Apple Watch: 15 Tips Every Owner Needs to Know

[srbNYC]

Disappointed to find online that the precision start is only available on the Ultra.

 

[riverguide]

“Hey Siri” “open workouts app” is the best one tho…..

Use that shortcut / trick all the time - especially when I’m carrying something with my other hand

Or having set out on your bike ride and forgotten to start the cycling workout. I love it when Siri works when it works.

 

[CarlJ]

The "ping your Watch" button is crazy useful. When I'm out and about my phone is always in my pocket (or in my hand, or on the MagSafe car mount), but I have a bad habit of walking in the door and setting my phone down in like one of ten different places, so I just ping it with my Watch.

You can also ask Siri to ping your phone, say if you're using HomePods, but this has an annoying habit of sending a notification to every device to tell you that you pinged your phone, and then it also sends email in case I missed all the notifications. 🙄 Like, Yes, Siri, I'm right here, 15 feet away from you and 15 feet away from my phone - I didn't need you to alert the media.

Also, the article described the wrist flick to dismiss things (quite useful), but not the deal where you can tap your thumb and a finger together twice to cycle through options (by default, showing the smart stack).

 

[svish]

Some very useful tips. I have the Series 10 and it is a very good watch. Wrist flick is a very useful gesture. Have used it several times now. Touching the time to jump to top of an app is another useful feature.

 

[CATiNTHESTORE]

This is great. Please do more watch stuff particularly rumours on upcoming devices 🤗

If you as a user doesn’t know all of this - I have bad news for you sir

 

[generdude]

Customize Smart Replies didn't work on my Watch 8, os 11.6.2. I changed the replies on the app but when I get messages the old ones are still there.

 

[WU27f1xcCs]

Useful, I’ve had the Watch since launch and didn’t know:

• Speak the Time Out Loud
• Customise Smart Replies

 

[generdude]

Useful, I’ve had the Watch since launch and didn’t know:

• Speak the Time Out Loud
• Customise Smart Replies

Have you tried the Smart Replies thing yet? Didn't work on mine.

 

[pdaholic]

Well that was actually helpful. I've been using an Apple Watch since the Zero and never thought to delete apps. Goodbye, Cycle Tracking!

I just got rid of cycle tracking, too! 🙌
I never ride bikes.

 

[Flight Plan]

I love the look of it, even on my own wrist. I just don't love that price. 🙁

I can help you justify that price.

The bigger battery in the Ultra will last longer than the smaller battery in the regular Apple Watch.

Long enough to justify the higher price of the Ultra? Yes, I believe so, and that's because Apple doesn't change watch batteries. So when it goes, the whole device has reached EOL.

I can't draw it all out with pretty pictures and mathematics, but I am speaking from experience with Apple Watch series 4, series 6, and Ultra 2 and Ultra 3.

 

[clg82]

I've had every iteration of the apple watch since it came out, when exactly did the software stop deleting texts/emails ets when I did it on my phone? Isn't the watch supposed to mirror my phone with deleting such things? Seems dumb not to have the two communicate in that way.