Set up your Apple Watch

Larn how to use your iPhone to ready upward your new Apple tree Watch.

Before yous begin

Turn on your Apple tree Watch and put information technology on

Hold your Apple Watch close to your iPhone

Expect for the "Employ your iPhone to set upward this Apple Watch" message to appear on your iPhone, then tap Continue. If you don't see this message, open the Watch app on your iPhone, tap All Watches, and then tap Pair New Scout.

If this is your Apple Spotter, tap Prepare Up for Myself. Or tap Ready Upward for a Family unit Member, then follow the steps to prepare the watch for someone in your family.

Keep your Apple tree Watch and iPhone close together until you complete these steps.

iPhone and Apple Watch showing pairing screens

Agree your iPhone over the animation

Heart the lookout face up in the viewfinder on your iPhone. Wait for a message to say that your Apple tree Watch is paired.

If y'all can't use the camera, or you don't see the pairing animation or your iPhone can't read it, tap Pair Apple Watch Manually, so follow the steps that announced.

iPhone showing Apple Watch in its viewfinder

Fix up equally new or restore from a backup

If this is your starting time Apple Watch, tap Prepare every bit New Apple tree Watch. Otherwise, tap Restore from Backup. If asked, update your Apple Watch to the latest version of watchOS.

Your Apple Watch might crave a software update before you tin can set information technology up. If your iPhone says that a software update is available, tap Update At present and wait for the update procedure to end.

Read the Terms and Conditions and tap Concur, and so tap Concur again to continue.

Sign in with your Apple tree ID

If asked, enter your Apple ID countersign. If y'all aren't asked, yous can sign in after from the Apple Spotter app: Tap General > Apple tree ID, then sign in. Certain features that crave a cellular telephone number won't work on cellular models of Apple Watch unless you sign in to iCloud.

If Find My isn't gear up up on your iPhone, you'll be asked to plough on Activation Lock. If yous see an Activation Lock screen, your Apple Watch is already linked to an Apple tree ID. You demand to enter the email address and countersign for that Apple tree ID to continue fix up. If your Apple tree Watch was previously owned, you might need to contact the previous possessor to remove Activation Lock.

Choose your settings

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

Next, you can choose to employ other settings, like Route Tracking and Siri. If Siri isn't already set up on your iPhone, it will turn on subsequently you choose this option. You can besides cull the text size for your lookout man.

Create a passcode

You lot can skip creating a passcode, but you demand one for features like Apple Pay.

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

iPhone showing Apple Watch passcode setup screen

Choose features and apps

Next, you lot'll also be asked to set Apple tree Pay by adding a card. And then we'll walk you through setting up features similar automatic watchOS updates, SOS, and Activity. On cellular models of Apple Watch, you can also prepare cellular.

Finally, you tin can install your apps that are compatible with Apple Scout, or choose to install apps individually later on.

iPhone showing Install Available Apps screen

Expect for your devices to sync

Depending on how much data you take, syncing might take some fourth dimension. While yous wait for your watch to sync, endeavour Apple Watch Nuts to learn a niggling near how to utilize your lookout.

Go along your devices shut together until you hear a chime and experience a tap from your Apple Watch, and then printing the Digital Crown.

iPhone showing Apple Watch syncing screen

Start using your Apple Watch

Get help

To learn what to do next, find your issue beneath. If yous however need help, contact Apple Back up.

If your Apple tree Spotter won't plow on

If you're asked for a passcode

If yous run into an Activation Lock screen

Your Apple Watch is linked to an Apple ID. You need to enter the email accost and password for that Apple tree ID to continue set. If your Apple Scout was previously owned, you might need to contact the previous owner to remove Activation Lock.

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