Set up your Apple Watch

Find out how to use your iPhone to set up up your new Apple Watch.

Earlier you begin

Turn on your Apple Watch and put it on

Hold your Apple Picket close to your iPhone

Wait for the "Employ your iPhone to set this Apple Picket" message to appear on your iPhone, then tap Continue. If you tin can't see this message, open the Watch app on your iPhone, tap All Watches, then tap Pair New Watch.

If this is your Apple Watch, tap Set for Myself. Or tap Prepare for a Family Member, then follow the steps to set up the sentinel for someone in your family unit.

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

iPhone and Apple Watch showing pairing screens

Concur your iPhone over the animation

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

If yous can't employ the camera, or you don't see the pairing animation or your iPhone can't read it, tap Pair Apple tree Spotter Manually, so follow the steps that announced.

iPhone showing Apple Watch in its viewfinder

Set up as new or restore from a backup

If this is your first Apple Watch, tap Fix as New Apple Watch. Otherwise, tap Restore from Fill-in. If asked, update your Apple tree Scout to the latest version of watchOS.

Your Apple Watch may require a software update before y'all tin can set it upwards. If your iPhone says that a software update is available, tap Update At present and wait for the update process to finish.

Read the Terms and Weather and tap Agree, so tap Agree over again to continue.

Sign in with your Apple ID

If asked, enter your Apple tree ID countersign. If you aren't asked, you can sign in afterward from the Apple Watch app: tap General > Apple ID, then sign in. Certain features that crave a mobile phone number won't work on cellular models of Apple Watch 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 see an Activation Lock screen, your Apple Watch is already linked to an Apple ID. Yous demand to enter the email address and countersign for that Apple tree ID to continue setup. If your Apple Spotter was previously owned, you may need to contact the previous possessor 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 equally Find My, Location Services, Wi-Fi Calling and Diagnostics for your iPhone, these settings automatically turn on for your Apple tree Watch.

Next, yous can choose to use other settings, such as Route Tracking and Siri. If Siri isn't already set up on your iPhone, it will turn on afterwards you lot cull this option. You lot can also choose the text size for your lookout man.

Create a passcode

You tin can skip creating a passcode, but you need one for features such equally 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 Passcode.

iPhone showing Apple Watch passcode setup screen

Cull features and apps

Next, you'll also be asked to set up Apple Pay by adding a card. So nosotros'll walk yous through setting upwardly features such equally automatic watchOS updates SOS, and Activity. On cellular models of Apple Watch, you can also gear up up mobile data.

Finally, you tin install your apps that are compatible with Apple tree Watch, or choose to install apps individually later.

iPhone showing Install Available Apps screen

Wait for your devices to sync

Depending on how much data you take, syncing may take some time. While you await for your sentry to sync, effort Apple Watch Basics to find out a fiddling near how to use your lookout.

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

iPhone showing Apple Watch syncing screen

Start using your Apple Picket

Get assistance

To come across what to do next, find your effect below. If you still need help, contact Apple tree Support.

If your Apple tree Spotter won't turn on

If you're asked for a passcode

If you lot see an Activation Lock screen

Your Apple Scout is linked to an Apple tree ID. You need to enter the email address and password for that Apple ID to proceed setup. If your Apple Watch was previously owned, you may need to contact the previous possessor to remove Activation Lock.

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