The phrase, “Hidden in plain sight” has become a cliché, but
the one thing people always forget is that clichés are only clichés because
they happen a lot. Apple Watch tips are no exception. How can a device you wear
on your wrist have so many hidden features? Here are a few more you may not
have seen before:
Quiet light
In a meeting, want to know the time, but don’t want to seem
too rude by raising the Watch to your face? Why not gently turn the Digital
Crown, which will gently illuminate the watch face so you can glimpse the time
surreptitiously? (One reason why not might be that this feature is only available
on Series 2 or later Watch models).
The call feature everyone neglects
Receiving a call but don’t want to take it on your Watch?
When the call notification appears on your Apple Watch screen just turn the
digital crown a little so that you see the lower part of the notification
screen. Tap Answer on iPhone and Siri will tell the caller to wait while you
retrieve your smartphone. (From here).
Share location
On the way to meet someone? If you’ve arranged the meeting
using Messages you can quickly let people know where you are by opening the
conversation thread in Messages app, Force Touch the message and tapping the
Send Location button. Now the person you are meeting will be able to watch
where you are until you reach them.
Easy mute
Get a call when you can’t take it? Just place your palm over
the Apple Watch face to mute the call. (You must enable this in My
Watch>Sounds & Haptics>Cover to Mute.)
Tap-tap
Those tapping sensations you feel when using Maps to get
somewhere? They’re trying to help you – this is what they mean:
Two taps thrice: Turn left
Twelve steady taps = turn right
Long vibration: You’ve arrived.
New Faces
Until Apple makes it possible to create and use your own
watch faces you’re kind of stuck with the default collections. You’ll use them
all for a while until you figure out the most useful designs for you, and you
can ditch the ones you don’t want to see in the watchface chooser by swiping up
on the design while in chooser. To get a watchface that you’ve deleted back, just
tap the + button.
Talking mice
Open the Watch app on your iPhone, open Sounds & Haptics
and scroll to the bottom to enable Tap to Speak Time. When this is on, tapping
the Mickey or Minnie Mouse watchfaces will make them announce the time in their
iconic voices.
Extra Workouts
Is your style of workout missing from the options inside the
Apple Watch Workout app? Just tap Other when selecting your workout, tap End
when you finish and choose ‘Rename Workout’ at the end of the list. You’ll now
be able to select any of 58 Workout styles, which will be named and added to
the main list for future use.
Tap for rain
Did you know that when you check the weather using the
standard Weather app, you can also check the chance of rain? To do so just tap
the main screen in the app to see the chance of rain over the next 12-hours,
tap it again to return to regular weather view.
Messages
Want to send a message from Apple Watch? You can ask Siri to
send the message, or Force Touch the Messages app to invoke the Create Message
item. Select a contact, dictate the message, and then press the Digital Crown
to send it off.
Force Touch everything
You should try to Force Touch everything in Apple Watch, as
doing so unlocks a whole range of things, emoji color, stopwatch mode, audio
source controls, maps search, and much more.
AirPlay
Any music or other media you have stored on Apple Watch can
be played through other devices using AirPlay. Force Touch the Now Playing
screen to reach this option.
Vibration
Open the Watch app on your iPhone and drop into Sounds &
Haptics, where you should toggle the ‘Prominent Haptic’ feature. Now you’ll get
two vibrations when a notification comes in, which may help you notice it
happening when you’re out and about.
Tap to end
Using Siri dictation to record a message or answer an email?
Just tap the screen once you’ve said what you needed to say and Siri will stop
listening for more words from you.
Siri
You can launch Apple Watch apps using Siri.
source: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3194932/apple-ios/15-apple-watch-tricks-you-ll-want-to-use.html
by Jonny Evans
http://www.buyetail.com
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