The Apple Watch is one of the most popular products from the Cupertino company, although it started out as a rather niche device, it is currently on the wrists of a good number of iOS users in general, and for this reason, here at News iPhone we bring you all its news and features so you don’t miss a thing.
We show you a dozen tips, tricks, and tweaks you probably don’t know about your Apple Watch that will get you all the performance it offers. Be careful, because with these tricks you will leave everyone’s mouth open.
Customize shortcuts
As in the iPhone, iPad and Mac, our Apple Watch also has its own “Dock” of applications, a quick access that will always remain immovable. If you access the application Watch > Dock, You’ll find quick access to features in your Apple Watch’s Dock, which defaults to the most recent ones.
We recommend that you choose the “Favorites” option and include here the four or five (no more) most used applications on the Apple Watch, like Training, Now It Plays or Spotify, so you always have access to them by clicking the home button on your Apple Watch. It is undoubtedly the fastest way to interact with the Apple Watch and the first of the settings that we must customize as soon as we buy an Apple Watch.
Return to the watch after using an app
Sometimes we use the Apple Watch continuously, and we have problems because when we start doing something else and want to go back to the app we were using on the Apple Watch, we find that we have to invoke it again because the clock mode has been activated from our device. Don’t worry because it has a solution, you need to go to the General Settings > Back to Clock section from the Watch app on your iPhone.
Once there you will be able to select a waiting time so that the application we were using does not disappear just because the clock has been activated, we have three options, always return to the clock, wait two minutes Or wait an hour. Besides, we will be able to select specifically how each of the applications of our watch interacts with this feature that we are talking about.
battery information
Often we think that the control center has fewer functions than it really has, for example, when we invoke the control center of our Apple Watch, we see that it gives us exact information about the autonomy, but that’s not all.
If you click on the icon representing the battery of the Apple Watch, you can see at a glance how much battery your AirPods have left and turn on “Low Power Mode” all at once. Many users think that this functionality of the Control Center does not exist because, being a battery indicator, it is impossible to interact with it, but as you have seen it does not, so it is a good time to teach your friends what your Apple Watch can do.
Move the time forward a few minutes
Are you late everywhere? Are you famous among your friends for being late? Do you usually say you come when you’re still in the shower? Rest assured, the Apple Watch also has a solution for all those who are used to making others wait, and that is none other than advancing the time so that they think they will arrive even later than they do. don’t actually do it.
Joking aside, there are many users who like to be a few minutes ahead of the clock, and Apple has thought of them too. If you go to Settings > Clock > “+0”, you will see that you have the possibility to advance the time displayed by your Apple Watch by a few minutes. It is true that it is not a feature in itself, but many users prefer to set the time in this way, and it is their right that Apple offers them this option.
Turn off the screen completely quickly
Many models of Apple Watch have their own version of Always-on-Display, a system that allows the screen to be always on, either to simulate that it is a real watch, or for us allow to see the time from all angles without the need to summon the clock This feature has also reached the iPhone, not without controversy.
However, in situations of maximum darkness, this system can be somewhat inconvenient, so don’t worry, you can turn off the screen completely without having to enter the settings section and change the settings. To turn off the screen of your Apple Watch, you just need to summon the Control Center and select theater mode, the screen will turn off completely.
Siri reads the time very easily
Now we come to the “tricks” feature of the day, and that is when the Apple Watch was launched with the arrival of the Mickey and Minnie Spheres, we found it extremely funny that the cartoon reads the time, however , this is not the only possibility of hearing what time it is without even looking at the clock, since all the spheres of the Apple Watch will read the time to us aloud if we touch the screen with two fingers. To do this, you need to make sure that your Apple Watch is not silent because if it is, you won’t be able to hear anything at all.
The sundial is interactive
If we activate the sundial, when we move the digital crown while the time is displayed, we will see the hands of the clock move and this will show us the day/night transition as if these hours were flowing naturally.
Sphere editing shortcuts
When we locate in “My spheres” in the Watch application, we see at a glance all the spheres that we have personalized and selected to display them on the clock. What many people don’t know is that If we do a long press on the sphere, a context menu will open to be able to interact with them.
In this way we will be able to quickly change the color and even share this sphere with whoever we want through AirPlay and any other sharing option that we have adjusted.
Bonus rounds:
- In the clock settings we can activate a function that will make the Apple Watch vibrate every hour.
- If you are in a workout and press the Digital Crown and the button simultaneously, the workout will be paused.
These are the 10 tricks we think you should know about your Apple Watch, if you have more, feel free to share them with us in the comment box.
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