Apple Watch For Dummies

Marc Saltzman is a freelance journalist, author, lecturer, and consultant, as well as a radio and TV personality. Along with frequent appearances on CNN Headline News and FOX stations, Marc hosts Tech It Out, a syndicated radio show and podcast, and is the host of Gear Guide, a video seen on movie theater screens across Canada.

Introduction 1


About This Book 1


How to Use This Book 2


Foolish Assumptions 4


Icons Used in This Book 4


Beyond This Book 4


Where to Go from Here 5


Part 1: Getting to Know Apple Watch 7


Chapter 1: Watch This: Introducing Apple Watch 9


Exploring the Different Apple Watch Collections 10


Figuring Out What Apple Watch Can Do 11


Watch faces 12


Timers and alarms 12


Caller ID, or even calls 12


Walkie-Talkie 13


Emergency SOS 13


Text messages 13


Email 13


Wrist-to-wrist communication 13


Dock 14


Calendars 14


Maps 15


Siri 15


Fitness 15


iTunes connectivity 16


Apple Pay 17


Other apps 17


Other functions 17


Bonus tips 18


Determining What You Need for Your Apple Watch 18


Getting to Know the Apple Watch Home Screen 19


Learning About Apple Watch’s Parts 23


Watch face 23


Digital Crown button 23


Side button 24


Back sensors/charger 25


Watch band 25


Using Apple Watch’s Touchscreen 25


Understanding Apple Watch’s Wireless Functions and Internal Sensors 26


Bluetooth 40 26


Wi-Fi 27


Cellular 27


NFC (near field communication) 27


GPS 27


Accelerometer, gyroscope, and barometric altimeter 28


Heart rate sensor 28


Electrocardiogram (ECG) 29


Ambient light sensor 29


Tapping with Apple Watch’s Haptic Feedback 29


Chapter 2: Time Out: Setting Up Your Apple Watch 31


Setting Up Apple Watch 32


Pairing Apple Watch with the iPhone 33


Choosing a passcode for Apple Watch 37


Setting up cellular connectivity on Apple Watch 38


Monitoring the Apple Watch battery 40


Understanding the Home Screen 43


Maintaining Your Apple Watch 46


Avoiding water for the original Apple Watch 46


Avoiding extreme temps 46


Doubting its durability 47


Considering a bumper 47


Using Apple Watch responsibly 48


Taking Advantage of Accessibility Features 51


Chapter 3: Control Freak: Mastering Apple Watch’s Interface and Apps 53


Handling Apple Watch’s Controls 54


Tap 54


Double-tap 55


Press (Force Touch) 55


Two-finger press (heartbeat) 56


Swipe 57


Sketch 57


Digital Crown button 58


Side/Power button 59


Going Hands-Free with Siri 60


Vibrating Along with Apple Watch’s Tactile Feedback 61


Using Control Center, Dock, and Notifications 62


Control Center 62


Dock 64


Notifications 64


Looking at Apple Watch’s Built-In Apps 65


Phone 66


Messages 66


Mail 67


Calendar 67


Alarm 67


Stopwatch 68


Timer 68


World Clock 68


Siri 68


Weather 68


Stocks 69


Activity 69


Workout 69


Maps 71


Photos 71


Remote Camera 72


Music 72


Remote 72


Wallet and Apple Pay 73


Apple News 73


Breathe 73


Walkie-Talkie 74


Heart Rate 74


Find Friends 74


Podcasts 74


Radio 74


Home 75


Settings 75


Part 2: Just the Tasks, Ma’am! 77


Chapter 4: It’s About Time: Learning How to Set Watch Faces, Alarms, Timers, and More 79


Looking at the Built-In Watch Faces 80


Activity (analog and digital) 80


Astronomy 81


Breathe 81


Chronograph 82


Color 82


Explorer 84


Fire and Water 84


Infograph, Infograph Modular 84


Kaleidoscope 85


Liquid Metal 86


Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse 87


Modular 88


Motion 89


Numerals 89


Photos 90


Pride 91


Simple 92


Siri 92


Solar 93


TimeLapse 93


Toy Story 95


Utility 95


Vapor 95


X-Large 95


Choosing from the Various Watch Faces 98


Differentiating Between Customizations and Complications 101


Customizations 101


Complications 101


Looking closer at a few complications 102


Accessing Time on Apple Watch 104


Accessing World Time 106


Taking Control: Alarms, Stopwatches, and Timers — Oh My! 108


Alarms 108


Stopwatches 109


Timers 111


Chapter 5: Keep in Touch: Using Apple Watch for Calls, Texts, Walkie-Talkie, Emails, and More 113


Accepting and Placing a Call on Apple Watch 114


Incoming calls 115


Outgoing calls 116


Outgoing calls with FaceTime audio 118


Handing Off a Call to Your iPhone or via Bluetooth 120


Making Apple Watch Calls over Wi-Fi 121


Receiving and Sending Messages 122


Receiving and responding to messages 123


Replying with Scribbles 127


Responding with an audio clip 128


Sending a message 129


Sending Stickers, Taps, Kisses, Heartbeats, and More 134


Sketch 135


Tap 137


Heartbeat 137


A few more Digital Touch options 138


Stickers, handwritten messages, and Tapback 139


Enabling and using the Walkie-Talkie feature 141


Sending, Receiving, and Managing Emails on Apple Watch 143


Reading and acting on an email 144


Replying to an email 146


Composing an email 147


Chapter 6: In the Know: Staying Informed with Apple Watch 149


Accessing Real-Time Weather, UV Index, and Wind Speed 150


Following Stock Information and Much More 153


Adding Weather and Stocks to Your Watch Face Screen 156


Using Dock on Apple Watch 158


Launching Dock and more 158


Customizing Dock 159


Mastering Notifications on Apple Watch 160


How notifications work 160


Accessing the notification settings 161


View notifications 162


Change how you get notifications on your Apple Watch 163


Accessing Your Calendar on Apple Watch 164


Navigate the Calendar app 164


To respond to a calendar/appointment request 167


Accepting a calendar request through notifications 167


Navigating the Maps App 169


Part 3: It’s All in the Wrist 175


Chapter 7: Siri Supersized: Gaining the Most from Your Personal Assistant 177


Setting Up Siri on Your Apple Watch 178


Select a language 179


Siri voice and search option setup 179


Ready to rock? Connect and talk to Siri 181


Talking to Siri on Apple Watch 181


What Are Siri Shortcuts? 182


Using the Siri watch face and Siri Shortcuts 183


Using Siri effectively on Apple Watch 184


Clock/World Clock apps 184


Messages app 185


Phone/Contacts apps 186


Mail app 187


Calendar app 188


Activity/Workout apps 188


Maps app 188


Music app 189


Miscellaneous 190


Trying Other Tasks with Siri 191


Setting reminders by location 191


Reading your texts 192


Calculating numbers 192


Finding your friends 192


Extending the Fun (and Silly) Ways to Interact with Siri 193


Say: “What’s the best smartwatch?” 193


Say: “I love you, Siri” 193


Say: “Siri, I’m bored” 193


Say: “Who’s your daddy?” 194


Say: “What’s the meaning of life?” 194


Say: “Will you marry me?” 194


Chapter 8: Fitness Fun and Happy Health: Apple Watch Is Your Workout Buddy and Digital Doctor 195


Track Your Fitness with Apple Watch 196


Getting Up and Running with the Activity App 197


Move 199


Exercise 202


Stand 203


Understanding the Workout App 204


Personalizing Reminders, Feedback, and Achievements 210


Reminders 210


Summary 210


Achievements 211


Using the Activity App on Your iPhone 213


Learn to Use (and Love) the Breathe App 215


To start a Breathe session 215


Using the Apple Watch app to make Breathe changes 216


Advanced Health Help: Heart Rate, ECG, Fall Detection, and SOS 217


How the heart rate sensor works 217


How the ECG monitor works 219


Set up or edit your Medical ID information 220


Check heart rate 222


Receive heart rate notifications 222


Turn on Fall Detection 224


What to do after a fall 224


Emergency SOS 225


Chapter 9: Mucho Media: Managing Your Music, Movies, and More 227


Using Apple Watch to Control Songs Stored on an iPhone 228


Now Playing 230


Artists 230


Albums 231


Songs 232


Playlists 232


Having Siri Play Your Music 233


Pairing a Bluetooth Device with Apple Watch 234


Streaming Apple Music to Your Apple Watch 236


Playing Music from Your Apple Watch 236


How to Remove Music from Your Apple Watch 239


Playing Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Radio Plays 240


Podcasts 240


Sync podcasts to your Apple Watch 241


Audiobooks 243


Radio plays 245


Controlling Apple TV and iTunes with Your Apple Watch 246


Set up Home Sharing 246


Control Apple TV remotely 247


Control iTunes remotely 248


Chapter 10: Pay for Play: Making Mobile Payments with Apple Watch 249


Apple Watch and Security 250


Setting Up Apple Pay on iPhone 251


Setting up Apple Pay on Apple Watch 253


Using Apple Pay with Your Apple Watch 254


Pay Without a Nearby iPhone 256


Looking at the Wallet App 257


Using Apple Pay Cash on Apple Watch 260


Apple Pay Cash requirements 261


Set up Apple Pay Cash in Wallet 261


Using Apple Watch to send cash to friends 263


Using Apple Watch for Other Deals and Rewards 264


Part 4: More Apple Watch Tips and Tricks 267


Chapter 11: App It Up: Customizing Apple Watch with Awesome Apps and More 269


Downloading Apps for Apple Watch 270


Adjusting Settings in the Companion Apple Watch App on Your iPhone 272


Settings and personalization 273


General options 274


Accessibility options 275


First-party app options 276


Twenty Recommended Third-Party Apple Watch Apps 277


Mint 277


ESPN 278


Target 278


OneDrive 278


SPG 279


Twitter 279


OpenTable 279


Evernote 280


American Airlines 280


BMW i Remote 280


CNN 281


eBay 281


Citymapper 281


TripAdvisor 282


NPR One 282


Fandango 282


Things 282


PayByPhone Parking 282


Sky Guide 282


Lutron Caséta 283


Chapter 12: Extra! Extra! Having Fun with Apple Watch 285


How to Copy Photos to Apple Watch 286


Launching Photos on Apple Watch 288


Discovering the Camera Remote App 289


Examining a Batch of Apple Watch Games 291


Watch This Homerun 292


Trivia Crack 292


Runeblade 293


Best Fiends 294


Snappy Word 295


Watch Quest 295


Spy_Watch 296


Part 5: The Part of Ten 299


Chapter 13: Ten Cool Things to Do with Your Apple Watch 301


Activity 302


Apple Pay 303


Hotel Key 304


Walkie-Talkie 304


Music Playback 306


Maps 306


Digital Touch 307


Siri 308


Watches and Watch Faces 309


Gaming 312


Index 313