Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- Your Apple Watch
- What’s new
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- Get started
- 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
- Use Focus
- Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics
- See and respond to notifications
- Change notification settings
- Manage your Apple ID
- 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
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- All about Apple Fitness+
- Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
- Set up Apple Fitness+ on Apple TV
- Browse Fitness+ workouts and Meditations
- Start a Fitness+ workout
- Pause and resume a Fitness+ workout
- End and review a Fitness+ workout
- Work out together using SharePlay
- Change what’s on the screen during a Fitness+ workout
- Download a Fitness+ workout
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- Alarms
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Compass
- Contacts
- Cycle Tracking
- ECG
- Heart Rate
- Memoji
- News
- Now Playing
- Reminders
- Sleep
- 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
- Copyright
Play podcasts on Apple Watch
Play podcasts stored on Apple Watch
After you connect Apple Watch to Bluetooth headphones or speakers, open the Podcasts app
on your Apple Watch.Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through the artwork.
Tap a podcast to play it.
Play podcasts from iPhone
Open the Podcasts app
on your Apple Watch.Tap On iPhone.
Tap Up Next, Shows, Episodes, or Stations.
Navigate to an episode, then tap it.
Play podcasts 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 podcasts from your podcast library to your Apple Watch.
Open the Podcasts app
on your Apple Watch.Tap Library; tap Episodes, Stations, or a show; then tap an episode to play it.
Play podcasts with Siri
Say something like “Hey Siri, play the podcast Still Processing.” Your Apple Watch plays the podcast’s latest episode.
Control playback
Turn the Digital Crown to adjust volume. Use these controls to play podcasts on your Apple Watch:
 | Play the current podcast. | ||||||||||
 | Pause playback. | ||||||||||
 | Skip ahead 30 seconds. | ||||||||||
 | Skip back 15 seconds. | ||||||||||
 | Playback speed. Options include 1x, 1 1/2x, 2x, and 1/2x. | ||||||||||
 | Choose an episode of the currently playing podcast. | ||||||||||
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