Apple Watch Ultra User Guide
- Welcome
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- Apple Watch Ultra gestures
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch Ultra with iPhone
- Choose a function for the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra
- The Apple Watch app
- Charge Apple Watch Ultra
- Turn on and wake Apple Watch Ultra
- Lock or unlock Apple Watch Ultra
- Change language and orientation on Apple Watch Ultra
- Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
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- Apps on Apple Watch Ultra
- 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 Ultra to a Wi-Fi network
- Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
- Hand off tasks from Apple Watch Ultra
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch Ultra
- Unlock your iPhone with Apple Watch Ultra
- Use Apple Watch Ultra without its paired iPhone
- Use your Apple Watch Ultra with a cellular network
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- Alarms
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Compass
- Contacts
- Depth
- 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 Ultra (U.S. only)
- Manage Apple Cash (U.S. only)
- Use Wallet for passes
- Use rewards cards
- Pay with Apple Watch Ultra 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 Ultra using VoiceOver
- Apple Watch Ultra 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
Accessibility audio settings on Apple Watch Ultra
If you prefer to hear a combined left+right audio signal out of both audio channels on speakers or headphones connected to your Apple Watch Ultra, turn on Mono Audio. You can also adjust the left-right balance of your Apple Watch Ultra audio, whether stereo or mono. And you can change AirPods settings to be more accessible.
Change mono audio and balance settings
Open the Settings app 
on your Apple Watch Ultra, tap Accessibility, then, under Hearing, do any of the following:
Switch from stereo to mono audio: Turn on Mono Audio.
Adjust the audio balance: Tap the L or R button below Mono Audio.
You can also open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Accessibility, then turn on Mono Audio and adjust the audio balance.
Change AirPods settings
You can change press speed and press-and-hold duration settings for the AirPods you use with your Apple Watch Ultra. You can also turn on noise cancellation on AirPods Pro for when you have one of your AirPods in only one ear.
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.Go to Accessibility > AirPods, select your AirPods, then choose settings.
You can also open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, then go to Accessibility > AirPods.
Show HomePod transcriptions
Apple Watch Ultra can show transcriptions for any HomePod announcements when both devices use the same Apple ID.
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.Go to Accessibility, then turn on Show Audio Transcriptions.