Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Get started
- Your Apple Watch
- Apple Watch gestures
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
- The Apple Watch app
- Charge Apple Watch
- Turn on and wake Apple Watch
- Lock or unlock Apple Watch
- Change language and orientation on Apple Watch
- Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
- Stay fit with Apple Watch
- Track important health information with Apple Watch
- Stay connected with Apple Watch
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- Apps on Apple Watch
- Open apps
- Organize apps
- Get more apps
- Tell time
- Status icons
- Control Center
- Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
- Siri
- Listen and respond to messages
- See and respond to notifications
- Use shortcuts
- Create an emergency Medical ID
- Manage fall detection
- 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 iPhone with Apple Watch
- Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
- Use your Apple Watch with a cellular network
- Copyright
Play audiobooks on Apple Watch
You can use the Audiobooks app to play audiobooks from the Book Store on your Apple Watch.
Play audiobooks stored on Apple Watch
After you connect Apple Watch to Bluetooth headphones or speakers, open the Audiobooks app on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through the artwork.
Tap an audiobook to play it.
Play audiobooks on iPhone
Open the Audiobooks app on your Apple Watch.
Tap On iPhone.
Tap an audiobook to play it on your iPhone.
Play audiobooks from your library
If your Apple Watch is near your iPhone or connected to a Wi-Fi network (or a cellular network, for Apple Watch models with cellular), you can stream audiobooks from your audiobooks library to your Apple Watch.
Open the Audiobooks app on your Apple Watch.
Tap Library, then tap an audiobook to play it.
You can also play audiobooks purchased from the Book Store by members of your Family Sharing group. Just tap My Family on the Audiobooks screen, then tap an audiobook. See the iPhone User Guide for information about Family Sharing.
Play audiobooks with Siri
Ask Siri to play an audiobook in your library.
“Play the audiobook ‘Treason.’”
Control playback
Turn the Digital Crown to adjust volume. Use these controls to play audiobooks:
Play the audiobook. | |||||||||||
Pause playback. | |||||||||||
Skip ahead 15 seconds. | |||||||||||
Skip back 15 seconds. | |||||||||||
Playback speed. Options include 1x, 1 1/4x, 1 1/2x, 1 3/4x, 2x, and 3/4x. | |||||||||||
Choose a track or chapter. |