Ready your Apple Watch

Learn how to use your iPhone to set up up your new Apple Sentinel.

Earlier you lot begin

Turn on your Apple tree Sentinel and put information technology on

Hold your Apple Spotter close to your iPhone

Wait for the "Use your iPhone to set up this Apple Watch" message to appear on your iPhone, then tap Continue. If you don't encounter this message, open up the Watch app on your iPhone, tap All Watches, then tap Pair New Watch.

If this is your Apple Watch, tap Prepare Up for Myself. Or tap Set for a Family unit Fellow member, then follow the steps to set upwardly the watch for someone in your family.

Continue your Apple Sentinel and iPhone close together until y'all complete these steps.

iPhone and Apple Watch showing pairing screens

Hold your iPhone over the animation

Middle the watch face in the viewfinder on your iPhone. Wait for a message to say that your Apple Sentinel is paired.

If y'all can't use the photographic camera, or y'all don't see the pairing blitheness or your iPhone can't read information technology, tap Pair Apple Watch Manually, then follow the steps that appear.

iPhone showing Apple Watch in its viewfinder

Prepare upwardly as new or restore from a fill-in

If this is your first Apple tree Sentinel, tap Set Up equally New Apple Scout. Otherwise, tap Restore from Backup. If asked, update your Apple Watch to the latest version of watchOS.

Your Apple Watch might require a software update before you tin can set information technology up. If your iPhone says that a software update is bachelor, tap Update Now and wait for the update process to end.

Read the Terms and Atmospheric condition and tap Concur, then tap Agree again to continue.

Sign in with your Apple tree ID

If asked, enter your Apple ID password. If y'all aren't asked, you can sign in later from the Apple Watch app: Tap Full general > Apple ID, then sign in. Certain features that require a cellular phone number won't work on cellular models of Apple Lookout man unless you sign in to iCloud.

If Find My isn't prepare on your iPhone, you'll be asked to turn on Activation Lock. If you lot see an Activation Lock screen, your Apple Sentinel is already linked to an Apple ID. You need to enter the email address and password for that Apple ID to continue set upward. If your Apple Lookout was previously endemic, you lot might need to contact the previous owner to remove Activation Lock.

Choose your settings

Your Apple Watch shows yous which settings it shares with your iPhone. If you turned on features such every bit Find My, Location Services, Wi-Fi Calling, and Diagnostics for your iPhone, these settings automatically turn on for your Apple Watch.

Side by side, you tin can choose to utilise other settings, similar Route Tracking and Siri. If Siri isn't already ready on your iPhone, it will turn on afterwards you lot choose this option. You tin also choose the text size for your lookout.

Create a passcode

You tin can skip creating a passcode, but you need i for features like Apple Pay.

On your iPhone, tap Create a Passcode or Add a Long Passcode, then switch to your Apple Watch to enter your new code. To skip, tap Don't Add together Passcode.

iPhone showing Apple Watch passcode setup screen

Choose features and apps

Side by side, you'll also be asked to gear up up Apple Pay past adding a card. And so we'll walk you through setting upwardly features similar automatic watchOS updates, SOS, and Activeness. On cellular models of Apple Watch, you can also set cellular.

Finally, yous can install your apps that are compatible with Apple Watch, or cull to install apps individually later.

iPhone showing Install Available Apps screen

Wait for your devices to sync

Depending on how much data yous have, syncing might take some time. While you lot expect for your watch to sync, attempt Apple Sentinel Basics to learn a trivial about how to use your lookout.

Keep your devices shut together until yous hear a chime and feel a tap from your Apple Watch, then press the Digital Crown.

iPhone showing Apple Watch syncing screen

Start using your Apple Watch

Get help

To learn what to do next, observe your issue below. If you nevertheless need assist, contact Apple Back up.

If your Apple Watch won't plough on

If you're asked for a passcode

If you lot encounter an Activation Lock screen

Your Apple tree Watch is linked to an Apple tree ID. You need to enter the electronic mail address and password for that Apple tree ID to continue set up. If your Apple Watch was previously owned, you might need to contact the previous possessor to remove Activation Lock.

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