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
View and add waypoints in Compass on Apple Watch
Create waypoints to mark locations in Compass. Apple Watch automatically generates waypoints for the following:
Where you parked your car.
The last location where your Apple Watch or iPhone could make a cellular connection.
Where Emergency SOS was last available (not supported in all countries or regions).
About cellular and emergency call waypoints
When available, cellular waypoints mark the most recent or closest approximate location where either your Apple Watch or iPhone connected to your carrier’s cellular network. When available, emergency call waypoints mark the most recent or closest approximate location where either your Apple Watch or iPhone detected that service from a carrier might be available to make an emergency call. Your surroundings, environmental conditions, and other factors may impact call connectivity or waypoint availability. Reconnecting may not be possible near these waypoints depending on these conditions.
The cellular waypoints feature requires an iPhone using iOS 17 or later and an Apple Watch with a cellular plan.
Note: Emergency call waypoints are available only in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
Create a waypoint
Go to the Compass app
on your Apple Watch.
Tap
to add a waypoint.
Do any of the following:
Create a waypoint of your current location: Enter waypoint information such as label, color, or symbol (car or home, for example), then tap
.
Create a waypoint of another location: Turn the Digital Crown to scroll to the bottom of the screen, then tap Coordinates. Tap Latitude or Longitude, enter the coordinates, then tap Done. Tap
, then tap
Tip: On Apple Watch Ultra models, you can quickly drop a waypoint by pressing the Action button. See Use the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra models.
Display waypoints
Go to the Compass app
on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown down to see the waypoints near you. Keep turning the Digital Crown to expand the range up to 50 miles.
Do any of the following:
View waypoints relative to your current elevation: Tap
.
See the distance, direction, and relative elevation of a waypoint: Tap a waypoint, turn the Digital Crown to select a waypoint, then tap Select.
Browse waypoints: Tap
, then tap Waypoints.