Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Apps on Apple Watch
- 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
- Manage your Apple ID
- Use shortcuts
- Set up Handwashing
- Connect Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network
- Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
- Hand off tasks from Apple Watch
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Unlock your iPhone with Apple Watch
- Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
- Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
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- Alarms
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Compass
- 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 (U.S. only)
- Manage Apple Cash (U.S. only)
- Use Wallet for passes
- Use rewards cards
- Pay with Apple Watch on Mac
- Ride transit
- Use your driver’s license or state ID
- Use digital keys
- Use COVID-19 vaccination cards
- Weather
- World Clock
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- VoiceOver
- Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver
- Apple Watch 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
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Contacts
In the Contacts app , you can view, edit, and share contacts from other devices that use the same Apple ID. You can also create contacts and set up a contact card with your own information.
![The Contacts app showing a contact. The contact’s name is near the top left with their picture at the top right. Phone and Messages buttons appear below.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6398A9D9257A2C1D9026967A/6398A9DD257A2C1D9026968B/en_US/58a2219e84fbe4e1f5e82b5f6f78134b.png)
See contacts on your Apple Watch
Open the Contacts app
on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through your contacts.
Tap a contact to view information and notes.
![A list of contacts in the Contacts app.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6398A9D9257A2C1D9026967A/6398A9DD257A2C1D9026968B/en_US/b2329e54c845a7f565777d6b6971eb3f.png)
If you have an image associated with the contact, tap it to enlarge the image.
Communicate with contacts
You can call, text, email, or begin a Walkie-Talkie conversation directly from the Contacts app.
Open 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:
Tap
to see the contact’s phone numbers. Tap a phone number to call.
Tap
to open an existing message thread or begin a new one.
Tap
to create an email message.
Tap
to invite the person to Walkie-Talkie or—if they’ve already accepted your invitation and they have Walkie-Talkie turned on—begin a Walkie-Talkie conversation.
Create a contact
Open the Contacts app
on your Apple Watch.
Swipe down, then tap New Contact.
Enter the contact’s name and, optionally, company.
Add a phone number, email, and address, then tap Done.
Share, edit, or delete a contact
Open the Contacts app
on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through your contacts.
Tap a contact, scroll down, then tap Share Contact, Edit, or Delete Contact.
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