Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in watchOS 27
- Apple Watch For Your Kids
- Run with Apple Watch
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- Important safety information
- Important handling information
- Find more resources for software and service
- Unauthorized modification of watchOS
- Band care information
- FCC compliance statement
- ISED Canada compliance statement
- Ultra Wideband information
- Disposal and recycling information
- Apple and the environment
- Copyright and trademarks
Wake and unlock Apple Watch
Wake the Apple Watch display, then customize how long it stays active before automatically locking. Apple Watch uses a passcode to keep your personal information secure. You can unlock Apple Watch manually or set it to unlock automatically when you unlock your iPhone.
Wake the Apple Watch display
By default, the Apple Watch display wakes up when you do the following:
Raise your wrist. Your Apple Watch sleeps again when you lower your wrist.
If your Apple Watch doesn’t wake when you raise your wrist, make sure you selected the proper wrist and watch orientation.
Tap the display.
Press or turn the Digital Crown.
If your Apple Watch doesn’t wake when you tap the display or press or turn the Digital Crown, it may need charging.
Unlock Apple Watch
Enter the passcode: Wake Apple Watch, then enter the watch passcode.
Unlock Apple Watch when you unlock your iPhone: Go to the Apple Watch app
on your iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Passcode, then turn on Unlock with iPhone.
Your iPhone must be within normal Bluetooth range (about 33 feet or 10 meters) of your Apple Watch to unlock it. If Bluetooth is off on Apple Watch, enter the passcode on your watch to unlock it.
Change when Apple Watch automatically locks
With Wrist Detection, your Apple Watch locks automatically when you’re not wearing it. By default, Wrist Detection is turned on.
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.
Tap Passcode, then turn Wrist Detection on or off.
Turning off Wrist Detection affects these Apple Watch features:
When you use Apple Pay on your Apple Watch, you’re prompted to enter your passcode when you double-click the side button to authorize the payment.
Some Activity measurements are unavailable.
Heart rate tracking and notifications are turned off.
Apple Watch no longer automatically locks and unlocks.
Apple Watch doesn’t automatically make an emergency call even after it has detected a hard impact fall.
Lock manually
Press the side button to open Control Center.
Tap
.
You must enter your passcode the next time you try to use your Apple Watch.