Most Apple Watch faces are extremely customizable.
You can change colors, choose design elements, and add functionality.
- Swipe up on the watch face for Glances — condensed, easily scannable views of the apps you use most.
- You know you have incoming communication when you feel it on your wrist.
- You always have complete control of what information reaches your Apple Watch.
“The Taptic Engine creates a feeling that is noticeable to you, but not to anyone else.”
- Kevin Lynch
- Apple Watch has Siri. Press and hold the Digital Crown to activate.
Receive and send messages in amazing ways — from your wrist.
Send preset phrases, smart responses based on your conversation, audio messages, your location — even interactive emojis.
- Apple Watch has Siri. Press and hold the Digital Crown to activate.
- Dictate a message, check your calendar, find the nearest coffee shop, and more. Siri is at your service.
- Apple Watch comes with the Photos app. Zoom in on a picture with a turn of the Digital Crown.
- Any photos you Favorite on your iPhone or Mac will automatically appear on your Apple Watch.
You’ll know this town like the back of your hand.
With Maps, Apple Watch can show your current location, turn-by-turn directions, and how long it will take to get to your destination.
- Maps doesn’t just show you the way, it guides you to go right or left with a tap.
Send a flower. Send a fish. Send any sketch with your finger.
- From Friends, you can make a call, send a message, or connect with new Digital Touch features.
- Press the side button to bring up Friends, a place to see the people you stay in touch with most.
- Digital Touch on Apple Watch makes communication more intimate.
- If your friend has an Apple Watch, you can give them a gentle tap on the wrist, even if they’re thousands of miles away.
With Apple Watch, you can share something as personal as the beating of your heart.
Press two fingers on the screen to capture and send your heartbeat.
- Apple Watch is an entirely new opportunity for developers. And it’s simple for them to extend their apps to Apple Watch.
- WatchKit lets developers make apps that appear right on the home screen of Apple Watch.
Kevin Lynch introduces WatchKit.
It gives developers all the tools they need to extend their apps to Apple Watch.
- Apps built with WatchKit take advantage of the larger battery and processing power in your iPhone. While displaying the app on Apple Watch.
- WatchKit lets developers make apps that appear right on the Home screen of Apple Watch.
- WatchKit apps can incorporate Glances.