get more apps
- Tell time
- Status icons
- Control Center
- Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
- Siri
- Listen and respond to messages
- See and respond to notifications
- Use shortcuts
- Create an emergency Medical ID
- Manage fall detection
- 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 iPhone with Apple Watch
- Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
- Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
- Copyright
Your Apple Watch
This guide describes Apple Watch Series 3 and later with watchOS 7.4.
Apple Watch Series 6
![The front of Apple Watch Series 6, with the display showing the watch face, and the Digital Crown, microphone, and side button from top to bottom on the side of the watch.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/b516366e9eb79d9d0a239fe002794621.png)
![The back of Apple Watch Series 6, with the band release buttons at top and bottom, the electrical heart sensors, optical heart sensors, and blood oxygen sensors in the middle, and the speaker/air vents on the side.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/0257bd7266b8e8f8973ef36837d450cd.png)
Apple Watch SE
![The front of Apple Watch SE, with the display showing the watch face, and the Digital Crown, microphone, and side button from top to bottom on the side of the watch.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/b516366e9eb79d9d0a239fe002794621.png)
![The back of Apple Watch SE, with the band release buttons at top and bottom, the optical heart sensor in the middle, and the speaker/air vents on the side.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/25769680e065a0daef4e1ad03706147c.png)
Apple Watch Series 4 and Apple Watch Series 5
![The front of Apple Watch Series 4 and Apple Watch Series 5, with the display showing the watch face, and the Digital Crown, microphone, and side button from top to bottom on the side of the watch.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/b516366e9eb79d9d0a239fe002794621.png)
![The back of Apple Watch Series 4 and Apple Watch Series 5, with the band release buttons at top and bottom, the electrical heart sensors and optical heart sensor in the middle, and the speaker/air vents on the side of the watch.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/ac29ce8bf738d3d769f4fce7314b6266.png)
Apple Watch Series 3
![The front of Apple Watch Series 3, with the display showing the watch face, and the Digital Crown and side button on the side of the watch.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/823030d581f4144665817c219bdc891c.png)
![The back of Apple Watch Series 3, with the band release buttons at top and bottom, the optical heart sensors in the middle, and the speaker, air vent, and microphone from top to bottom near the side.](https://help.apple.com/assets/600F108EB67A7B74502B78B5/600F1093B67A7B74502B78C6/en_US/9045e33e412e4f8060cc7ae7cc0845d3.png)
Note: See https://support.apple.com/manuals/applewatch to learn about earlier Apple Watch models.
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