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
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.
Tap the Now Playing complication if you’ve added it to the watch face.
Now Playing launches automatically when you’re near a HomePod that’s playing audio, allowing you to control playback on it.
Control music, podcasts, or audiobooks on iPhone
![The Now Playing screen showing album art, song title, and artist name below. Play controls are in the middle. The More Options button is at the top right. A Back button is at the top left.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/d3e6b23a5df4c77d3cb179a510a65437.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
Open the Now Playing app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
If more than one device is available to play audio—an Apple Watch Ultra, iPhone, and HomePod for example—the device’s icon appears in the top-right corner.
Tap
to see a list of devices, tap one to control it, then choose the audio you want to play.
![The Now Playing app showing a list of devices. Music playing on the Apple Watch is at the top of the list. An iPhone entry is below.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/77d56339725486674421470fdfd09b2d.png)
Play audio on iPhone
Open the Now Playing app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Tap
to see a list of devices, scroll to iPhone, then tap it.
Open an audio app such as Audiobooks, Music, or Podcasts, then choose audio to play.
Audio will play through your iPhone’s speaker or an audio device paired with it.
Switch to or add another AirPlay device
While controlling audio on an AirPlay device such as HomePod, you can switch to or add additional AirPlay devices. For example, if you’re listening to HomePod mini in your living room, you can add the HomePod speakers in the kitchen and bedroom.
Open the Now Playing app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
On the Now Playing screen, tap
.
Tap AirPlay, then add devices by tapping them.
To stop playback on any device, tap it.
See music and podcast suggestions when near your HomePod
In watchOS 10.2, when you’re near a HomePod and nothing is playing on it or on your Apple Watch Ultra, suggestions from the Music and Podcast apps appear in a widget at the top of the Smart Stack. To display those suggestions, turn the Digital Crown to scroll up. Tap a suggestion to play it on HomePod.
Note: Music and podcast suggestions are available on Apple Watch and HomePod models with Ultra Wideband.