This article compiles 20 useful Apple Watch features and tricks you should know about.
Camera Lens
If you often shoot YouTube videos, you can use your Apple Watch as a lens. Just attach your smartphone to a tripod and the watch to the iPhone itself, then turn on the Camera app and see in real time what you look like in the frame.
It’s much more convenient that way. Plus, you can control your camera settings from your watch.
Recording Calls
In iOS on the iPhone, there is no ability to record phone calls because of privacy and security policies. But if you open the recorder on the Apple Watch and start recording, and put it on speakerphone on your phone, you can easily do it.
The recording will automatically become available in the Dictaphone app on your iPhone.
Apple TV Remote
The Apple Watch can replace the remote control for your Apple TV. With swipes you can easily navigate menus and applications.
A great addition to the manufacturer’s system.
Navigation
Install the Google Maps app on your iPhone and on your watch from the AppStore. When you turn on navigation on your smartphone, the Apple Watch can guide you along your route, giving you hints with a tactile response when you need to turn onto a different street.
A very useful trick when traveling or hiking in an unfamiliar city.
Speak the time
Learn the current time without looking at your watch. Tap the screen with two fingers, and Siri speaks the time aloud for you.
Call Siri
To activate Siri on your Apple Watch, simply raise your hand and you can say a command to her right away.
When you raise your wrist, the assistant automatically listens to your voice, no need to press a button or say “Hello, Siri…” More details https://cryptonew.info/
Watch as a Walkman
When you’re exercising or jogging, it’s not always convenient to lug your iPhone around, but you can listen to music directly from your watch if you have wireless headphones.
You can do that by using the Watch app on your smartphone to select playlists or artists and record them into the watch’s memory. Up to 32 gigabytes of storage is available on the Apple Watch, depending on the generation and model.
Charging AirPods
Tap the charge level in the Control Point on the Apple Watch with AirPods connected, and you can see the battery level of your earbuds.
AirPods commands
You can use Siri to ask your AirPods Pro to turn noise cancellation on or off or turn on transparency mode, Just say the command.
Games on the Watch
You can’t play Cyberpank on your watch, but you can find simple toys for your Apple Watch in the AppStore.
Suitable to kill time and just a little distraction.
Dial customization
The Apple Watch has a wide variety of dials available that you can customize to your taste and color. But on the watch, this is not very visual and not always convenient.
In the Watch app on the iPhone, you can see all the available watch faces at once, customize them to your liking, and they will immediately appear on your watch.
Share a watch face
And if your friend, colleague, or just a stranger from the street admired the dial on the watch, you can very simply share it directly from your iPhone via Airdrop, mail, or messenger.
Find your iPhone
If you can’t find your smartphone, you can press this button in the Control Point and your iPhone will start making sounds. And if you press and hold the icon, your smartphone’s flash will flash.
Find your device easily in the dark
Noise Control
It’s no secret that prolonged exposure to loud sounds can damage our hearing. With the app on your watch, you can control the level of ambient noise.
You can even add this scale directly to the dial for greater clarity.
Don’t be late!
A useful trick for those who are regularly late. In the watch settings, you can add a certain number of minutes to the time displayed on the dial.
Now you will always be on time for your appointments.
Complicated Password
For those who like security or store important data in apps on the watch, you can set a password code of 6 digits instead of 4 – this will greatly increase the security of your data.
But don’t put all the ones, such passwords are easy to guess.
Red dot
If you noticed a red dot at the top of the dial, but didn’t know what it was, now you know. It’s an indicator of new notifications.
If you have unread notifications on your watch, that same red dot is displayed. You can turn it off in the notification settings.
Theater mode
When Theater mode is active, the watch screen doesn’t light up when you lift your wrist, but only turns on when you press or turn the thumb wheel.
This is convenient for the cinema or theater.
Stopwatch
The stopwatch is extremely useful in everyday life, and you can change its appearance with a simple tap.
There are 4 different displays available, including one with a graph.
Notification text
When you activate “privacy” in the notification settings, the text of the notifications themselves will only show up if you click on it.
This is useful if there are always a lot of people around that you have secrets from.
Control Panel
You can open the control item from any app. Hold your finger at the bottom of the Apple Watch screen, then swipe up.
In the comments, post what handy Apple Watch tricks you use.
