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
Use Now Playing on Apple Watch Ultra
Now Playing lets you control audio playback on Apple Watch Ultra, iPhone, and other devices.
Open Now Playing
You can open Now Playing in the following ways:
Open the Now Playing app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Press the side button, then tap Now Playing, which appears as the first item in the Dock.
Tap the Now Playing complication if you’ve added it to the watch face.
Control music, podcasts, or audiobooks on iPhone
![The Now Playing screen showing Watch at the top left, with an arrow pointing left, which takes you to the device screen. A song title and artist name appears below. Play controls are in the middle. AirPlay, track list, and More buttons are at the bottom.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6398A9D9257A2C1D9026967A/6398A9DD257A2C1D90269684/en_US/9437062c4dcddd67282cabe1b9fa34c1.png)
Open the Music, Podcasts, or Books app on your iPhone, then start playing a song, podcast, or audiobook.
Open Now Playing on your Apple Watch Ultra and use its controls to play, pause, and more.
Turn the Digital Crown to adjust volume.
Use Now Playing with a different device
If more than one device is available to play audio—an Apple Watch Ultra, iPhone, and HomePod for example—the name of the device you currently control appears in the top-left corner.
Tap < to see a list of devices, then tap one to control it.