10 tricks to take advantage of your Apple Watch: Digital Crown and Side Button

If you already have your Apple Watch I couldn't believe you told me you're not enjoying him to the full. It is wonderful, beautiful on the outside and efficient on the inside, and I don't even want to think what it will be like when I disembark in autumn Watch 2. But to get the most out of your apple watch it is necessary to know how to use it, and you already know that Apple does not make instruction manuals. The Apple Watch it only has two physical buttons, the Digital Crown which has two ways of use, pressing and sliding it, and the Side button in capsule form. Today we will see what you can do with both and you will see that a whole world of options opens up before you.

10 important functions on your Apple Watch

You can use the Digital Crown to scroll through lists and zoom in on photos and maps, as well as use it to control sliders like volume and font size. The side button gives you direct access to your favorite contacts in the Apple Watch and from there you can quickly make a call, send a drawing, send your heartbeat and, of course, send a message.

But this Digital Crown and this Side Button have additional uses that you cannot miss if you want get the most out of your Apple Watch So here is a list of 10 important things you can do with your watch's external controls:

Activate Siri

Hold down the Digital Crown and Siri will go into action. You will know it because it appears on the screen asking you "How can I help you?" and because you will notice a touch on your wrist.

Siri-on-Apple-Watch

Apple Pay

If we were in the United States or Great Britain, or if you read us from there, when you are near a compatible terminal, you do not have to open the Apple Pay application on your Apple Watch to activate it. Simply press the side button twice to display your card information, then move the watch closer to the terminal to make the purchase.

Apple-Pay-on-Apple-Watch

Return to the home screen

The Digital Crown is like the iPhone home button but on the Apple Watch. No matter what you have on the screen, with a single click you can return to the home screen.

Home-Screen-on-Apple-Watch

Return to Watch Face

After returning to the home screen, if you click the Digital Crown once again, you will return to the center app, which is the clock app. You can also turn the crown up to return to the watch.

Watch-Face-on-Apple-Watch

Go back to the last app used

Whether you were checking your calendar or checking email, you can quickly switch to the last app you used by double-clicking the Digital Crown. You can quickly switch between the two apps by double-clicking each time. It also works with the watch face.

Open an app

When you are on the main screen, you can open the app located in the center simply by turning the digital crown up.

Take a screenshot

Just like taking a screenshot on iPhone, press the Side button and the Digital Crown at the same time to take a screenshot. If it doesn't work, press and hold the side button first and then press and release the Digital Crown. You will see a white flash on the screen, they will feel a touch on your wrist and you will hear the sound if the volume is activated.

screenshot on apple watch

Activate VoiceOver

Just like on the iPhone, you can use VoiceOver on the Apple Watch to help you know what is happening on the screen. Triple-click the Digital Crown to activate VoiceOver. You will hear a chime, and Siri will announce "VoiceOver." Then touch anything on the screen and it will read it to you.

Voiceover-on-Apple-Watch

Turn on / off, lock and save battery

If for whatever reason, you want or need to restart your Apple Watch, you can do so by holding down the side button until the options "Turn off device", "Save battery" and "Lock device" appear. Once this appears, slide the bar to close your Apple Watch down. To start it again, press and hold the side button until the Apple logo appears.

Apple-Watch-Power-Off

Force Quit an App

Sometimes an application could get "hung", everything is possible, also in the Apple Watch. Although this rarely happens, it is good to know what to do in such a situation. Press and hold the side button while the 'hung' app is open. When the options that we have seen in the previous point appear, press and hold the side button again until the application closes.

SOURCE | MacRumors


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