Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Alarms
- App Store
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- ECG
- Medications
- Memoji
- Music Recognition
- News
- Now Playing
- Reminders
- Remote
- Shortcuts
- Siren
- Stocks
- Stopwatch
- Tides
- Timers
- Tips
- Translate
- Vitals
- Voice Memos
- Walkie-Talkie
- World Clock
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- VoiceOver
- Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver
- Apple Watch 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
- Auto-select focused app
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Accessibility audio settings on Apple Watch
If you prefer to hear a combined left+right audio signal out of both audio channels on speakers or headphones connected to your Apple Watch, turn on Mono Audio. You can also adjust the left-right balance of your Apple Watch audio, whether stereo or mono. And you can change AirPods settings to be more accessible.
Change mono audio and balance settings
Go to the Settings app 
on your Apple Watch, tap Accessibility, then, under Hearing, do any of the following:
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Switch from stereo to mono audio: Turn on Mono Audio.
Adjust the audio balance: Tap the L or R button below Mono Audio.
You can also go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Accessibility, then turn on Mono Audio and adjust the audio balance.
Change AirPods settings
You can change press speed and press-and-hold duration settings for the AirPods you use with your Apple Watch. You can also turn on noise cancellation on AirPods Pro for when you have one of your AirPods in only one ear.
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.Go to Accessibility > AirPods, select your AirPods, then choose settings.
You can also go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, then go to Accessibility > AirPods.
Show HomePod transcriptions
Apple Watch can show transcriptions for any HomePod announcements when both devices are sign in to the same Apple Account.
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.Go to Accessibility, then turn on Show Audio Transcriptions.
Turn on headphone notifications
To protect your hearing, your Apple Watch can send a notification if you’ve been listening to loud headphone audio for long enough to affect your hearing.
Go to the Settings app
on your Apple Watch.Go to Accessibility, then turn on Headphone Notifications.