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
Open apps on Apple Watch Ultra
The Home Screen lets you open any app on your Apple Watch Ultra. The App Switcher gives you quick access to the apps you’ve most recently used.
Display your apps on a grid or in a list
The Home Screen can display apps in a grid or list view. When you first set up your Apple Watch, you choose the view you want. To change it later, follow these steps:
From the watch face, press the Digital Crown to show the Home screen.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll to the bottom of the screen, then choose Grid View or List View.
You can also open the Settings app , tap App View, then choose Grid View or List View.
Open apps from the Home Screen
How you open an app depends on which view you choose.
Grid view: Tap the app icon. Turn the Digital Crown to see more apps.
List view: Turn the Digital Crown, then tap an app.
To return to the Home Screen from an app, press the Digital Crown once, then press it again to switch to the watch face.
Use the Action button on Apple Watch Ultra
The Action button provides a quick physical control for initiating a range of functions. For example, press the Action button on the left side of Apple Watch Ultra to open apps and trigger features suited to a favorite activity. You can also assign a Siri Shortcut to the Action button.
Open the Settings app
on your Apple Watch Ultra.
Tap Action Button, then tap Action to choose an action, such as Workout, Backtrack, or Dive.
Tap
, then choose other options, if available.
For example, if you choose Workout, tap
to return to the list of actions, then tap First Press to choose a specific workout to launch when pressing the Action button.
Some apps perform additional actions when you press the Action and side buttons at the same time. For example, if you set up the Action button to start the stopwatch, press both buttons to pause.
Open an app from the App Switcher
Double-click the Digital Crown, then turn the Digital Crown to scroll through your most recently used apps.
Note: Apps that are currently running a session—a Maps navigation session or a Workout session, for example—appear at the top of the list of apps.
Tap an app to open it.
![The App Switcher showing the Compass app. Turn the Digital Crown to see more apps. Tap one to open it.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/6caa4cfc4e2b0e09f578a4e1762ac7f5.png)
Remove an app from the App Switcher
Double-click the Digital Crown, then turn the Digital Crown to the app you want to remove. Swipe left on the app, then tap X.
![The App Switcher showing a large X on the right and a portion of an app on the left. Tap the X to remove the app from the App Switcher.](https://help.apple.com/assets/6580A106ABAA01F3080E7505/6580A10F08DFECBA0F060575/en_US/6d6e6c581211ea6df53ee7e28ad0f312.png)