Apple Watch Ultra User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Apple Watch Ultra gestures
- Use double tap to perform common actions
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch Ultra with iPhone
- Set up more than one Apple Watch
- Pair Apple Watch Ultra with a new iPhone
- Choose a function for the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra
- The Apple Watch app
- Charge Apple Watch Ultra
- Turn on and wake Apple Watch Ultra
- Lock or unlock Apple Watch Ultra
- Change language and orientation on Apple Watch Ultra
- Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
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- Apps on Apple Watch Ultra
- Open apps
- Organize apps
- Get more apps
- Tell time
- Status icons
- Control Center
- Use Focus
- Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
- See and respond to notifications
- Change notification settings
- Use the Smart Stack to show timely widgets
- Manage your Apple ID
- Use shortcuts
- See time in daylight
- Set up Handwashing
- Connect Apple Watch Ultra to a Wi-Fi network
- Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
- Hand off tasks from Apple Watch Ultra
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch Ultra
- Unlock your iPhone with Apple Watch Ultra
- Use Apple Watch Ultra without its paired iPhone
- Set up and use cellular service on Apple Watch Ultra
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- Get started with Apple Fitness+
- Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
- Find Fitness+ workouts and meditations
- Start a Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Create a Custom Plan in Apple Fitness+
- Work out together using SharePlay
- Change what’s on the screen during a Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Download a Fitness+ workout
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- Alarms
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Contacts
- ECG
- Medications
- Memoji
- News
- Now Playing
- Reminders
- Stocks
- Stopwatch
- Timers
- Tips
- Voice Memos
- Walkie-Talkie
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- About Wallet
- Apple Pay
- Set up Apple Pay
- Make purchases
- Send, receive, and request money with Apple Watch Ultra (U.S. only)
- Manage Apple Cash (U.S. only)
- Use Wallet for passes
- Use rewards cards
- Pay with Apple Watch Ultra on Mac
- Ride transit
- Use your driver’s license or state ID
- Use digital keys
- Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
- World Clock
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- VoiceOver
- Set up Apple Watch Ultra using VoiceOver
- Apple Watch Ultra basics with VoiceOver
- Apple Watch Mirroring
- Control nearby devices
- AssistiveTouch
- Use a braille display
- Use a Bluetooth keyboard
- Zoom
- Tell time with haptic feedback
- Adjust text size and other visual settings
- Adjust motor skills settings
- Set up and use RTT
- Accessibility audio settings
- Type to speak
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Listen and respond to incoming notifications with AirPods and Beats headphones on Apple Watch Ultra
Siri can read out incoming notifications from many apps without having to unlock your iPhone when you’re using supported AirPods and Beats headphones. Siri avoids interrupting you and listens after reading notifications so you can reply without saying “Hey Siri.”
Turn on Announce Notifications
Put your paired headphones in or on your ears, depending on the kind of headphones you have.
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.Go to Siri > Announce Notifications, then turn on Announce Notifications.
You can also open the Settings app on your iPhone, go to Notifications > Announce Notifications, then turn on Announce Notifications.
Tip: Siri can also read your unread notifications in Notification Center—either through the Apple Watch Ultra speaker or headphones connected through Bluetooth. Just say “Read my notifications.”
Choose apps for notifications
You can choose the apps that are allowed to announce notifications.
Put your paired headphones in or on your ears, depending on the kind of headphones you have.
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.Go to Siri > Announce Notifications, scroll down, then tap the apps you want audio notifications from.
Temporarily turn off Announce Notifications
Press the side button to open Control Center.
Tap
.Tap
again to turn it on.
Note: The Announce Notifications button is disabled when you remove AirPods.
Reply to a message
Say something like “Reply that’s great news.”
Siri repeats what you said, then asks for confirmation before sending your reply. (To send replies without waiting for confirmation, open the Settings app on your Apple Watch Ultra, go to Siri > Announce Notifications, scroll to the bottom, then turn on Reply without Confirmation.)
Stop Siri from reading a notification
You can do any of the following:
Say something like “Stop” or “Cancel.”
Press the Digital Crown (AirPods Max).
Note: While listening to a notification, you can turn the Digital Crown to change the volume.
Press either Force Sensor (AirPods Pro and AirPods 3rd generation).
Double-tap either of your AirPods (2nd generation).
Remove one of your AirPods (AirPods Pro and AirPods 2nd and 3rd generation).
If you didn’t turn on Announce Notifications when you set up your AirPods, open the Settings app on your Apple Watch Ultra, go to Siri > Announce Notifications, then turn on Announce Notifications.