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Use the Contacts app on Apple Watch

You can create, edit, and view contact information, share contacts using NameDrop, and keep your contacts up to date across devices with iCloud.

Create a contact

Go to the Contacts app on your Apple Watch.
Tap .
Enter the contact’s name and, optionally, company.
Add a phone number, email, and address, then tap .

See contact information

You can text, call, and email directly from the Contacts app.

The Contacts app showing a contact. The contact’s picture is in the middle of the screen with the name below. Phone, Messages, and More Options buttons appear below. A Back button is at the top left.

Go to the Contacts app on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through your contacts.
Tap a contact, then do any of the following:
- Text: Tap to open an existing message thread or begin a new one.
- Call: Tap to see the contact’s phone numbers, then tap a number to start a call.
- Email: Tap .

Share, edit, block, or delete a contact

Go to the Contacts app on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through your contacts.
Tap a contact, scroll down, then do any of the following:
- Share a contact: Tap , then choose a sharing option.
- Edit a contact: Tap , then choose information to edit. You can remove a field such as address or email by tapping Remove below the field.
- Block a contact: Tap Block Contact.
- Delete a contact: Tap Delete Contact.

See your own contact card

Go to the Contacts app on your Apple Watch.
Tap your profile picture at the top right.

Exchange contact information with NameDrop

Do one of the following:
- Share from Apple Watch to iPhone: Hold the display of your Apple Watch a few centimeters from the top of the other person’s iPhone.
- Share from Apple Watch to another Apple Watch: Go to the Contacts app on your Apple Watch, tap your picture in the top-right corner, tap Share, then bring your watch close to the other person’s Apple Watch.
A glow emerges from both devices, and Apple Watch vibrates to indicate a connection is being made.
Continue holding your devices near each other until NameDrop appears on both screens.
Choose to share your contact card and receive the other person’s, or to only receive the other person’s.
Continue holding your devices near each other.
To cancel, move the two devices away from each other before NameDrop completes.

See alsoRead and write mail on Apple Watch Make calls on Apple Watch Read and write mail on Apple Watch Update your Apple Account settings on Apple Watch

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