Apple Watch

APPLE WATCH

May 13, 2015

How to use the Apple Watch to track a Workout session

Kelly Hodgkins

One of the strengths of the Apple Watch is the device's ability to monitor your health and fitness. Combined with the iPhone, the Watch can be an important tool to keep active, lose weight,

APPLE WATCH

May 12, 2015

How to use the Apple Watch to track your activity level

Kelly Hodgkins

One of the major features of the Apple Watch is its ability to track your activity level and overall fitness. Without any additional hardware, the Watch can monitor your heart rate, count your steps and

GUIDES

May 12, 2015

15 Force Touch features you should use on your Apple Watch

Gautam Prabhu

The Apple Watch display features Force Touch technology, which can distinguish between a tap and a press. This innovation allows users to interact with apps in a unique way that is compatible with the compact

GUIDES

May 11, 2015

How to increase the size of app icons on your Apple Watch Home screen

Gautam Prabhu

With the Apple Watch, Apple got rid of the Home screen pages and the dock, and replaced it with one large, fluid grid of apps. The home screen looks at lot more modern compared to

APPLE WATCH

May 8, 2015

How to make a Phone Call on your Apple Watch

Kelly Hodgkins

One the biggest advantages of the Apple Watch over its competitors is the device’s ability to initiate a phone call directly from the wrist-worn device. Thanks to the Watch's onboard microphone and

APPLE WATCH

May 8, 2015

Apple Watch review: My thoughts after using it for a fortnight

Gautam Prabhu

Before I got into details about my experience with the Apple Watch, which I have been using now for almost two weeks, let me give you a background of my experience with the (mechanical) watch,

APPLE WATCH

May 7, 2015

How to use Power Reserve mode on your Apple Watch

Kelly Hodgkins

Apple’s Watch is designed to deliver enough battery life to last an entire day under normal usage. Not every day is going to be normal, and there are times when you will run out

APPLE NEWS

May 5, 2015

New Apple patents explain ‘particle cloud’ pairing method used for Apple Watch

Killian Bell

If you've already got your hands on an Apple Watch, you'll be familiar with its unique set up process, which simply requires you to point your iPhone's camera at a pattern on

GUIDES

May 4, 2015

Tips to improve Apple Watch battery life

Kelly Hodgkins

Apple designed the Watch with a battery that provides sufficient power to make it through a typical day under normal usage. The company estimates most people will get 18 hours of battery life as long

Apple Watch - Remote Camera app for iPhone

GUIDES

May 4, 2015

How to use your Apple Watch to take photos remotely on your iPhone

Gautam Prabhu

If you use a tripod with your iPhone to take photographs, and have just bought an Apple Watch, then you're going to love the feature to take photos remotely using your shiny new Watch.

GUIDES

May 4, 2015

How to set up and use Apple Watch to control your Apple TV

Gautam Prabhu

One of the cool things you can do with your Apple Watch is control your Apple TV with it. Find out how to set up and use your Apple Watch to control your Apple TV

APPLE WATCH

May 3, 2015

Apple Watch causing skin irritation for some users

Smidh

The Apple Watch is causing skin irritation to some of its owners. The skin irritation is being caused due to allergy to one of the materials from which the Apple Watch band is made out

APPLE WATCH

May 3, 2015

How to use ‘Do Not Disturb’ on your Apple Watch

Kelly Hodgkins

Apple’s Watch includes an easy-to-access "Do Not Disturb" function that allows you to silence your phone when you are attending an event where you don’t want your Watch chiming or buzzing

GUIDES

May 3, 2015

How to monogram Apple Watch face with custom characters

Kelly Hodgkins

The Apple Watch allows you to use a monogram on select Watch faces. This feature allows you to add your initials or any other short phrase (4 characters or less) to a selected Watch face.

GUIDES

May 2, 2015

Tips: Improve your Apple Watch home screen with these simple customizations

Kelly Hodgkins

You frequently interact with the home screen on the Apple Watch, so you should organize your app icons in a way that makes activating apps and accessing your settings as easy as possible. Check out

APPLE WATCH

May 2, 2015

How to manually force close an Apple Watch app

Kelly Hodgkins

Hopefully you never have to force close an app on your Apple Watch, but sometimes glitches occur that require this last ditch measure. If you find yourself stuck inside an app that is malfunctioning, don’

APPLE WATCH

May 1, 2015

The colored Apple Watch Sport bands all have different weights

Evan Selleck

If you thought that all of the 38mm Apple Watch Sport bands weighed the same, or that all of the 42mm Sport bands weighed the same, that would be a reasonable assumption. It would also

APPLE WATCH

May 1, 2015

Apple Watch repair guide posted, details battery, screen and more

Evan Selleck

iFixit, not too long ago, managed to tear apart the Apple Watch and find out how the thing ticks, while also measuring its repairability at the same time. Now, a few days later, iFixit has

APPLE WATCH

May 1, 2015

How to check your heart rate using the Apple Watch

Kelly Hodgkins

The Apple Watch ships with a cluster of sensors that monitor your heart rate. By default, the Apple Watch will track your heart rate every ten minutes automatically when you are idle and more frequently

APPLE WATCH

Apr 30, 2015

Some Apple Watch owners experiencing issues with the band not locking

Evan Selleck

The Apple Watch, while a high-profile and technically advanced product, is still just a first generation device. As a result, there are bound to be some kinks to work out. While some owners have

JAILBREAK

Apr 30, 2015

Top 5 Reasons I want to Jailbreak Apple Watch

Gautam Prabhu

Apple Watch finally went on sale last week. Apple's first foray into the wearable world reminds me a lot of the iPhone. It is revolutionary and easily the best smartwatch in the market, but

GUIDES

Apr 30, 2015

Even more Apple Watch tips and tricks you should know

Kelly Hodgkins

The more we use the Apple Watch, the more helpful tips and tricks we discover that’ll supercharge your use of the wearable device. We’ve already covered nine tips in an earlier post, and

APPLE WATCH

Apr 30, 2015

How to change the name of your Apple Watch

Kelly Hodgkins

Similar to the iPhone and iPad, Apple labels your Apple Watch with a generic name that pairs your name with the Apple Watch. For example, my Watch appears as "Kelly’s Apple Watch". You can

APPLE WATCH

Apr 29, 2015

How to clear a Notification or clear all Notifications on your Apple Watch

Gautam Prabhu

Notifications is one of the killer features of the Apple Watch. The Apple Watch is like having the Notification Center on your wrist, so it reduces the need to remove your iPhone from the pocket

GUIDES

Apr 28, 2015

9 Apple Watch tips and tricks you need to know

Kelly Hodgkins

With notifications, Siri support and more than 3,000 available apps, the Apple Watch is a tremendous device. Make this great device even better by using one or all of these nine tips below. If

SIRI

Apr 28, 2015

How to use Siri on your Apple Watch

Kelly Hodgkins

Similar to the iPhone, the Apple Watch includes the powerful vocal commands of Siri. The voice assistant is easily accessible and able to perform a variety of tasks using only spoken voice as the input.

APPLE WATCH

Apr 28, 2015

Tim Cook says component cost breakdown of Apple products are nowhere ‘close to being accurate’

Smidh

At the Q2, 2015 earnings call today, Tim Cook said that the cost breakdown of various Apple products published by analyst firms are wildly inaccurate. Cook said during the earnings call that while he has

APPLE WATCH

Apr 27, 2015

Apple’s Ion-X glass beats out the sapphire crystal glass in several categories in DisplayMate’s Apple Watch testing

Evan Selleck

There are three different tiers of the Apple Watch, beginning with the Watch Sport, followed by the Watch and finally the Watch Edition at the very top of the ladder. One of the things that

APPLE WATCH

Apr 27, 2015

Everything you need to know about notifications on the Apple Watch

Kelly Hodgkins

One of the primary features of the Apple Watch is its notification system that sends alerts from your iPhone to your wrist. Because incoming alerts can now appear on the Watch, iPhone owners can keep

APPLE WATCH

Apr 26, 2015

How to fix scratches on the stainless steel Apple Watch

Smidh

Bummed about all the scratches on your new stainless steel Apple Watch? Well, here is some good news for you. The scratches are not on the stainless steel body itself, but on the mirror finish