Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
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- Apple Watch gestures
- Use double tap to perform common actions
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
- Set up more than one Apple Watch
- Pair Apple Watch with a new iPhone
- The Apple Watch app
- Charge Apple Watch
- Turn on and wake Apple Watch
- Lock or unlock Apple Watch
- Change language and orientation on Apple Watch
- Remove, change, and fasten Apple Watch bands
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- Apps on Apple Watch
- 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 to a Wi-Fi network
- Connect to Bluetooth headphones or speakers
- Hand off tasks from Apple Watch
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Unlock your iPhone with Apple Watch
- Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
- Set up and use cellular service on Apple Watch
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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 (U.S. only)
- Manage Apple Cash (U.S. only)
- Use Wallet for passes
- Use rewards cards
- Pay with Apple Watch 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 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
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright
Combine multiple workouts on Apple Watch
Combine multiple activities in a single workout
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Open the Workout app on your Apple Watch.
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Begin your first workout—an outdoor run, for example.
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When you’re ready to start a different activity—like an outdoor bike ride—swipe right, tap End, tap New Workout, then choose the workout.
When you finish all your activities, swipe right, tap End, then tap End Workout.
Turn the Digital Crown to scroll through the results summary.
Scroll to the bottom and tap Done to save the workout.
Tip: When you do an outdoor workout, you can leave your iPhone at home—the built-in GPS gives you accurate distance measurements.
Create a Multisport workout
In a Multisport workout, you can combine running, cycling, and swimming workouts and your Apple Watch automatically recognizes when you’ve switched between them.
Open the Workout app on your Apple Watch.
Do one of the following:
If this is your first multisport workout: Tap the Multisport workout, then tap Create Workout.
If you’ve done a multisport workout previously: Tap , then tap Create Workout.
Tap Add, then tap an activity—Outdoor Run, for example.
Continue adding activities by tapping Add for each activity.
You can also drag activities to reorder them.
Tap Untitled below Custom Title, then enter a name for your workout.
When you’ve added all the activities, tap Create Workout to save the workout.
When you’re ready to begin a multisport workout, open the Workout app, scroll to the Multisport workout, tap , then tap a workout.
To delete a Multisport workout, tap in the Multisport workout tile, tap next to the workout you want to delete, scroll down, tap Delete Workout, then tap Delete.
Customize a multisport workout
Open the Workout app on your Apple Watch.
Turn the Digital Crown to the Multisport workout, then tap .
Tap Preferences, then do any of the following:
Set alerts: Tap Alerts, then tap an activity to configure the alerts you receive.
Change workout views: Tap Workout Views to choose the metrics you see for each activity.
Change workout transitions: Tap Transitions to choose automatic or manual transitions between each activity.
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