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Use health apps

You can use your Apple Watch as a pedometer, to register your daily activities and set goals for your training. The information is sent to your phone and is automatically synchronised with the Heath app.

Press the Digital Crown.
Press the Activity icon.
The screen will tell you how far you are from completing your daily activity goals. When the coloured rings are closed, you've reached the goals of your daily activity.
Slide your finger upwards on the screen to get a detailed overview of your daily activities.
Keep sliding upwards to see the number of steps, distance and number of floors you've covered.
Hard press the screen and follow the instructions on the screen to see an activity summary for the current week or to adjust the daily activity goal.
Press the Digital Crown several times to return to the main menu.
Press the Workout icon.
Press the required training activity to start it.
Slide your finger right starting from the left side of the screen.
Press End to stop your training activity.
Press the menu icon in the required training activity to open more settings.
Press the Digital Crown several times to return to the main menu.
Press the heart rate sensor icon.
Your current heart rate is displayed below Current.
Press Current to see an overview of your heart rate in the course of the day.
Press the Digital Crown several times to return to standby mode.
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    Use the Activity app
    • Press the Digital Crown.
    • Press the Activity icon.
      The first time you use the Activity app, you need to key in some information about yourself.
    • The screen will tell you how far you are from completing your daily activity goals. When the coloured rings are closed, you've reached the goals of your daily activity.
    • Slide your finger upwards on the screen to get a detailed overview of your daily activities.
    • Keep sliding upwards to see the number of steps, distance and number of floors you've covered.
    • Hard press the screen and follow the instructions on the screen to see an activity summary for the current week or to adjust the daily activity goal.
    • Press the Digital Crown several times to return to the main menu.
  • 2
    Use the Workout app
    • Press the Workout icon.
    • Press the required training activity to start it.
    • Slide your finger right starting from the left side of the screen.
    • Press End to stop your training activity.
    • Press the menu icon in the required training activity to open more settings.
      You can, e.g., set an activity to a certain length of time or distance.
    • Press the Digital Crown several times to return to the main menu.
  • 3
    Use heart rate sensor
    • Press the heart rate sensor icon.
    • Your current heart rate is displayed below Current.
    • Press Current to see an overview of your heart rate in the course of the day.
  • 4
    Return to the home screen
    • Press the Digital Crown several times to return to standby mode.