Connect your Apple Watch to Wi-Fi

When your iPhone isn't nearby, your Apple Watch can connect to Wi-Fi. To choose which Wi-Fi network your Apple Watch connects to, you need watchOS 5 or later.

Choose a Wi-Fi network

Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
Tap Wi-Fi. Your device automatically searches for networks.
Tap the name of the network that you want to join. If you have Apple Watch Series 6 or later, you can connect to 2.4GHz or 5GHz Wi-Fi networks. Apple Watch Series 5 and earlier, and Apple Watch SE, can connect only to 2.4GHz Wi-Fi networks.
If asked, enter the password using Scribble or the Apple Watch keyboard.
Tap Join.

You can use Scribble in these languages: English (Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), French (France and Canada), German, and Italian.

Forget a Wi-Fi network

Open the Settings app on your Apple Watch.
Tap Wi-Fi, then tap the name of the network you’re connected to.
Tap Forget This Network, then tap Forget.

Find compatible Wi-Fi networks

Your Apple Watch can connect to a Wi-Fi network:

If your iPhone, while connected to your watch with Bluetooth, has connected to the network before.
If the Wi-Fi network is 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz (or 5GHz if you have Apple Watch Series 6 or later).

Your Apple Watch won't connect to public networks that require logins, subscriptions, or profiles. These networks, called captive networks, can include free and pay networks in places like businesses, schools, dorms, apartments, hotels, and stores. When your Apple Watch connects to a compatible Wi-Fi network instead of your iPhone connection, the Wi-Fi icon appears in the Control Center.