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Table of Contents

Welcome
Introducing Apple Watch
Whats new
Set up and get started
- Set up Apple Watch
- Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone
- Pair another Apple Watch with your iPhone
- Wi-Fi and cellular
- Use Apple Watch without its paired iPhone
- Turn on and wake Apple Watch
- Lock or unlock Apple Watch
- Charge and monitor the battery
Apple Watch For Your Kids
Basics
Personalize your Apple Watch
- Change the settings
- Change the language and orientation
- Adjust brightness and text size
- Adjust volume and haptics
- Choose alert sounds and haptics
- Remove, change, and fasten watch bands
- Organize apps
- View app settings and storage
- Customize notifications and Focus modes
  - Change notification settings
  - Use Focus
- Update your Apple Account
Apple Watch safety features
- Safety features
- Contact emergency services
- Set up and view Medical ID
- Use Check In
- Manage Fall Detection
- Manage Crash Detection
- Off-grid communication via satellite
  - Set up satellite communications
  - Use satellite features
Siri
Apple Watch faces
Run with Apple Watch
Track important health information
Apps
- Activity
  - Track daily activity
  - Adjust your Activity ring goals
  - Track your training load
  - Share your activity
- Alarms
- App Store
  - Get apps
  - Change settings
- Audiobooks
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- Compass
  - Use the Compass app
  - View and add Compass Waypoints
  - Use Backtrack to retrace your steps
- Contacts
  - Contacts
  - Use NameDrop to share contact information
- Cycle Tracking
  - Use Cycle Tracking
  - Receive retrospective ovulation estimates
  - Track your pregnancy
- Depth
  - Measure underwater temperature, duration, and depth
  - Log your underwater activity
  - Configure the Depth app
- ECG
- Find People, Devices, and Items
  - Find People
    - View a friends location
    - Get directions to a friend
  - Find misplaced devices
  - Find Items
    - Locate an AirTag
    - Mark an AirTag as lost
- Heart Rate
  - Heart Rate
  - Heart Health
  - Receive hypertension notifications
- Home
  - Control your home
  - Use Grid Forecast to plan your energy usage
  - Send and receive intercom messages
  - Remotely access your smart home accessories
- Mail
  - Read mail
  - Write and reply to mail
  - Manage mail
- Maps
  - Find places and explore
  - Explore maps
  - Get directions
  - Use offline maps
- Medications
- Memoji
- Messages
  - Read messages
  - Send and reply to messages
  - Edit and unsend messages
  - Translate messages
  - Send stickers, animations, and more
  - Share your location
  - Share messages
  - Make a FaceTime audio call
- Mindfulness
  - Start a Reflect or Breathe session
  - Log your state of mind
- Music
  - Add music
  - Remove music
  - Play music
  - Do more with Music
  - Radio
- Music Recognition
- News
- Noise
  - Measure noise levels
  - Monitor your environmental noise exposure
- Notes
  - Create and view notes
  - Organize notes
- Now Playing
- Phone
  - Make phone and FaceTime audio calls
  - Accept or decline incoming calls
  - While on a call
- Photos
  - Choose a photo album and manage storage
  - View photos
  - Customize the Photos watch face
- Podcasts
  - Add podcasts
  - Play podcasts
- Reminders
  - Make and view lists
  - Edit and organize lists
- Remote
- Shortcuts
- Siren
- Sleep
  - Track your sleep
  - View your sleep score
  - Track your nightly wrist temperature
  - Receive sleep apnea notifications
- Stocks
- Stopwatch
- Tides
- Timers
- Use the Tips app
- Translate
- Vitals
- Voice Memos
- Walkie-Talkie
- Wallet
  - About Apple Wallet
  - Set up Apple Pay
  - Use Apple Pay for contactless payments
  - Use Apple Cash
  - Use Apple Card
  - Use passes
  - Use rewards cards
  - Ride transit
  - Home, hotel room, and vehicle keys
  - Vaccination cards
- Weather
  - Check the weather
  - See weather in other locations
- Workout
  - Get started
  - Complete a workout
  - Customize your workouts
  - Go for a run
  - Go cycling
  - Go for a swim
  - Change settings in Workout
- World Clock
Use Apple Watch with other devices
Accessibility
Restart, erase, recover, restore, and update
Get help
Safety, handling, and support
Copyright and trademarks

Set up Handwashing on AppleWatch

Your AppleWatch can detect when you start washing and encourage you to keep going for 20 seconds, the time recommended by global health organizations.

Turn on Handwashing

Go to the Settings app [] on your AppleWatch.
Tap Handwashing, then turn on Handwashing Timer.

When AppleWatch detects that youve started washing your hands, it starts a 20-second timer. If you stop washing in less than 20 seconds, youre encouraged to finish the job.

Note: On an AppleWatch set up for a family member, you can also turn on handwashing reminders. Go to the Settings app [] on the managed AppleWatch, tap Handwashing, turn on Handwashing Timer, then turn on Handwashing Reminders.

To see a report of your average handwashing times, go to the Health app on your iPhone, tap [the Search button], tap Other Data, then tap Handwashing.

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