Apple Series 3 Smart Watch User Guide

Apple Series 3 Smart Watch

A quick look at Apple Watch

Here are the gestures you need to use Apple Watch and its apps. The Apple Watch display not only responds to touch-based gestures like tapping and swiping, it also uses Force Touch technology to respond to the pressure of your fnger.

Set up and pair with iPhone

A  setup assistant guides you through a few simple steps to pair Apple Watch with your iPhone and make it your own. If you have difculty seeing the Apple Watch or iPhone screen to set it up, VoiceOver or Zoom can help. See Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver on page 77 or Zoom on page 79. Set up and pair. Update your iPhone to iOS software version 8.2 or later (go to Settings > General > Software Update), which includes the companion Apple Watch app. Then open the Apple Watch app on iPhone.

WARNING:  To avoid injury, read Important safety information on page 81 before using Apple Watch.

Put Apple Watch on your wrist, then press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo. When prompted, position your iPhone so that Apple Watch appears in the camera viewfnder on the iPhone screen. Follow the instructions on iPhone and Apple Watch to fnish setup. During setup, you’ll choose your language, watch orientation, and passcode. For information on how to change these later, see Change language and orientation on page 12 and Power on, wake, and unlock.

You might need to charge Apple Watch before pairing it with iPhone. For information on charging, see Charge Apple Watch  Change or clean the watch band. For optimal performance, Apple Watch should ft closely but comfortably on your wrist. Adjust the band accordingly. For information about removing and changing the band on Apple Watch, or for help with cleaning, see Remove, change, and fasten bands and Band care information.

Status icons

Status icons at the top of the screen give you information about Apple Watch

• Notifcation:  You have an unread notifcation.
• Charging:  Apple Watch is charging.
• Lock:  Apple Watch is locked with a passcode.
• Do Not Disturb:  Calls and alerts won’t sound or light up the screen, but alarms are still in effect.
• Airplane Mode:  Wireless is turned off but non-wireless features are still available.
• Disconnected from your iPhone: Apple Watch has lost the connection with its paired iPhone.
• Loading: There’s wireless activity or an active process happening.

The Apple Watch app on iPhone

The Apple Watch app on iPhone lets you customize watch settings and options and set up Apple Pay for Apple Watch. It gives you access to the App Store, where you can download and install apps for Apple Watch. For information about the App Store, see Use and organize apps on Open the Apple Watch app. On iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon, then tap My Watch to open the settings for Apple Watch.

Power on, wake, and unlock

Turn on Apple Watch. If Apple Watch is of, press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears (you might see a black screen for a short time frst), then wait for the watch face. Turn of Apple Watch. You can power of Apple Watch—press and hold the side button until the slider appears, then drag it to the right. Wake Apple Watch. Just raise your wrist or tap the display. Apple Watch sleeps when you lower your wrist. You can also wake Apple Watch by pressing the Digital Crown—handy if you’re not wearing it.

If Apple Watch doesn’t wake when you raise your wrist, make sure you’ve selected the proper wrist and Digital Crown orientation. Open the Settings app (if you’re looking at the watch face, press the Digital Crown to get to the Home screen, then tap ), go to General > Orientation, then make sure Orientation is set to the wrist you wear Apple Watch on. It’s also possible that the battery needs charging. See Charge Apple Watch.

Wake to the watch face—or your last activity:  You can set Apple Watch to show the watch face when it wakes, or return you to where you were before it went to sleep. The default is to wake to the watch face. To choose to return to the last app you used, open Settings , tap General > Activate on Wrist Raise, and make sure Wrist Raise is turned on. Then scroll down to choose opening to the last-used app. You can also do this using the Apple Watch app on iPhone: tap My Watch, go to General > Activate on Wrist Raise, then choose Resume Previous Activity.

Unlock with iPhone:  To unlock Apple Watch by entering your iPhone passcode on iPhone, open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Passcode, then tap Unlock with iPhone. Or, on Apple Watch, open Settings , scroll down, tap Passcode, then turn on Unlock with iPhone.

Note:  Your Apple Watch passcode can be diferent from your iPhone passcode—in fact, for security, it’s better to make the passcodes diferent.

Enter your passcode:  If you take Apple Watch of your wrist or wear it very loosely, it asks for your passcode the next time you try to use it. When the number pad appears, just tap your passcode.

Change the passcode:   On Apple Watch, open Settings , scroll down, tap Passcode, then tap Change Passcode and follow the onscreen prompts. Enter a new 4-digit passcode, then confrm it. Or open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Passcode, then tap Change.

Enter a longer passcode:  To use a passcode longer than four digits, open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Passcode, then turn of Simple Passcode. A simple passcode is a 4-digit number. With this option of, you can set a longer passcode on Apple Watch.

Turn of the passcode:   Open Settings , tap Passcode, then tap Disable Passcode. Or open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Passcode, then tap Turn Passcode Of.

Note:  If you disable your passcode, you can’t use Apple Pay on Apple Watch.

Lock it automatically:  Turn on wrist detection to lock your watch automatically when you’re not wearing it. Open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap General, then tap Wrist Detection. If you turn on Wrist Detection, you can also see the time when you raise your wrist. If you turn of Wrist Detection, you can’t use Apple Pay.

Lock it manually:  Press and hold the side button until the sliders appear, then drag the Lock Device slider to the right. You’ll be required to enter your passcode the next time you try to use Apple Watch.

Lock it manually:  Press and hold the side button until the sliders appear, then drag the Lock Device slider to the right. You’ll be required to enter your passcode the next time you try to use Apple Watch.

Erase Apple Watch data:  You can set Apple Watch to erase its data if the incorrect password is entered 10 times. This protects the contents of your watch if it is lost or stolen. Open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Passcode, then tap Erase Data.

If you forget your passcode:  Unpair Apple Watch from its paired iPhone to erase your Apple Watch settings and passcode. You can also reset Apple Watch and pair it again with your iPhone. See Reset Apple Watch settings.

Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics

Adjust brightness:  Open the Settings app , then scroll down and tap Brightness & Text Size. Tap a Brightness symbol, then turn the Digital Crown or tap the brightness symbols to adjust. Or open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Brightness & Text Size, then drag the Brightness slider.

Make the text larger:  Open Settings , then scroll down and tap Brightness & Text Size. Tap Text Size, then tap the letters or scroll the Digital Crown to increase or decrease the text size. Or open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Brightness & Text Size, and drag the Text Size slider.

Make the text bold: Open Settings , then scroll down and tap Brightness & Text Size. Turn on Bold Text. Or open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Brightness & Text Size, then turn on Bold Text. When you turn on bold text from either Apple Watch or your paired iPhone, Apple Watch must reset to apply the change.

Adjust sound. Open Settings : then scroll down and tap Sounds & Haptics. Tap the volume buttons under Ringer and Alert Sounds or tap the slider once to select it, then turn the Digital Crown to adjust the volume. Or open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Sounds & Haptics, then drag the Ringer and Alert Sounds slider.

Mute Apple Watch:  Open Settings , scroll down and tap Sounds & Haptics, then turn on Mute. Or swipe up on the watch face, swipe to the Settings glance, then tap the Mute button. You can also open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Sounds & Haptics, then turn on Mute.

You can also quickly mute new alert and notification sounds by resting the palm of your hand on the watch display and holding it there for at least three seconds. You’ll feel a tap to confirm that mute is on. You must first turn on the option in the Apple Watch app on iPhone. Tap My Watch, tap Sounds & Haptics, then turn on Cover to Mute.

Adjust haptic intensity:Apple Watch taps your wrist for certain notifcations and alerts, and you can adjust the intensity of these haptics. Open Settings , then scroll down and tap Sounds & Haptics. Tap the haptic buttons under Ringer and Alert Haptics or tap the slider once to select it, then turn the Digital Crown to adjust the haptic intensity. Or open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Sounds & Haptics, then drag the Ringer and Alert Haptics slider.

Turn on Do Not Disturb:  Swipe up on the watch face, swipe left or right to the Settings glance, then tap the Do Not Disturb button. Or open Settings , tap Do Not Disturb, then turn on Do Not Disturb. When Do Not Disturb is on, you’ll see the at the top of the screen.

To silence both Apple Watch and iPhone, open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, and turn on Do Not Disturb > Mirror iPhone. Then, any time you change Do Not Disturb on one, the other will change to match.

Change language and orientation

Change language or region format. Open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, then go to General > Language & Region.

Switch wrists or change the Digital Crown orientation:  If you want to switch wrists or prefer to orient the Digital Crown diferently, adjust your orientation settings so that raising your wrist wakes Apple Watch, and turning the Digital Crown moves things in the direction you expect. Open the Settings app , then go to General > Orientation. To change the settings in the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, then go to General > Watch Orientation.

Charge Apple Watch

Charge Apple Watch:  In a well-ventilated area, place the included Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Cable or Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Case on a fat surface, plug it into the included power adapter, or a power adapter you use with iPhone or iPad, and then plug it into a power outlet. When using the Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Case, keep the case open. Position the back of Apple Watch on the charger. The magnets on the charger align Apple Watch properly, and you’ll hear a chime (unless Apple Watch is muted) and see a charging symbol on the watch face. The symbol is red when Apple Watch needs power and turns green when Apple Watch is charging.Check remaining power:  On Apple Watch, swipe up on the watch face, then swipe to the Battery glance.

You can also add the battery indicator to many of the watch faces, including Modular, Color, Utility, Simple, Chronograph, and Mickey Mouse. With the watch face showing, frmly press the display, tap Customize, then swipe to the left until you can choose individual feature locations. Tap a location, turn the Digital Crown to choose Battery, then press the Digital Crown to exit.

Use Power Reserve to stretch available power:  You can put Apple Watch in Power Reserve mode to save power when the battery is low. Apple Watch continues to keep and display time, but other apps aren’t available for use. Swipe up on the watch face, swipe to the Power glance, tap Power Reserve, then tap Proceed. You can also press the side button until you see the slider appear, then drag it to the right.

Note:  Apple Watch automatically enters Power Reserve mode if the percentage of battery charge remaining drops below approximately 10 percent.

Return to normal power mode: Press and hold the side button to restart Apple Watch. There must be sufcient charge in the battery for this to work.

View this user guide

You can view the Apple Watch User Guide on iPhone within the Apple Watch app, in Safari, or in iBooks. You can also open and print a PDF of the user guide. View the user guide from the Apple Watch app. Open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, go to General > About, then scroll down and tap View the Apple Watch User Guide.

View the user guide in Safari: Go to help.apple.com/watch.

•  Add an icon for the user guide to the iPhone Home screen: Tap , then tap Add to Home Screen.
• View the user guide in a diferent language: Tap Change Language at the bottom of the home page.

View the user guide in iBooks. Open iBooks, then search for “Apple Watch user guide” in the iBooks Store. View a PDF of the user guide.

Siri on Apple Watch

Siri can perform tasks and deliver lots of information right on Apple Watch.

Ask Siri a question: Just raise Apple Watch or tap the screen. When it wakes, say “Hey, Siri” followed by your request. You can also press and hold the Digital Crown until you see the listening indicator at the bottom of the screen, then say your request and release the Digital Crown. To reply to a question from Siri or just continue the conversation, hold down the Digital Crown and speak. Or simply say “Hey, Siri” and your request.

When you fly

Some airlines might let you fy with Apple Watch (and iPhone) turned on if you put them in Airplane Mode so they can’t interfere with aircraft systems.

Turn on Airplane Mode: Swipe up on the watch face, swipe to the Settings glance, then tap the Airplane Mode button . The Connected status at the top of the screen changes to Disconnected. Or open the Settings app , then tap Airplane Mode. When Airplane Mode is on, you’ll see at the top of the screen.

To place both Apple Watch and iPhone in Airplane Mode, open the Apple Watch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, and turn on Airplane Mode > Mirror iPhone. Then, any time you switch to Airplane Mode on one device, the other will switch to match. To turn of Airplane Mode, you must do it on each device separately.
Note:  To turn of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, place Apple Watch in Airplane Mode.

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