16 Apple Watch Hacks You Didn't Know About

David & David tell you about 16 Apple Watch tips, tricks, and hidden features you didn't know about! The Apple Watch doesn’t come with a manual, and as a result, people miss out on a ton of amazing features.
Most of these hacks work for all models of Apple Watch!
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0:00 Intro
0:06 Blink Your iPhone From Your Watch
0:32 Set Multiple Timers
1:13 Play Chimes On The Hour
1:57 Announce Time
2:05 Hidden Compass
2:16 App Privacy Report
3:49 Theater Mode
4:19 Cover To Mute
4:43 Customize Your Workout View
6:31 Download Offline Content
7:45 Measure Your Blood Oxygen Levels
8:18 Wake Duration
8:45 Grid View & List View
10:10 Screenshots
11:03 Unlock iPhone & Mac
12:16 Voice Memos
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  • @PayetteForward
    @PayetteForward11 ай бұрын

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  • @phillipebrall9930
    @phillipebrall9930 Жыл бұрын

    Any extra function beyond telling the time is called a ‘complication’ because when the original watchmakers of mechanical watches were asked to add an additional feature they felt it complicated their work. True.

  • @efremmallach6501

    @efremmallach6501

    Жыл бұрын

    Right. It's not a new word that Apple invented. Watch people have used this word for things like moon phase dials for well over a century.

  • @jeffpicken5057

    @jeffpicken5057

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this explanation. It never made sense to me that Apple called them complications.

  • @robertbrzheintzbrz147

    @robertbrzheintzbrz147

    11 ай бұрын

    That’s exactly what I wanted to comment. 👍👍

  • @jimbaker4942
    @jimbaker4942 Жыл бұрын

    I’m always using the multiple timer function. But the best thing is if you use Siri to dictate and set a timer and tell it to title that individual timer something, it will then remind you what thing you were timing. Useful for cooking when several things are all on different timers. "Hey Siri set a 15 minute timer, titled check potatoes".

  • @zoecunningham3019
    @zoecunningham3019 Жыл бұрын

    Great to have info on hand instead of searching each necessary question on functions that come up

  • @bud1412
    @bud1412 Жыл бұрын

    Another great one. I depend on you two for all my questions. Thank you!

  • @cmd_f5
    @cmd_f52 ай бұрын

    Good stuff. The timers are incredibly helpful. I got a watch yesterday, and while it's kinda gimmicky, I think there's a good case for having one if you're out and about a lot and don't always wanna be grabbing a phone and setting it down etc. just glance and get back to whatever you're doing.

  • @russelllycan2116
    @russelllycan2116 Жыл бұрын

    My Apple Watch alerted me that my heart rate was low. I went to ER and after tests they said I needed bypass surgery and should not go home to wait for one or I could have a heart attack. Bypass was successful.

  • @jefff1416
    @jefff1416 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, but can’t get the flashlight to flash when pressing the chime. Is there some thing settings that needs to be turned on/off? Thanks.

  • @chipsterb4946
    @chipsterb4946 Жыл бұрын

    Wow! The workout and playlist tips are exceptional.

  • @NewtonDKC
    @NewtonDKC Жыл бұрын

    @2:32 In the days of mechanical watches, anytime additional gears were added to show the day, date, etc, it made the gear system more complicated. Thus the name “Complication”. SmartWatch makers retained the name, and presumably is still somewhat accurate, though more complicated from an additional coding point. :-)

  • @idarstomsvik5439
    @idarstomsvik54398 ай бұрын

    Thank you for good advices, i have a question regarding the stopwatc on Apple watch Ultra, why is the houndreds stop showing after 15 sec. and secunds stop showing after 1 minute, is there away to continue seeing everything after the watch mute ?

  • @BG4life13
    @BG4life1310 ай бұрын

    do yall recommend turning off auto launch audio apps? also a battery killer.

  • @heathphillips2545
    @heathphillips2545 Жыл бұрын

    Great advice could you show a link for the stand that the iPhone and watch is on please many thanks

  • @MrScotty30
    @MrScotty30 Жыл бұрын

    Great content I always learn something from these guys.

  • @maximilian3140
    @maximilian31402 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your great videos. But I can’t find the Cover to mute option at my Series 7 with latest os. Is this ultra or higher series exclusive?

  • @robertgarvansnyder4665
    @robertgarvansnyder46657 ай бұрын

    Killer feature of the Theatre Mode: the flashlight will be soft red instead of bright white. So nice for midnight trips to the bathroom. (I have the action button set as a flashlight). My number one feature request is ability to set the default flashlight setting to always be red, so you don’t need to be in theatre mode to have quick access to red light.

  • @nnapsR
    @nnapsR Жыл бұрын

    i noticed that as soon as you took a screen shot on your watch it was in the photos on your phone, for me that can take hours , is there a link control to speed up that process, this happens across all my apple programs

  • @micheleredtfeldt678
    @micheleredtfeldt678 Жыл бұрын

    Is there a way to sync the voice memos between the iWatch and iPhone? If so, how?

  • @greekharry
    @greekharry Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the great info, love it! One question - how do you have 66,392 unread messages in your inbox? 😊

  • @kayasthaumesh3777
    @kayasthaumesh37779 ай бұрын

    Please make complete video on fitness activity apps n how to start fitness ring again from zero n clear footsteps and other datas??

  • @22jeepmojave75
    @22jeepmojave758 ай бұрын

    How about screen display setting manually?

  • @RS-yr6go
    @RS-yr6go5 ай бұрын

    Is there a way to organize the apps in list vue? That would be handy….

  • @jc01057
    @jc0105710 ай бұрын

    Multiple Timers on the Apple Watch: You can also name your timers. This is helpful in cooking, child care, maybe health care, coaching. Also, I find using Siri the easiest way to set the timers. How to: Say: Siri set 2 minute eggs timer, Siri set a 5 minute Doug time out timer, Siri set a 10 minute screen time timer. Then your watch will have a title on the timer while it is running and when it goes off. This can cut down on the confusion if you are super busy.

  • @melli-yelli
    @melli-yelli Жыл бұрын

    I find it difficult to find my max heart rate for a workout in the activity App. Can find average HR easy but not max, is there a way to make it easier to view?

  • @CaptJaipreetJoshi
    @CaptJaipreetJoshi Жыл бұрын

    your videos are very engaging and informative at the same time . recently got myself an Ultra and am finding the tips awfully useful. keep up the good work guys

  • @Brother_TX
    @Brother_TX Жыл бұрын

    Parabéns pelos detalhes informados em cada versão atualizada. Gostaria de solicitar como sugestão pois vc como testador beta tem maior relevância neste aspecto, sobre a Apple incluir uma maior funcionalidade no rastreamento entre os dispositivos como por exemplo o Apple Watch poder rastrear o iPhone , ou até mesmo a AirTag, da mesma forma que o iPhone consegue utilizar um método de rastreio fantástico para detectar os AirTag’s por que não utilizar do mesmo modo para procurar o Apple Watch ou um iPad perdido. Seria muito interessante. Desde já agradeço! Obrigado.

  • @bobmetzger51
    @bobmetzger517 ай бұрын

    Speaking of list vs. grid view, I like the list view. However, my wish would be to allow the list view to fully rotate from the end of the list to the top without “bottoming out”! Minor annoyance.

  • @user-ge7qo9ij4q
    @user-ge7qo9ij4q6 ай бұрын

    thanks , im 72 but still like tech , i just ordered the ultra 2, thanks for the tips, subscribed.

  • @arainla
    @arainla7 ай бұрын

    Need a update for new version of iOS

  • @ac_junior72
    @ac_junior729 ай бұрын

    You guys rock! Thanks for this!

  • @cathielem2023
    @cathielem2023 Жыл бұрын

    Can you link the phone stand you are using please

  • @donbethel7675
    @donbethel767511 ай бұрын

    Do you know a way to add or remove old racer routes. I started mine a year ago and they are short compared to the routes I ride now, and would like to extend or make new ones, but can find a way. Any Ideas?

  • @ronbrittany8592
    @ronbrittany8592 Жыл бұрын

    You two are awesome.

  • @theundead1600
    @theundead16008 ай бұрын

    I have the audio books and use it from time to time. It’s not always on for me on iOS 16 on series 6

  • @jeffpicken5057
    @jeffpicken5057 Жыл бұрын

    Grid view organized by type. All my running/workout apps are in one area, all music/audio apps in another, utilities in another, etc.

  • @jc719
    @jc7198 ай бұрын

    do you need a cellular plan for tip #10 with the music? thanks!

  • @user-yx4sf1fv4c
    @user-yx4sf1fv4c Жыл бұрын

    can you give us privacy enable tips for google chrome browser.

  • @Nomad1025
    @Nomad10259 ай бұрын

    QUESTION; i just got a new series 8. Can I watch apple tv on it?

  • @funkmonkeyfun
    @funkmonkeyfun4 ай бұрын

    Cover to mute has been moved to gestures.

  • @kevinburnett5475
    @kevinburnett5475 Жыл бұрын

    Blood Oxygen levels is one of the main reasons I got my Apple watch

  • @Mike-hu8yz

    @Mike-hu8yz

    7 ай бұрын

    Me too. Was fit and healthy and bang " Massive Saddle Pulmonary Embolism ".

  • @MA-nu7ki
    @MA-nu7ki Жыл бұрын

    From the first picture on your video, I thought you would show some thing where we could change the face to night mode without using the digital crown because that’s going away in the next update

  • @minwade5436
    @minwade5436 Жыл бұрын

    Guys thx for the tip Re finding yr iPhone on watch settings. My hubby gets so annoyed when I ask “HS” to find my iPhone. Guess that’s a non-issue in our home now. Cheers. Best wishes from Adelaide; South Australia🇦🇺💐

  • @sharonp2773
    @sharonp27739 ай бұрын

    Hi guys sorry to bother you but if i get a celluler apple watch do i need to use sim card or just use my phone amd connect asmy carrier doesntdo esim

  • @glenjones172
    @glenjones172 Жыл бұрын

    You probably have a number of apps on your Apple Watch. When I organize my apps, I organize them by the ones I use the most to one particular side of the screen. So I don’t have to go looking through all of the apps to find the one I’m looking for. Organizing by color is nice, but do we really use all the apps all the time. Maybe about four or five. That we use most.

  • @rickyt3961
    @rickyt3961 Жыл бұрын

    12:49 thanks great info although i don’t own an apple watch and don’t want to 😄 but i did however share this with someone i know 😉

  • @happyfreeky
    @happyfreeky Жыл бұрын

    I think the term complications comes from traditional (non-digital) watches. I have a vague recollection of seeing that term in the late 1980s, but I haven’t double-checked

  • @hughbrown6023
    @hughbrown602310 ай бұрын

    I can't hear the text message tone due to hearing loss is there a way to change the sound or allow my phone to still alert me with it's selected text notification sound?

  • @Burps___
    @Burps___ Жыл бұрын

    Another option for two-finger face touch as shown at 1:56, besides announcing the time, is haptic time where the watch silently vibrates the time. It’s so cool and good for in bed and quiet theaters when you don’t want to light up your watch and can’t have an announcement. 😊 See settings

  • @theon9575

    @theon9575

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, and I just love to use the 2-finger face touch on either the Mickey or Minnie Mouse faces, to amuse the kids, because the time is announced in Mickey's or Minnie's voice. 👍🏻😂❤️

  • @jeffpicken5057

    @jeffpicken5057

    Жыл бұрын

    This two-finger touch doesn't work on my watch. What am I missing? Is this just an Ultra hack?

  • @theon9575

    @theon9575

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeffpicken5057 haha... no it's not an ultra hack 🤣 I suggest that you carefully go through all sounds and voice related settings, including volume and mutes, on BOTH the Watch app on your mobile and also all settings on your watch, and it will come good. I'm a complete dumbo on these matters, and if I can do it so can you. There's plenty of hacks & frauds, yes, but this ain't one of them, friend. 🤣 Good luck PS it's not just there for our fun, it's essential for blind people.

  • @Burps___

    @Burps___

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeffpicken5057 Mine is not an ultra. It’s part of WatchOS. If yours doesn’t work then please Google search solutions.

  • @RS-yr6go

    @RS-yr6go

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jeffpicken5057works on my series 9…

  • @LesGainous
    @LesGainous10 ай бұрын

    You can arrange your app icons not only from your watch (tedious), but also from your iPhone Watch app. It’s MUCH easier!

  • @joseabad2552
    @joseabad2552 Жыл бұрын

    What a outstanding tutorial ❤

  • @jdanpey
    @jdanpey Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos you guys are hilarious

  • @theon9575
    @theon9575 Жыл бұрын

    "Complications" This is NOT really such a 'stoopid' term (2:30) as you say. Complication is a traditional watchmakers' term used by Swiss & other watch producers for over 120 years to refer to any function of a watch beyond its basic function of giving the time. Quite normal, common around the world, and it's not stupid 😂 . Thus, a mechanical watch that also shows the date has one complication, and further complications are built into more expensive clockwork watches, including the date, a separate second-hand, or the month, etc. Rolex and other high-end watches can include many complications such as the month, phase of the moon, time in another time-zone etc.. Watchmakers even compete and show off their design skills by building in more complications than others. Louis XIV's personal clock has the most complications ever built into one timepiece, and its designer is a legend among modern horologists. The Apple watch is still a watch, but it's electronic and so can include numerous fancy complications not possible in clock-work watches.

  • @theroadhome_Liz_Summers

    @theroadhome_Liz_Summers

    Жыл бұрын

    More enlightenment - thank you!

  • @Jefff72
    @Jefff726 ай бұрын

    I just bought an Ultra 2 and this is my first Apple Watch but 2nd smartwatch. It'd now RIP to my Samsung Gear S3. The Apple can do a lot more which also costs a lot more. So far, I'm liking my Ultra.

  • @D9david
    @D9david9 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ahryze
    @ahryze Жыл бұрын

    You can place people on hold when they call. By pressing the three dots in the bottom right hand corner. Then select answer with phone. With the AirPods in you can hear them on the line. It will tell them please hold.

  • @KLbn2014
    @KLbn20147 ай бұрын

    Wow.amazing..but it’s hard to connect in my iphone14 pro max

  • @aziztoon3
    @aziztoon34 ай бұрын

    Can i use youtube music with cellular only with airpods only?

  • @livealoha50f
    @livealoha50f7 ай бұрын

    I really have KZread burnout and I am very critical. It’s just so annoying how many people are doing this. But surprisingly, you guys are funny. Coming from someone as miserable as grinchy as me is quite a feat.

  • @jeancouto
    @jeancouto6 ай бұрын

    Amazing!!!!

  • @rainerhofmeyer6939
    @rainerhofmeyer69396 ай бұрын

    The term complications on a dial Apple Ultra comes from normal watches, where every additional function such as day display, moon phase, etc. is called a complication

  • @msimm8612
    @msimm8612 Жыл бұрын

    Feels like I have a fake minute repeater. it's great

  • @glennelzinga523
    @glennelzinga52310 ай бұрын

    Hey David,.. why do you call the SE junk??

  • @massidt
    @massidt Жыл бұрын

    I’ve now seen the pink T-shirt under the shirt….no guys, please, I'm Italian. 🤣🤣 🇮🇹

  • @philrabe910
    @philrabe910Ай бұрын

    I learned about "complications" yesterday. Today I learned the reason for that name is...complicated.

  • @brucestrickland8561
    @brucestrickland856111 ай бұрын

    "Complications" may be stupid, but fancy watches also use the term. So Apple is just continuing a tradition.

  • @mariafumoto931
    @mariafumoto931 Жыл бұрын

    Fr us 💖 🤣 thanks for information

  • @jimmyhadnot4194
    @jimmyhadnot41944 ай бұрын

    The apple watch unlock the way before covid

  • @jbarres80
    @jbarres8010 ай бұрын

    Lately I’ve been using fitness open walk or run it starts then goes to Lock Screen then it pauses the walk

  • @shaysmith8324
    @shaysmith832411 ай бұрын

    Mine isn’t going to necessarily work with the palm feature is or will it

  • @1donKlanzDon
    @1donKlanzDon2 ай бұрын

    What do I do to stop my Apple Watch from playing everything music or movies on my phone that keep coming up on my watch as audio? I try everything it won’t stop

  • @robweileder9061
    @robweileder9061 Жыл бұрын

    You can also arrange the grid view in the Watch app on your iPhone

  • @lockup6104
    @lockup6104 Жыл бұрын

    Mahalo I like it. 🌴🤙🏽🇺🇸

  • @lincolndickerson1293
    @lincolndickerson1293 Жыл бұрын

    I have my iphone apps on the home screen grouped by color

  • @Kamardriakus
    @Kamardriakus10 ай бұрын

    super awesome!! :D

  • @lennymirabeau874
    @lennymirabeau87411 ай бұрын

    Why is it that they dont allow you to customize the timers with different options of the types of timers your adding. For example grilled fish/ grilled chicken etc…

  • @BlueSkiesTruthRadio
    @BlueSkiesTruthRadio Жыл бұрын

    When would press and hold become main stream enough to become a word, pah?

  • @Trollerolf
    @Trollerolf10 ай бұрын

    So in order for me to listen to music only using my Apple Watch Ultra, without my phone. I need to have Apple Music account? I have already KZread music, but this I can't listen to without my phone!

  • @appleholic1553
    @appleholic1553 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I really like your videos. Maybe I'll subscribe some day. Oh geewize guys. I'm joshing! I subscribed literally a million years ago ✌🏼️

  • @pantauba
    @pantauba11 ай бұрын

    It would have been good to add instructions how to listen to music offline with Spotify and not just with Apple Music. A lot of people use Spotify instead.

  • @arielspalter7425
    @arielspalter742522 күн бұрын

    The unlock iPhone with Apple Watch doesn’t work for me. It still awaits Face ID or passcode, and after the phone is unlocked using either of the two traditional methods, a pop up comes up on the watch screen (sometimes) about unlocking the iPhone, even though it was unlocked without the use of the watch.

  • @johncollier6959
    @johncollier6959 Жыл бұрын

    Holding down the phone icon does not make the flash light on my phone. The chime function has helped me find my phone several times.

  • @annetteneumann9497

    @annetteneumann9497

    11 ай бұрын

    Same here, it doesn’t flash

  • @burly636
    @burly6368 ай бұрын

    You should be able to get rid of the activity rings. I'm disabled, and it frustrates the heck out of me. I hate to be reminded that I can't be as active as other people. I did not know you could touch it two fingers and it'll tell the time. I've had a series of Apple Watches for five years. You live and learn.

  • @michaelpartsch1296
    @michaelpartsch1296 Жыл бұрын

    to use the two-finger-tab to get the time spoken, it‘s neccessary that the watch is woken up before. Doesn‘t make sense. It would be much more comfortable, if it also would word in sleep mode…

  • @gbkworf
    @gbkworf Жыл бұрын

    I use Theater mode every night while sleeping with my watch on my wrist

  • @caspervanosch8654
    @caspervanosch8654 Жыл бұрын

    Timers app? I don’t seem to have a timers app in my native apple apps. Did you guy’s download a third party one?

  • @Burps___

    @Burps___

    Жыл бұрын

    Ask Siri through your AW mic to set a timer and it’ll pop up. “Hey Siri, set a timer for three minutes”

  • @petat13

    @petat13

    Жыл бұрын

    Timers are in the clock app along with the stop watch, alarms and time zones.

  • @bobbyc9439
    @bobbyc943911 ай бұрын

    Is there any experimental features that should be turned off?

  • @Alehandro.Gjylsheni
    @Alehandro.Gjylsheni Жыл бұрын

    Hello i luv you❤

  • @LesGainous
    @LesGainous10 ай бұрын

    This video’s thumbnail appears to show how you can change the font color of everything to red. Did I miss this feature in the video?

  • @geraldsaunders1485
    @geraldsaunders148511 ай бұрын

    if you use siri with your iwatch you can also do multiple timers

  • @devgaz
    @devgaz8 ай бұрын

    You can set multiple timers.

  • @EricIshikawa
    @EricIshikawa Жыл бұрын

    You can use Siri to set multiple timers by naming them. “Set pasta timer for 10 minutes.”

  • @JohnSmith-zi9or
    @JohnSmith-zi9or11 ай бұрын

    LOL @ 9:55 .... David was ready to kill you.

  • @Wakeup382
    @Wakeup38211 ай бұрын

    Any merch or promo marketing products, I can help with really nice, quality and inexpensive ideas and products!

  • @shawnlove5596
    @shawnlove55968 ай бұрын

    i press and hold to find my iphone 14 pro but it only rings the light doesn't come on

  • @_R_o_n_a_l_d_
    @_R_o_n_a_l_d_ Жыл бұрын

    Misleading title. A hack is a modification, what you’re describing are mere functions.

  • @vpn__
    @vpn__ Жыл бұрын

    Who boils hot dogs 🤔

  • @Jefff72
    @Jefff726 ай бұрын

    That was funny... Wearing ski mask while going to the bank. My bank loves it when I do it. They just hand me tons and tons of cash. It's so nice of them! Then some people in uniforms show up to bring to a nice place to stay.

  • @massidt
    @massidt Жыл бұрын

    Great video but…..the white T-shirt under the shirt…. NO PLEASE 😂

  • @itsallschittsandgigglesunt7354
    @itsallschittsandgigglesunt73545 ай бұрын

    You can set multiple timers though lol this did t age well 😂

  • @madelyn-rose7
    @madelyn-rose7 Жыл бұрын

    Screenshots also appear on photos in your Apple Watch !!!!!!😂