Apple Watch Ultra User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Apple Watch Ultra gestures
- Use double tap to perform common actions
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch Ultra with iPhone
- Set up more than one Apple Watch
- Pair Apple Watch Ultra with a new 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
- Use the Smart Stack to show timely widgets
- Manage your Apple ID
- Use shortcuts
- See time in daylight
- 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
- Set up and use cellular service on Apple Watch Ultra
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- Get started with Apple Fitness+
- Subscribe to Apple Fitness+
- Find Fitness+ workouts and meditations
- Start a Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Create a Custom Plan in Apple Fitness+
- Work out together using SharePlay
- Change what’s on the screen during a Fitness+ workout or meditation
- Download a Fitness+ workout
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- Alarms
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Contacts
- 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
- 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
- Type to speak
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Share your location in Messages on Apple Watch Ultra
In an iMessage conversation in the Messages app , you can let others know where you are by sharing your location.
Note: Sharing your location in Messages is not available in all regions.
Turn on Share My Location
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Tap Privacy & Security, then tap Location Services.
Tap Share My Location, then make sure Share My Location is turned on.
Scroll down, tap Messages, then ensure that either Ask Next Time Or When I Share or While Using the App is turned on.
You can also find these settings on your paired iPhone. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Share My Location. In Location Services, tap Messages and choose a setting.
Share and update your location automatically
When you share your location in a Messages conversation, it can update in real time right in the conversation.
Open the Messages app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Start a new message or open a conversation, tap
, then tap
.
Choose to share your live location, which updates as you move, or share your static location.
Share your live location: Tap Share.
Share your static location: Tap
, then tap Send Pin.
The person receiving your static location can tap the message to open your location in the Maps app
.
Tap Share, then choose how long you want to share your location.
(Tap Indefinitely if you want to share your location until you manually stop sharing it.)
Tap Send to send your message. (Or tap
if you changed your mind.)
To share their location, your recipient can tap the message with the location in it to open the Find People app, then tap Share.
![The Messages app showing a map with a person’s marked location.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/d5112db64a93b9e8e37921912ac0a389.png)
Stop sharing where you are
Open the Messages app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Open a conversation, then tap the message with your shared location.
Tap Stop Sharing.
You can also open the Find People app , tap the person you’re sharing your location with, scroll down, then tap Stop Sharing.
Ask for someone else’s location
Open the Messages app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Start a new message or open a conversation.
Tap
, tap
, then tap Request.
Tap Send to send your message.
The recipient receives a message asking them to share their location. Location sharing begins after they tap Share.