The good news for Apple lovers turned out to be true, the first set of Apple watches will be arriving this Friday at the door steps. If you ordered earlier you will be likely to receive yours now, and if you got late to order then you must have to wait little longer now because its availability is not expected in the stores for now. The orders were booked online only and delivery will be completed by the end of July.
For those who will be receiving their gadget, here are some quick tips we hope they turn out to be useful for you.
Before you begin with connecting your watch to your phone, it is necessary to update the version to IOS 8.2; a working Apple account is also required. First make selection of your language depending on your region, then find the Apple Watch app on your phone, begin the process of pairing by pressing the “start pairing” option on both iDevices. Now the fun part begins, you need to capture the watch animations using your iPhone camera which has embedded code so your phone knows when to connect to the watch.
Follow instructions that prompt on your phone and choose “install all” option to get watch versions of all your phone’s apps. Sync all your data to your watch it will almost take up to 10 minutes, you can make changes from the phone by going to “my watch” app.
There are many motion and gestures similar to the phone but they are all not practical with such small screen, you will learn to use the watch with time.
Here are some useful tips for you
- Press the dial lightly, it is known as digital crown and used to switch between the watch mode and apps menu. It is also used to exit apps, double press it to see recent apps and hard press to use SIRI. By turning the dial you can zoom, scroll or flip over different menus.
- Other buttons on the watch allows you to access your friends, favorites from the phone’s contact list. You can make calls and send messages to them; you can also send them doodles and vibrations if they use Apple watch.
- Swipe your finger down the screen to view notifications; swipe up to see weather, and stocks, etc.
- To take screenshot both side buttons need to be pressed simultaneously, remember to do so lightly otherwise it won’t work, the image will be available in phone’s photos app.
Readying apps
- The watch counts your steps during workout which are thought to be inaccurate.
- You can listen to music, watch shared photos on the watch.
- Go to “Passbook & Apple Pay” on your phone app, enable the mobile payment options at retail stores and pay without your phone.
