15 Apple Watch Tips & Tricks You Never Knew Were Possible

The ultimate set of tips I bet you didn’t know a few yet

Nikhil Vemu
Mac O’Clock
Published in
12 min readMay 30, 2023

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Apple Watch Series 7 showing time 13:48
Photo by Klim Musalimov on Unsplash

Contents

1 — Hear Mickey or Minnie Mouse speak the time 2 — Wikipedia something quickly
3 — Quickly brighten flashlight
4 — Open Control or Notification Centers from anywhere
5 — Watch YouTube on Apple Watch
6 — Take the BEST EVER selfies
7 — Quickly react to an incoming iMessage
8 — Update Apple Watch quicker!
9 — Go back to Watch face from anywhere
10 — (Hidden) Trackpad to navigate thru text
11 — Pin a Timer to the top
12 — Reboot Apple Watch
13 — Browse the web
14 — Unlock iPhone & Mac with Apple Watch
15 — View AirPods’ battery percentage

#1. Hear Mickey or Minnie Mouse speak the time

Did you know?

If you don’t wanna see the time (but still wanna know it), hold two fingers on your Apple Watch face to “hear” it. (Settings ⚙️ < Clock 🕙 < Speak Time )

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