Apple Watch basics with VoiceOver
With VoiceOver on your Apple Watch, you can perform many functions with a press, swipe, or turn of the Digital Crown. Try the following while viewing the current watch face.
Change the watch face: Triple-tap the screen, turn the Digital Crown to browse available faces, then press the Digital Crown to choose the face.
Customize a watch face: Triple-tap the display, swipe down to choose Edit, then double-tap. Swipe left or right with two fingers to browse the customizable features. Turn the Digital Crown to customize the selected feature. When you finish, press the Digital Crown, then double-tap the face to save your changes.
Check notifications from the watch face: Swipe down with two fingers.
To check notifications from most other screens, tap the time in the top-right of the display, then swipe down with two fingers.
Open Control Center from the watch face: Press the side button.
Show widgets: From the watch face, scroll down with the Digital Crown or swipe up with two fingers.
Open the App Switcher: Double-click the Digital Crown, then turn the Digital Crown to scroll through recent apps. Double-tap an app to open it.
Open any app in Grid View: Press the Digital Crown once to go to the Home Screen. Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through apps. Drag your finger to highlight an app, then double-tap to open it. Or use Siri to open it: hold down the Digital Crown until you feel the double tap, then say “launch” followed by the app name (for example, “launch Mail”).
Read mail: Press the Digital Crown once to go to the Home Screen. Swipe to highlight the Mail app, then double-tap (or hold down the Digital Crown to use Siri, then say “launch Mail”). When the Mail app opens, turn the Digital Crown to navigate and hear messages. Navigate through the message with the Digital Crown.
Navigate with the Digital Crown: Triple-tap with two fingers, then turn the Digital Crown to select an item. Triple-tap with two fingers to turn off Digital Crown Navigation.