1. Personalizing Your Apple Watch
In this chapter, you learn how to customize your Apple Watch to suit your needs. Topics include the following:
→ Choosing and customizing your watch faces
Your Watch already looks beautiful, but you can make it your own by personalizing the way it looks and functions to suit your personality and the way you want your Apple Watch to work for you.
Choosing and Customizing Your Watch Face
Your Apple Watch comes pre-installed with a number of watch faces. You can choose a different watch face to suit your mood, customize the watch face, and even create new watch faces.
1. Force Touch on the current watch face.
2. Swipe left and right to see all the available watch faces.
3. Tap a watch face to use it.
Customize an Existing Watch Face
Most watch faces can be customized by adding, removing, or changing the complications that are visible. In some cases, you can also change watch face colors and the detail shown on the face. You can use the following steps to customize the watch face you are currently using, or customize a different watch face before you start using it.
1. Force Touch on the current watch face.
2. To keep your current watch face, skip this step and move on to step 3 to begin customizing. To change to another watch face, swipe left and right to see all the available watch faces.
3. Tap Customize. If you do not see the word Customize under the watch face, that particular watch face cannot be customized.
4. Turn the Digital Crown to choose the amount of numeric detail shown on the watch face. Some watch faces do not allow changing the numeric detail.
5. Swipe from right to left to move to the next customization screen.
6. Turn the Digital Crown to choose the color of the second hand. On some watch faces, the color customization screen allows you to choose the color of the watch face itself.
7. Swipe from right to left to move to the next customization screen.
Makers of mechanical watches use the term “complications” to describe any mechanical watch function that is in addition to displaying the time in hours and minutes. In fact, a watch that only shows the hours and minutes is said to have a simple movement. Because mechanical watches are made using tiny gears, springs, and other mechanical pieces, adding extra functionality is complicated, and hence adding something such as the date to the display is said to be a complication. This is true not only in watch construction, but when the watch needs to be repaired. Some examples of mechanical watch complications include a chronograph, moon phases, and displaying time in different times zones. When Apple designed the Apple Watch, they wanted to keep the traditional language surrounding watches, and so a watch face on your Apple Watch can include complications, which are essentially icons that show additional information such as the time in a different time zone or the weather. Watch apps that you install might include additional complications.
8. Tap the date complication and turn the Digital Crown to scroll between Off and Date. Off means that the complication is not shown, and Date means the face displays the day of the month.
9. Tap the complication in the top-right of the screen.
10. Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through all of the available complications to choose one for this position on the watch face. If you choose Off, no complication is shown at this position.
11. Tap the three remaining complication positions and turn the Digital Crown to choose a complication for each position, or choose Off to show no complication at that position.
12. Press the Digital Crown or Force Touch after you have finished making all the customizations to the watch face. You can also just wait for 5–10 seconds and your changes will be saved.
13. Tap the now customized watch face to start using it.
Create a New Version of an Existing Watch Face
You can create new versions of existing watch faces so that you can switch between them quickly in the future. This would be useful if you want to use the same type of watch face, but customized for different situations.
1. Force Touch on the current watch face.
2. Swipe from right to left until you see the plus (+) symbol.
3. Tap the plus symbol.
4. Turn the Digital Crown to choose the watch face for which you want to make a new version.
5. Tap the watch face to select it.
6. Follow the steps in the previous section, “Customize an Existing Watch Face,” to customize your new watch face.
Delete a Watch Face
You can delete any watch face, including the ones that came pre-installed and any versions you may have created.
1. Force Touch on the current watch face.
2. Swipe left and right to find the watch face you want to delete.
3. Swipe the watch face up.
What If I Delete One of the Pre-installed Watch Faces?
If you accidentally delete one of the pre-installed watch faces, you can create a new version of it by following the steps in the section “Create a New Version of an Existing Watch Face.”
Using the Photo Album and Photo Watch Faces
New! The Photo Album watch face uses the photo album you have chosen to synchronize to your Watch. Each time you lift your wrist to see the time, a new randomly selected photo from that photo album is displayed along with the time. The Photo watch face shows one photo from the synchronized photo album. Here is how to use the Photo and Photo Album watch faces.
Synchronize a Photo Album
Before you use the Photo or Photo Album watch faces, you must first synchronize a photo album from the Photos application on your Mac to your Watch. You may choose to create a new album just for this purpose or use an existing one.
1. Tap the Watch app on your iPhone.
2. Swipe up until you see Photos. Tap Photos.
4. Tap the name of the album you want to synchronize to your Watch. In this example, the Favorites album is chosen.
5. Tap Photos to return to the previous screen.
7. Choose the maximum number of photos you want to synchronize from the chosen photo album to your Watch. This limits the number of photos that synchronize to your Watch, even if there are more photos in the photo album.
8. Tap Photos to return to the previous screen.
Choose The Photo Album Watch Face
Now that you have a photo album synchronized to your Watch, you can choose the Photo Album watch face.
1. Force Touch the watch face.
2. Swipe left or right until you find the Photo Album watch face.
3. Tap the Photo Album watch face to choose it.
Create a Photo Watch Face
Now that you have a photo album synchronized to your Watch, you can create one or more Photo watch faces, each with their own photo. You can repeat these steps as many times as you like to create many Photo watch faces each with their own photo.
1. Press the Digital Crown to see a list of your Watch apps.
2. Tap the Photos Watch app.
3. Force Touch a photo that you want to use as a new Photo watch face.
5. A new watch face is created using the photo as its background.
Time Lapse Watch Face
The Time Lapse watch face plays a time lapse of cities and landmarks around the world, according to the time of day. For example, if it is morning when you lift your wrist to see the time, a time lapse of the city or landmark you have chosen plays for the morning hours. You can customize the Time Lapse watch face and choose different cities and landmarks including Mack Lake, New York, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Shanghai.
Change Overall Watch Face Functionality
From your iPhone, you can control overall watch face settings, including whether you want to show 24-hour time, show the Notifications Indicator, and even change the monogram letters used.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Scroll down until you see the Clock icon and then tap it.
3. Tap to enable or disable displaying the time in 24-hour format when you are using a digital watch face. Analog watch faces do not show a 24-hour clock.
4. Tap to choose whether you want your Watch to receive Timer and Alarm alerts from your iPhone. When this is turned on, you are able to choose to snooze or dismiss an alarm playing on your iPhone.
5. Tap to choose whether you want a red dot to appear at the top of the Watch screen to indicate that you have unread notifications.
6. Tap to change the monogram that is used by the Color watch face. It defaults to the first letters of your first and last names, but you can change that.
7. Tap to change the default acronyms used by your Watch to symbolize cities you have chosen to see in the World Clock complication. This is useful if you are using the World Clock complication and are confused by the letters that are being used.
8. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
>>>Go Further: Make Your Watch Display Time Ahead of the Actual Time
Time Travel with Your Watch
Time Traveling with your Watch allows you to look ahead into the future, or look back at the past to see what will be happening in the future, or be reminded of what has already happened. While looking at any watch face (with the exception of Time Lapse, Photo Album, and Photo watch faces), turn the Digital Crown to time travel forward and backward through time. Your watch face shows the date, time, and information that occurred at that time in the past, or that will occur at that time in the future. For example, if you time travel forward in time, you see appointments appear, and even complications, showing things like temperature, and sunrise/sunset that appear as they will be in the future. Press the Digital Crown to return to real time.
Rearranging App Icons and Activating Airplane Mode
The more apps you install on your Watch, the more app icons you see on your Home Screen (list of apps). You might want to rearrange the app icons to make the ones you routinely use easier to access. You can also coordinate Airplane Mode between your iPhone and Apple Watch.
Move App Icons
You might want to move the icons for the apps you use more often closer to the center of the app list. Here is how.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap App Layout.
3. Touch and hold on the app icon that you want to move. The icon gets a bit larger, indicating it can be moved. In this example, we are going to move the Evernote app icon.
4. Drag the app icon to its new position. As you drag it, other app icons move out of its way. When you have the app icon in the desired position, lift your finger to release it.
5. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Configure Do Not Disturb
When enabled, Do Not Disturb silences all alerts and notifications on your Apple Watch. By default, Do Not Disturb on your Watch mirrors how it is set up on your iPhone. You can choose to control Do Not Disturb on your Watch separately.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap General.
4. Tap the On/Off slider to choose whether you want Do Not Disturb mode to be mirrored between your iPhone and Apple Watch.
What Is the Best Way to Configure Do Not Disturb?
By default, your Apple Watch mirrors your iPhone for Do Not Disturb mode. This means that when Do Not Disturb is enabled or disabled on your iPhone (manually or automatically), your Watch also enables or disables Do Not Disturb to mirror your iPhone. It also means that if you manually enable Do Not Disturb on your Apple Watch, your iPhone mirrors that setting. If you turn off the Do Not Disturb Mirror iPhone setting, it simply means that your Watch and iPhone no longer mirror each other for Do Not Disturb, but that doesn’t mean your iPhone does not automatically enable Do Not Disturb if you have set it up to. That still happens as it always has. While your iPhone has Do Not Disturb enabled, because your Watch receives all of its alerts from your iPhone, your Watch only receives alerts from local apps running on your Watch, such as the Activity app. Because you can set up an automatic Do Not Disturb period on your iPhone, it is best to leave the Do Not Disturb Mirror iPhone setting set to On so that you are not disturbed by any alerts during the Do Not Disturb period. To configure automatic Do Not Disturb (for example, during hours you are asleep), on your iPhone tap Settings, tap Do Not Disturb, tap Scheduled, and then set up the automatic Do Not Disturb how you like it.
Manually Enable or Disable Do Not Disturb on Your Watch
The quickest way to enable or disable Do Not Disturb on your Watch is to use the Settings Glance. To do this, swipe up from the bottom of your Watch screen. If you do not see the Settings Glance, swipe from left to right until you see it. Tap the Do Not Disturb icon (the moon). The other way is to open the Settings app and tap Do Not Disturb. See “Managing Glances” for more on working with Glances on your Watch.
Coordinate Airplane Mode
Some airlines still insist on having you put your electronic devices into Airplane Mode. You can make this slightly less painful by having your iPhone and Apple Watch coordinate Airplane Mode so you only have to enable it on one device and the other mirrors this setting.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap General.
4. Tap the On/Off slider to the On position to enable mirroring the iPhone’s Airplane Mode setting. When this setting is On, if you enable Airplane Mode on your iPhone, your Apple Watch also changes its Airplane Mode setting, and if you make the change on your Apple Watch, your iPhone changes its setting to match.
5. Tap General to return to the previous screen.
Managing Glances
Glances are similar to Widgets on your iPhone. They provide real-time information and extend controls from apps. Glances are added or removed based on the apps you have installed on your Watch. You can rearrange the order in which Glances appear as well as choose which Glances you want to see and which ones to hide.
Swipe Up for Glances
While any watch face is visible, swipe up from the bottom of your Watch screen to see and interact with Glances. Swipe left and right to scroll through all available Glances.
Rearranging Glances
With the exception of the Settings Glance, which is always the first in the series of Glances, you can rearrange the order in which Glances appear.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
3. Tap Edit.
4. Use the Glance anchor and move it up and down the list of Glances to reposition it. The higher up the list you move the Glance, the further to the left it appears on your Watch. The lower on the list you move the Glance, the further to the right it appears on your Watch.
5. Tap to hide (or not include) a Glance. Once hidden (or not included), it does not appear on your Watch, but it is still available to use in the future, if you return to this setting list and re-enable it.
6. Tap Done to save your changes.
Add Glances
You may have Glances that were installed with one of the Watch apps you installed, but are not being included in the Glances list. To add them to the Glances list, or to add back one you previously removed from the list, follow these steps.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap Glances.
3. Tap Edit.
4. Scroll down until you see the Glances in the Do Not Include list.
5. Tap the green circle to add a Glance to the list of Glances available on your Watch.
6. Tap Done to save your changes.
Configuring General Watch Settings
In General Settings, you are able to change a variety of settings, including renaming your Apple Watch, configuring accessibility, and enabling or disabling Handoff, among other things.
Change General Settings
In the General Settings screen, you can change some settings, you can also view information such as how much memory each app is using. You can even reset your Watch back to factory settings.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap General.
3. Tap About to see information about your Watch, including the number of photos and apps installed on your Watch and Watch OS version information. You can also rename your Apple Watch.
4. Tap Software Update to manually check to see if there is a Watch OS update for your Watch.
5. Tap App Install to choose whether you want Watch apps automatically downloaded and installed on your Watch, if an app on your iPhone includes a Watch app. If you turn this off, you need to manually choose the Watch apps you want to install.
6. Tap Watch Orientation to choose on which wrist you wear your Watch and whether you want the Digital Crown on the left or right side.
7. Tap Accessibility to access a number of accessibility settings that can help you use your Watch. (See the next task, “Add Accessibility,” for more information on these settings.)
8. Tap Language & Region to choose the language used on your Watch, the region format, and the type of calendar your Watch uses.
9. Tap Apple ID to view the Apple ID that is being used on your Watch.
10. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable Handoff.
What Is Handoff?
When Handoff is turned on, your iPhone and your Mac (if you are near your Mac) are able to pick up where you left off, if you decide to continue working on the same app on your iPhone or Mac that you were previously using on your Watch. Your iPhone displays the app’s icon on the bottom left of the lock screen. Swiping that icon up allows you to continue where you left off on your Watch.
11. Scroll down for more settings.
12. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable Wrist Detection.
What Is Wrist Detection?
When Wrist Detection is turned on, your Watch can detect your skin, which allows it to determine whether it is on your wrist. When you take your Watch off, and you have set a lock code, your Watch detects that it is no longer in contact with your skin, and it locks. When you put your Watch back on, your Watch detects this and displays the passcode screen. Wrist Detection also determines when you raise your wrist. When it detects that you have raised your wrist, it shows you the time, the last Watch app you were using, or the latest notification.
13. Tap Wake Screen to choose whether you want your Watch to wake up when you raise your wrist. You can also choose what you see when you raise your wrist. You can choose to always see the time or to see the last app you were using.
14. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable Nightstand Mode. When enabled, the time will be displayed horizontally while your Watch is charging, and the screen will slowly brighten as it gets close to your morning alarm.
15. Tap Usage to see a list of all apps and how much memory they are using, how much time you have used your Watch, how much time is left on the battery, and how much time your Watch lasts, if it enters Power Reserve Mode.
16. Tap Reset to see the reset options. You can reset all content and settings on your Watch and return it to how it came out of the box, reset only the Home Screen (app icon) layout, or reset only the contacts and calendar data from your Watch.
17. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Add Accessibility
If you have vision or hearing limitations, Accessibility allows you to makes changes to the way your Watch behaves, and how you interact with it. Do steps 1, 2, and 7 in the previous section to reach the Accessibility screen before continuing with these steps.
1. Tap to enable VoiceOver and customize the way it works. VoiceOver can speak the time, onscreen text, and all actions you take. You can control the rate and volume at which the words are spoken, and you can set VoiceOver to speak the time when you raise your wrist.
2. Tap to enable Zoom. When this option is enabled, you can double-tap with two fingers on your Watch screen to activate a magnifying window. Using two fingers, you can drag the magnifier window around the screen.
3. Tap to enable Grayscale. When this option is enabled, your Watch screen stops using colors and everything appears in grayscale.
4. Tap to enable Bold Text. Choosing this option requires your Watch to restart.
5. Tap to enable Reduce Motion. When this option is enabled, animations are limited, as is zooming in to an app from the Home Screen using the Digital Crown.
6. Tap to enable Reduce Transparency. When this option is enabled, contrast on certain backgrounds is improved to make the screens easier to read.
7. Tap to enable On/Off Labels. When this option is enabled, a 1 or 0 will appear in an On/Off switch, indicating that it is on or off.
8. Scroll down for more settings.
9. Tap the Mono Audio switch to choose whether you only want to hear audio in mono when playing back stereo audio. This is useful if you have paired a stereo Bluetooth headset with your Watch.
10. Drag the slider to control whether audio is more prominent on the left or right ear when you’re playing stereo audio.
11. Tap to choose whether you want to be able to triple-press the Digital Crown to enable or disable VoiceOver or Zoom accessibility functions.
12. Tap General to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Changing General Settings on Your Watch
You can change some of the General settings on your Apple Watch. To do this, press the Digital Crown to see the Home Screen. Tap the Settings icon (the gear) and then tap General. You can change the Orientation, Active on Wrist Raise, and Accessibility settings. You can also enable or disable the ability to raise your wrist and say “Hey Siri” to activate Siri.
Changing Screen, Sound, and Haptics Settings
You can change the screen brightness, text size, and whether the text is bold or regular, plus control the alert volume and adjust the strength of the haptic feedback.
Adjust Brightness and Text Size
You can adjust your Watch screen brightness, the size of the text, and decide if you want all text to be shown in bold.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap Brightness & Text Size.
3. Drag the slider to control the brightness of your Watch screen.
4. Drag the slider to control the size of the text displayed on your Watch.
5. Tap to enable Bold Text. When this option is enabled, text displayed on your Watch is bold. Choosing this option requires your Watch to restart.
6. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Changing Brightness and Text Size Settings on Your Watch
You can change the same Brightness and Text Size settings right on your Watch. To do this, tap the Settings icon (the gear) and then tap Brightness & Text Size.
Adjust Sounds and Haptics
You can adjust the volume of alert sounds on your Watch, control the strength of the haptic feedback (the tap on your wrist), and choose whether to mute your Watch when you cover the screen.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap Sounds & Haptics.
3. Drag the slider to control the volume of the sound that plays when you receive an alert on your Watch.
4. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable Silent Mode. When Silent Mode is enabled, alert sounds are muted.
5. Drag the slider to control the strength of the haptic feedback (the tap on your wrist). If you cannot feel the tap, or don’t feel that it is noticeable enough, increase the strength here.
6. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable receiving a prominent tap on your wrist ahead of common alerts. If you feel that you are missing alerts on your Watch, turn this on.
7. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable the ability to mute your Watch when you place your hand over the Watch screen for three seconds.
8. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Changing Sounds & Haptics Settings on Your Watch
You can change the same Sounds & Haptics settings (with the exception of Cover to Mute) right on your Watch. To do this, tap the Settings icon (the gear) and then tap Sounds & Haptics.
Control Notifications
In the Apple Watch app, you can create a select list of third-party apps that have permission to send notifications to you on your Apple Watch as well as change the way that the built-in Watch apps notify you.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap Notifications.
3. Tap the On/Off slider to choose whether you want to see the red dot on your Watch, indicating that you have unread notifications. If you turn this off, the red dot does not appear for unread notifications; however, you still receive all notifications.
4. Tap the On/Off slider to choose whether you want to see the contents of a notification when you lift your wrist. If this is turned on, when you lift your wrist to view a notification, all you see is the icon from the app that sent the notification and, sometimes, who the notification is from. Only after you tap on the notification are you able to see it in full.
Why Would You Use Notification Privacy?
When you feel a tap on your wrist to indicate a new notification has arrived, you can lift your wrist to view it. Someone sitting behind you may also be able to see the notification as it appears on your Watch. In some situations, you might want to keep your notifications private, so if you enable Notification Privacy, you can choose to first move to a more private area and then tap on the notification to see it in full.
5. Scroll down to change how built-in apps notify you. See the “Changing Settings for Built-in Watch Apps” section, later in this chapter, for specifics on setting notifications for each of these apps.
Changing Passcode-Related Settings
You can enable or disable a passcode on your Watch, choose to use your iPhone to enter your Watch passcode, and even set your Watch to wipe itself if the passcode is entered incorrectly 10 times.
1. Tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap Passcode.
3. Tap to turn the passcode off. When you turn your passcode off, you will need to enter the current passcode to continue.
4. Tap to change your Watch passcode. When you change your passcode, you need to enter the current passcode to continue.
5. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable a simple four-digit Watch passcode. If you turn this off, you are required to use your iPhone to enter a longer passcode to unlock your Watch.
6. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable the ability to unlock your Watch when you unlock your iPhone. With this turned on, your Watch unlocks when you unlock your iPhone and you do not need to enter the passcode on your Watch.
7. Tap the On/Off switch to enable or disable the ability for your Watch to wipe itself, if someone tries to enter your passcode incorrectly 10 times.
8. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Changing Passcode Settings on Your Watch
You can change the same Passcode settings right on your Watch. To do this, tap the Settings icon (the gear) and then tap Passcode.
Configuring Motion and Fitness Privacy Settings
You can choose to allow your Watch to gather your heart rate and movement so it can calculate how many calories you are burning and your fitness level.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon.
2. Tap Privacy.
4. Tap the On/Off switch to choose whether you want to allow your Watch to sample your heart rate at regular intervals. If you turn this off, your Watch is no longer able to calculate calories burned.
5. Tap the On/Off switch to choose whether you want to allow your Watch to track your body movement. If you turn this off, your Watch can no longer determine if you are moving and how much.
6. Tap Privacy Settings to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Change Your Personal Information
The Activity app on your Watch and iPhone keeps track of your calories burned and fitness level by sampling your heart rate and tracking body movement; however, it is not accurate unless you have entered in your personal information correctly. If you need to correct your birthdate, sex, height, or weight, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap the Health icon, and then tap Edit to make the changes.
Changing Settings for Built-in Watch Apps
You can adjust the settings for the built-in Watch apps, including Activity, Calendar, Clock, Contacts, Friends, Mail, Maps, and more.
1. On your iPhone, tap the Apple Watch app icon, scroll down and tap each of the built-in apps, and follow the steps in the sections that follow to change settings for each of the built-in Watch apps.
Activity
You can adjust whether the Activity app appears in the Glances view, what information it shows, and how often it is shown.
1. Tap the On/Off switch to choose whether you want Activity to appear in the list of Glances.
2. Tap the On/Off switch to choose whether you want to mute the activity reminders and alerts for one day.
3. Tap the On/Off switch to choose whether you want the Activity app to remind you to stand up during the day.
4. Tap Progress Updates to choose whether you want the Activity app to provide you with progress updates, and if so, how often.
5. Tap the Goal Completions On/Off switch to choose whether you want the Activity app to notify you when you reach your daily move goals.
6. Scroll down for more options.
7. Tap the Achievements On/Off switch to choose whether you want the Activity app to notify you when you reach a movement milestone.
8. Tap the Weekly Summary On/Off switch to choose whether you want the Activity app to provide you with your weekly summary on the first day of a new week.
9. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Calendar
You can adjust whether the Calendar app appears in the Glances view, and decide if you want the Calendar alerts to mirror the Calendar app on your iPhone, or you can choose specific alerts just for your Watch.
1. Tap the Mirror my iPhone option to have the alerts for the Calendar app on your Watch to mirror how you have them set up on your iPhone, or tap Custom to choose how you want Calendar on your Watch to alert you. If you chose Mirror my iPhone, skip to step 7.
2. Tap the Show Alerts On/Off switch to choose whether you want the Calendar app on your Watch app to show alerts. (If you previously chose to turn all alerts off for your Watch, or for the Calendar app itself, skip to step 7.)
3. Tap Upcoming Events to choose whether you want to receive upcoming and event alerts on your Watch, and if you do, whether you want to be notified by sound, haptic feedback, or both.
4. Tap Invitations to choose whether you want to receive event invitation alerts on your Watch, and if you do, whether you want to be notified by sound, haptic feedback, or both.
5. Tap Invitee Responses to choose whether you want to receive alerts for responses from people you invite to meetings on your Watch, and if you do, whether you want to be notified by sound, haptic feedback, or both.
6. Tap Shared Calendar Alerts to choose whether you want to receive shared calendar alerts on your Watch, and if you do, whether you want to be notified by sound, haptic feedback, or both.
7. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Clock
You can adjust how the Clock app works on your Watch, including choosing 24-hour time and your monogram.
1. Tap the 24-Hour Time On/Off switch to choose whether you want your Watch to show time in a 24-hour format any time a digital clock is shown. When the setting is Off, it shows a 12-hour format. This setting affects complications that show time in a digital format as well as any watch faces that show time in a digital format. Analog watch faces continue to show time in a 12-hour format.
2. Tap the Push Alerts from iPhone On/Off switch to choose whether you want to receive push alerts from apps running on your iPhone. If you turn this off, you stop receiving all alerts and notifications from your iPhone with the exception of timers and alarms, but continue to receive alerts and notifications from apps running on your Watch.
3. Tap the Notifications Indicator On/Off switch to choose whether you want the red dot to appear on your watch face when you have unread alerts or notifications. If you turn this off, alerts and notifications still come to your Watch, you just won’t see an indication that you have unread alerts. With this off, you have to swipe down from the top of the screen periodically to check for missed alerts.
4. Tap Monogram to change the monogram that appears when you use the monogram complication for the Color watch face. The first letters from your first and last names are used automatically. You can change the monogram used and choose a new monogram of up to four letters.
5. Tap City Abbreviations to change the acronyms that have been automatically chosen for cities in the World Clock complication. For example, the automatically chosen acronym for Cape Town is CT, but you may want to see it as CPT.
6. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Contacts
In this group of settings, you can decide if you want the contact information displayed on your Watch to mirror how you have it configured to display in the Contacts app on your iPhone, or you can choose a specific configuration for your Watch.
1. Tap Mirror my iPhone to have the contact information displayed on your Watch to mirror how you have contact information set up to display on your iPhone. If you chose Mirror my iPhone, skip to step 5. Otherwise, tap Custom and continue with step 2.
2. Tap Sort Order to change the way in which contacts are sorted. You can choose to sort by Last, First or First, Last.
3. Tap Display Order to change the way in which contacts are displayed. You can choose to display names as Last, First or First, Last.
4. Tap Short Name to choose how a contact’s short name is derived. You can choose to use short names and decide how the short name is formatted. Your choices include first name and last initial, first initial and last name, first name only, and last name only. You can also choose to use a contact’s nickname (if they have one).
5. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Friends
The Friends app controls which contacts you see when you press the Side Button on your Watch. Choose the contacts to add to the Friends app, what position they are in the Friends Selector, and add or remove friends from the Friends app. You can have one or more groups of 12 friends per group.
1. Tap Group Name to name the group of friends on this screen.
2. Tap an existing friend’s initials to select that friend.
3. Tap the delete icon to delete the selected friend from the current group.
4. Touch and hold a friend to reposition them in the group.
5. Tap the add icon to add a new frind to the group.
6. Swipe left to see the next group of friends. While viewing the new group, use steps 1 – 5 to edit the group.
7. Tap Blocked to choose contacts you want to block from communicating with you.
8. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
These settings enable you to decide if you want your mail shown, and the way you are alerted for mail information, on your Watch to mirror how you have it configured in the Mail app on your iPhone, or choose a custom configuration for your Watch.
1. Tap Mirror my iPhone to have the mail display configuration and alerts on your Watch mirror how you have them set up on your iPhone, or you can tap Custom to choose settings specific to your Watch. If you chose Mirror my iPhone, skip to step 9.
2. Tap Show Alerts to choose whether you want to show alerts for new emails. If you turn this off, skip to step 4.
3. Tap each mail account and choose whether you want to be notified for new emails arriving into the mail account, and if you want to be notified by sound, haptic feedback (tap), or both.
4. Tap Include Mail to choose which mail accounts you want to include mail from on your Watch.
5. Tap Message Preview to choose whether you want to see a preview of an email in the alert, and whether you want to see just the first line or the first two lines of the email.
6. Tap Default Replies to view and edit the list of default replies you can use when replying to an email.
7. Tap Signature to view or edit the signature that appears in the footer of all emails you compose or reply to from your Watch.
8. Tap Flag Style to choose whether you want to see a colored dot or a flag when you choose to flag an email on your Watch.
9. Tap Ask Before Deleting to decide if you want to be asked before an email is deleted.
10. Tap Organize By Thread to choose whether you want to have emails organized by email thread when emails are displayed on your Watch.
11. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Maps
Use these settings to decide if you want Maps to appear in the Glances list, and choose if you want to be alerted during turn-by-turn navigation.
1. Tap Show in Glances to choose whether you want the Maps Watch app to appear in the Glances list.
2. Tap Turn Alerts to choose whether you want to be alerted at each turn when using turn-by-turn navigation.
3. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Messages
Use the Messages settings to decide if you want the way in which messages (iMessage and SMS) are shown, and the way you are alerted for messages on your Watch, to mirror how you have it configured on your iPhone, or you can choose a custom configuration for your Watch.
1. Tap Mirror my iPhone to have the Messages display configuration and alerts on your Watch mirror how you have them set up on your iPhone. Alternatively, tap Custom to choose settings specific to your Watch. If you chose Mirror my iPhone, skip to step 6.
2. Tap Show Alerts to choose whether you want to show alerts for new messages. If you turn this off, skip to step 7.
3. Tap Sound to choose whether you want to hear a sound when new messages arrive.
4. Tap Haptic to choose whether you want to feel a tap on your wrist when new messages arrive.
5. Tap Repeat Alerts to choose if your Watch should repeat an alert for a new message if you ignore it, and if so, how many times the alert is repeated. You can choose between 1 and 10 repeat notifications.
6. Tap Audio Messages to decide how you want dictated replies to messages to be sent. You can choose to always send the audio of your dictation or just the dictated text, or you can opt to choose each time.
7. Tap Default Replies to edit the default replies that you can send as replies to messages.
8. Tap Send Read Receipts to choose whether you want to send read receipts for messages you have read on your Watch.
9. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Music
Use these settings to decide if you want the Music app to show in the list of Glances, choose what playlist of music to synchronize to your Watch, and set a limit on the number of songs to synchronize from your chosen playlist.
1. Tap Show in Glances to choose whether you want the Music app to show in the list of Glances.
2. Tap Synced Playlist to choose a playlist of music on your iPhone that you want to synchronize to your Watch. When a playlist of music is synchronized to your Watch, you can play the songs in the playlist directly from your Watch, even when your iPhone is out of range.
3. Tap to choose how many songs should synchronize from your chosen playlist. You can set the limit by size (number of gigabytes) or number of songs.
4. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Wallet and Apple Pay
Apple Pay on your Watch doesn’t contain the same cards that you might have already added to your iPhone. Use these settings to manage the cards you want to use for Apple Pay on your Watch, and choose whether you want to be alerted by Apple Pay and Wallet on your Watch.
1. Tap Mirror my iPhone to have the Wallet and Apple Pay alerts on your Watch mirror how you have them set up on your iPhone, or you can tap Custom to choose settings specific to your Watch. If you chose Mirror my iPhone, skip to step 4.
2. Tap Add Credit or Debit Card to add a new card to Apple Pay on your Watch. For more information about adding cards to Apple Pay, turn to Chapter 6, “Using Apple Pay.”
3. Tap Add next to one of the credit or debit cards that you have already added to your iPhone, to add that card to your Watch.
4. Tap Default Card to choose the default card to use for Apple Pay from your Watch, if you have added more than one card (not shown).
5. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Phone
Choose to mirror how the Phone app alerts you on your Watch with how you have it set up on your iPhone, and control how you are alerted when the phone is ringing.
1. Tap Mirror my iPhone to have the Phone alerts on your Watch mirror how you have them set up on your iPhone, or tap Custom to choose settings specific to your Watch. If you chose Mirror my iPhone, skip to step 5.
2. Tap Show Alerts to choose whether you want to show alerts for missed calls and voicemails on your Watch. If you turn this off, skip to step 5.
3. Tap Sound to choose whether a sound is played when you are alerted of missed calls and voicemails.
4. Tap Haptic to choose whether you should feel a tap on your wrist when you are alerted of missed calls and voicemails.
5. Tap Sound to choose whether a sound is played while your iPhone is ringing.
6. Tap Haptic to choose whether you should feel repeated tapping on your wrist while your iPhone is ringing.
7. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Photos
Use these settings to choose how the Photos app alerts you on your Watch and what photo album you want to synchronize to your Watch.
1. Tap Mirror my iPhone to have the Photos alerts on your Watch for iCloud sharing events mirror how you have them set up on your iPhone. Alternatively, you can tap Custom to choose settings specific to your Watch. If you chose Mirror my iPhone, skip to step 3.
2. Tap Show Alerts to choose whether you want to show alerts for iCloud sharing events on your Watch.
3. Tap Synced Album to choose which photo album on your iPhone you want to synchronize to your Watch.
4. Tap Photos Limit to choose how many photos from the chosen photo album you want to synchronize to your Watch.
5. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Stocks
Use these settings to decide whether the Stocks app appears in the Glances list, change the default stock, and choose the value to display for a given stock.
1. Tap Show in Glances to choose whether the Stocks app appears in the Glances list.
2. Tap Default Stock to choose the default stock shown when you look at the Stocks Glance, or when you use the Stocks complication on a watch face. You can leave it the same as the default stock you have chosen on your iPhone, or you can choose a different stock to show on your Watch.
3. Choose what value is shown when you use the Stocks complication on a watch face.
4. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Weather
Use these settings to choose whether the Weather app appears in the Glances list and to change the default city for which the weather is shown.
1. Tap Default City to choose the default city for which the weather is shown when you look at the Weather Glance, or when you use the Weather complication on a watch face. You choose Current City, which uses your geographic location to figure out what city you are currently in, or you can choose a specific city. The list of cities you can choose from to display weather for can be edited in the Weather app on your iPhone.
2. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Workout
Use these settings to decide whether the Workout app shows information using numeric values or using the ring graphic, and decide whether to save additional battery life by not measuring your heart rate during running or walking workouts.
1. Tap Show Goal Metric to choose whether the Workout app shows your distance, calories burned, and elapsed time metrics as numeric values instead of using the progress ring during workouts.
2. Tap Power Saving Mode to save additional battery life by not measuring your heart rate during walking or running workouts.
3. Tap Pace View to choose wheter you want to see the current pace, or the pace average while you are working out.
4. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Change Settings for Third-Party Watch Apps
You can choose whether a third-party Watch app should be installed on your Watch. In some cases, additional settings can be chosen, such as choosing to show the app in the Glances list if the app supports Glances.
1. In the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap a third-party app. The list of apps shown here are all Watch apps that are available to use based on the apps you have installed on your iPhone. Any iPhone app that includes a Watch app is shown in this list. Tap an app to configure its settings.
2. Tap Show App on Apple Watch to choose whether you want to have this Watch app installed on your Watch.
3. Tap Show in Glances to choose whether you want this app to be shown in the Glances list. Not all Watch apps support Glances.
4. Tap My Watch to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
