Your Apple Watch is more than just a timepiece: it’s a powerful wearable device that can do a lot, even without your iPhone nearby. Here are some of the things you can do with your Apple Watch without an iPhone:
Key Highlights:
- Stay connected: Make and receive phone calls, send and receive messages, and use Siri to get directions, send iMessages, and more, even without your iPhone nearby.
- Track your health and fitness: Track your activity goals, heart rate, blood oxygen levels, sleep, and menstrual cycle.
- Pay for things: Use Apple Pay to make contactless payments at stores, restaurants, and other merchants.
- Control your smart home: Control your lights, thermostat, and other smart devices from your wrist.
- Access your favorite apps: Use many of your favorite apps on your Apple Watch, even without your iPhone nearby.
Stay connected:
- Make and receive phone calls: If your Apple Watch has a cellular connection, you can make and receive phone calls even if your iPhone isn’t with you.
- Send and receive messages: You can send and receive iMessages, SMS messages, and email messages on your Apple Watch, even without your iPhone nearby.
- Use Siri: Siri can help you with a variety of tasks on your Apple Watch, even without your iPhone nearby. For example, you can ask Siri to get directions, send iMessages, play music, and more.
Track your health and fitness:
- Track your activity goals: Your Apple Watch can track your steps, distance traveled, calories burned, and more. You can also set activity goals and track your progress.
- Track your heart rate: Your Apple Watch can track your heart rate throughout the day and during workouts. You can also receive notifications if your heart rate is too high or too low.
- Measure your blood oxygen levels: If you have an Apple Watch Series 6 or later, you can measure your blood oxygen levels. This can be helpful for tracking your overall health and fitness, as well as for managing certain medical conditions.
- Track your sleep: Your Apple Watch can track your sleep and provide you with insights into your sleep quality.
- Track your menstrual cycle: If you have an Apple Watch Series 8 or later, you can track your menstrual cycle and receive predictions for your next period, ovulation day, and fertility window.
Pay for things:
- Use Apple Pay: If your Apple Watch has a cellular connection, you can use Apple Pay to make contactless payments at stores, restaurants, and other merchants.
Control your smart home:
- Control your lights: You can use your Apple Watch to control your smart lights, even without your iPhone nearby.
- Control your thermostat: You can use your Apple Watch to control your smart thermostat, even without your iPhone nearby.
- Control other smart devices: You can use your Apple Watch to control many other smart devices, such as locks, security cameras, and speakers.
Access your favorite apps:
- Many of your favorite apps can be used on your Apple Watch, even without your iPhone nearby. For example, you can use the Music app to listen to music, the Podcasts app to listen to podcasts, and the Maps app to get directions.
Other things you can do with your Apple Watch without an iPhone:
- Set alarms and timers
- Use the stopwatch
- Use the calculator
- Check the weather
- View your calendar
- Find your friends, devices, and items
- Set reminders
- Record thoughts and ideas
- Get your bearings with Compass
- Protect your hearing
- Track your medications
