Apple Watch User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new
- Run with Apple Watch
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- Alarms
- App Store
- Blood Oxygen
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Camera Remote
- ECG
- Medications
- Memoji
- Music Recognition
- News
- Now Playing
- Reminders
- Remote
- Shortcuts
- Siren
- Stocks
- Stopwatch
- Tides
- Timers
- Use the Tips app
- Translate
- Vitals
- Voice Memos
- Walkie-Talkie
- World Clock
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- VoiceOver
- Set up Apple Watch using VoiceOver
- Apple Watch basics with VoiceOver
- Apple Watch Mirroring
- Control nearby devices
- AssistiveTouch
- Use a braille display
- Use a Bluetooth keyboard
- Zoom
- Tell time with haptic feedback
- Adjust text size and other visual settings
- Adjust motor skills settings
- Set up and use RTT
- Accessibility audio settings
- Type to speak
- Automatically open the focused app
- Use accessibility features with Siri
- The Accessibility Shortcut
- Copyright and trademarks
Send stickers, images, and more in Messages on Apple Watch
In the Messages app, you can add stickers, images, Memoji, audio clips, animations, and more to messages.
Send a Memoji, sticker, GIF, or audio clip
Go to the Messages app
on your Apple Watch.In a message conversation, do any of the following:
Send a Memoji or a sticker: Tap
, tap Stickers, tap a Memoji, then tap Send.Send a GIF: Tap
, tap #images, tap a GIF, then tap Send. To search for an appropriate GIF, tap the Search field, enter a search term, tap a resulting GIF, then tap Send.Send an audio clip: Tap
, tap Audio, record what you want to say, then tap 
.
Send a Digital Touch effect
You can send animated sketches, taps, kisses, heartbeats, and more.
Go to the Messages app
on your Apple Watch.In a message conversation, tap
, then tap Digital Touch.On the drawing canvas, do either of the following:
Use your finger to sketch on the screen. Tap the dot in the top-right corner to choose a different color.
Send an animated effect:
Tap: Tap the screen to send a single tap or tap repeatedly to send a pattern.
Kiss: Tap two fingers on the display one or more times. Stop tapping to send.
Heartbeat: Place two fingers on the display until you feel your heartbeat and see it animated on the screen.
Heartbreak: Place two fingers on the display until you feel your heartbeat, then drag them down to send.
Fireball: Touch and hold one finger on the display until you see a flame. Lift to send.
To see a Digital Touch someone has sent you, tap the notification or message bubble.