How to Remotely Take Pictures Using Apple Watch?

Taking pictures from iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus has always been a pleasurable experience for its users since they both provide fine quality of photos and videos. If you own an Apple Watch as well, then this photographing experience will reach its new limit once you learn how you can use your amazing and versatile Apple Watch to remotely take pictures from your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus. You can access this feature when you are not in position to tap the camera button to capture a photo or if you do not want somebody to notice that you are taking photo or maybe any other reason. The point is, if there is a feature that your Apple Watch is offering then you should get to know it.

Follow these easy steps that have been outlined for you to carry out this amazing feature:

Step 1:  You need to access your camera first. To do so, press the Crown on your Apple Watch and open Camera app

Step 2:  Now the app will try to connect your iPhone (since it do not have a camera on its own). If you do not have Camera app open in your iPhone, it will automatically open even if your phone is locked

Step 3:  Now your Apple Watch will show the preview of your camera from your phone and you can tap the screen to capture any image you like. You can even use timer to time your photos for let’s say three seconds before you adjust your camera to any suitable angel

Step 4: Every time you tap your Watch’s screen to take a photo, the photo gets saved in your Camera roll for your later review. To check the previously taken photos, tap the left side of the screen.

Once you are done, go through your photos, save the ones you like and delete that you do not. Pretty easy, right?

-   ordoh

Did You Know These Apple Watch Tricks?

ongratulations on your brand new Apple Watch; we are sure that you love flaunting the new gear as much as you can. But do you feel comfortable when it comes to using your prized possession? If not, here are 5 tricks that you and every Apple Watch owner should know; these tricks will make your life and using the watch easier?

1. If you scroll the crown of your watch, it would zoom the screen in and out. Good for those who like watching the details in those small pics, right?

2. Just like in your smartphone, you can swipe the screen down to access the notifications. Keep swiping for more and more in case they don't fit one screen.

3. Swiping the screen up would give you an option of 'pinging' your phone, in case you can't find your cell and have no one around to give you a ring.

4. If you are getting a phone call, keep your palm over the watch and it would silence the ringer.

5. Lastly, and more importantly, you can take a screenshot of your Apple Watch screen using the crown and side button. Press both of them together and click! The screenshot is there. 

-   gizmodo

Apple iOS 9 Release Date and Features Detailed, Lots of Bug Fixes Incoming

Apple iOS 9 is coming soon and some rumors suggest that the company could be launching it as early as in the WWDC 2015 set to take place in June.

The developers have already launched multiple patch updates for iOS 8 with 8.1 and 8.2. While it is good to develop on the existing platform, the need for iOS 9 is real high at the moment. Sometimes, operating systems don’t hit the mark on launch because when drastic changes occur, they end up being plagued by so many bugs that the developers have to put up with. If rumors are to be believed, the upcoming launch will have a lot of performance improvements and bug fixes like never before.

Expected Features

Optimizing Installation Sizes – The problem that smartphones are facing at the moment has to do with huge file sizes, which require a lot of space in the phone memory. The issue is found even on Android phones that doesn’t come with a micro SD card slot for expansion. The iPhones always rely on the space available within which makes it even difficult to install files without uninstalling those that are already running. The iOS 9 will have a strong focus on this aspect, by reducing the installation size of files so that they could run without demanding too much disk space.

Better Performance – Obviously, better performance is a primary goal for the developers when they launch the next operating system. They have managed to make the iOS much faster by using flat design and getting rid of excessive animation. The operating system now resembles the Windows OS from Microsoft but tends to be different in its own way. While it may not be officially launched in the upcoming June conference, rumors suggest they will show its features and will opt for a full launch in the month of September 2015.

Getting Rid of Bugs – Almost every user who eagerly upgraded their phone to the iOS 8 had to face so many bugs that they were literally annoyed to the core. Despite so many patches that have been rolled out, it continues to be a bug filled operating system that people don’t like to rely upon. The iOS 9 is expected to be the savior that should launch with literally no bugs and even if there are a few, the developers have to fix them real quick so that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus delivers to the user, the experience as promised.

-   culturemob

Whatsapp Update with Apple Watch, Will it Voice Call?

Whatsapp Update with Apple Watch, Will it Voice Call? 

For users who are looking for a simple answer to this question, yes, Whatsapp with Apple Watch will definitely voice call, but not yet! The developers have a lot of things to focus on before they could roll out such an elaborate feature to the community.

With millions of subscribers, Whatsapp is one of the most popular text messaging solutions available on all major platforms today. However, with such a great use base, the company also has the responsibility to focus on quality when delivering new features. Recently, they launched voice calls beta for the Android users, before making it live for everyone in the platform. The recent developer’s meet confirmed that the feature is coming to the iOS and Windows Phone devices in the near future.

How Apple Watch Apps Work?

Before you start trying to know whether Whatsapp will support voice calls on Apple Watch, know that all the apps on the tiny interface is powered by the phone. The notifications and messages are all mirrored from the smartphone. Any action that you do here will be transferred to the phone before it is sent over the data signals.

From a technical perspective, it is possible to allow the app to mirror voice calls so that you could directly make calls using the watch. The device comes with a microphone so as to enable voice controlled actions, but the software to support full calls has to be integrated into it.

Development Period

The developers of Whatsapp are still busy working on the iOS and Windows Phone operating systems. They have to successfully roll out voice calling on both platforms, before they can start focusing on an innovative product like the Apple Watch.

Based on current trends, it is evident that they might need a couple of months before they could focus on such luxurious additions. After all, the watch is owned only by a very small percentage of the population and it is yet to be seen how the public embraces this new technology. Google is planning to make their Android Wear apps work on the Apple Watch. If such an association could be made, it would be much easier for the developers of Whatsapp to come up with voice calling as well as other features on smart watches.

You could buy a watch and enjoy some of the unique features that it has to offer, but if you like to make voice calls on it; you may have to wait longer, until it becomes a widely accepted gadget. The Apple Watch has opened to mixed reviews from critics and its battery life is an issue that the company has to work on. Once things are on board, you can start looking forward to doing a lot more activities on your watch, using Whatsapp.

-   PAU

How to Make Phone Calls from your Apple Watch

You can make phone calls on your Apple Watch through many easy ways. Apple has its some smart competitors because of its so many new technologies. As the name suggests, Apple Watch offers some amazing advantages which will make you stun. Biggest advantage of this Apple Watch is that it can make a phone call directly from your wrist-worn device and has speaker and microphone as well. Here are some easy ways to start a conversation by talking to your watch.

To make a phone call on your watch use “Siri”

Siri makes the easiest way to make a phone call through your Apple Watch. Activate the voice assistant and just tell her who you want to call.

1. Tap the screen to wake up the apple watch
2. Activate Siri by speaking “Hey Siri”
3. Just one word to say “Call” and the name of the person who you want to call
4. If Siri shows more than one contact, just tap the one you want to call

Use the Friends app to make a phone call

Apple also provides opportunity to initiate a phone call through Friends app, which stores up to 12 of your favorite contacts from your iPhone.

1. By pressing the side button, open the Friends app on your Apple Watch
2. Tap the screen to select the person whom you want to call or turn the digital crown on the apple watch
3. Tap on the call button to initiate a call

Through the Watch phone app you can make a phone call

Through this phone app you can even call the person who is not in your Friends list app by open the phone app to access everyone on your contact list.

1. At the home screen of the Apple Watch open the dialer by tapping on the phone app
2. Choose a contact from your favorites, recent or contacts
3. Just tap the name of the contact who you want to call.

-   ordoh

Siri in iOS 9 Expected to be Bit Same Like Siri in Apple Watch

It has been predicted that the upcoming iOS 9’s  Siri will be bit same like Apple Watch’s Siri, which is very colorful and attractive to use and it has been assumed that people are enjoying using that colorful personal digital assistant. A person who has used Siri on an Apple Watch agrees that it is the best iPhone app as a personal digital assistant living on the wrist so far. Whether the improved microphone or the user friendly settings, Siri performs best at Apple Watch rather than other Apples devices, assumed after the week with the Apple Watch. Siri is at its peak!

Now that the release date of iOS 9 is closing in, as the unveiling will be done on WWDC 2015 event that will be conducted in San Francisco, it is said that upcoming OS is going to take several ideas from the recently launched Apple Watch that is so far very successful. One of the major changes that this brand new OS is going to adapt is probably going to be the colorful and highly interactive Siri.

On the other hand, Apple is also expected to increase the functionality and compatibility of Siri by adding new features in commensuration with Cortana of Microsoft and Google Now of Google. These two virtual assistants are quite efficient in providing information based on a users’ location as compared to Siri and this is what is awaited from iOS 9 to overcome.

-   ordoh

Apple Watch tips and tricks: Hidden secrets revealed

Your Apple Watch has finally arrived, but you've been staring at the new smart watch for the last 10 minutes trying to work out how to use it.

There's no denying it, the Apple Watch is a complex device that offers plenty to those happy and keen to explore all its features.

How do you turn on Power Reserve? What about how to clear all your messages in one go? Or how do you take a screenshot on the Apple Watch?

For the most part given some quiet time you should be able to work out the basics, but we'll let you into a secret, Apple has included plenty of hidden gems to allow you to get even more out of your watch than you thought was possible.

Shortcuts, quick options and much more are all waiting to be discovered and utilised to help you become an Apple Watch power user before you know it.

We will be adding to this list of tips and tricks as we discover more, and if you've got any yourself to share let us know in the comments below.

Messages

Read your messages: When you get a message, raise your wrist to see who your message is from and to read the full message. Lower your arm to dismiss it.

Respond with a preset message: When a message comes in hit reply and you can send a simple preset message.

Respond with words: You can opt to dictate your message to be turned into words via Siri or send as an audio file within the text.

Respond with Emoji: Apple also lets you respond with a number of different emoji exclusive to the Apple Watch, as well as standard emoji. To see beyond your most recently used emoji scroll down the page with your finger or the digital crown.

Respond with different Apple Watch emoji: Apple offer three different Apple Watch emoji and then a number of variations of those three. There's a smiley face, love hearts, and a white gloved hand. To make them show the differences, scroll with the digital crown before tapping the word send in the top right hand corner.

Send a new message: Force Touch in the Messages inbox to compose a new message

Don't miss a message: To ensure you don’t miss any important notifications, turn on Prominent Haptic to pre-announce alerts. Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics.

Mirror your iPhone: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Select Messages and then tick the Mirror my iPhone listing. The Watch will now alert you in the same way your iPhone is set up.

Only repeat alerts once: If you don't want your wrist overly buzzing you can set it so the watch only alerts you of a new text message once rather than twice as you might have on your phone. Go to The Apple Watch App for iPhone > Messages > then select custom. Alternatively you can have the watch remind you of a single message up to 10 times.

Turn off sound for Message alerts: Go to The Apple Watch App for iPhone > Messages > then select custom and then toggle Sound.

Disable dictation for Messages: Go to The Apple Watch App for iPhone > Messages > then select Audio Messages. Here you can chose for the watch to give you the option to use dictation or not. Turning it off removes that option when you next go to send a message.

Send Read Receipts: You can set the Apple Watch so that it will automatically send read receipts when you have read one of their messages. Go to The Apple Watch App for iPhone > Messages > then toggle Send Read Receipts.

Changing Default replies: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu and tap Mail. Tap on Default Replies and then you can change the default replies you send when the watch isn't trying to guess what to say.

Sending your current location in a Message: If you are Messaging with someone you can send your current location to them via the Watch. Force tap on an iMessage and then opt to Send Location.

Mail

Delete email from your watch: You can quickly delete an email from your inbox list by swiping left.

Flaging email and marking as unread from your watch: You can also flag your emails or mark them unread by swiping left slowly, then pressing on the more button before choosing the relevant options. Within the email itself a "Force touch" also brings up the same options.

Mirror your iPhone: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Select Mail and then tick the Mirror my iPhone. The Watch will now alert you in the same way your iPhone is set up when you get new email.

Customise what email alerts you get: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Select Mail and then tick Custom. Here you can select how each of your different email accounts are handled and whether you want alerts at all.

Emails only from VIPs: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Select Mail and then tick Custom. Tap on VIPs and now you will only get alerts when your VIPs email you.

Change message preview size: You can have have none, one, or two lines of preview for your messages. To select the one for you go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Select Mail and then Message Preview.

Change Flag style: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Select Mail and then Custom. Scroll down and tap on the Flag Style listing in the menu. You can either have a colour or a flag.

Don't delete by mistake: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Select Mail and then Custom. Scroll down and toggle Ask Before Deleting.

Activity

Change your goals: Force Touch in the Activity app to change your daily move goal anytime you want.

See more data: Swipe up from the 3 ring summary view to see more info: active calories, steps, and distance

Turn off Stand reminders: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Tap on Activity and the toggle Stand Reminders off.

Turn off Progress updates or change the time of them: If you aren't fussed about getting updates throughout the day about how active you're being then you can change when the Apple Watch notifies you about it. Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Tap on Activity and then Progress Update. You can change it from the default of 4 hours to None, Every 6 hours or Every 8 hours.

Turn off all Activity alerts: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Tap on Activity and the toggle off all the alerts you don't want.

Turn off tracking altogether: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone. Scroll down and select privacy and then Motion & Fitness. Here you can stop the heart ratesensor calculating your calories burned and the watch using your body movements to determine your step count and fitness level.

Checking your heartbeat: Slide up Glances and then find the heartbeat Glance to see what your last reading was and what it is now. The Watch automatically takes your heart rate every 10 minutes and then sends that data to the iHealth app on your iPhone.

Workout

Pause or end a workout quickly: Force Touch during a workout to end or pause a workout (or swipe all the way to the left) then scroll down to save or discard it.

Show Goal Metric rather than progress ring: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Tap Workout and then toggle the Show Goal Metric option

Power saving mode in Workout: Turn off the heart rate monitor feature to save power by going to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scrolling down the menu to Workout. Then toggle the Power Saving Mode option.

Music

Select source to play to: Force Touch in the Music app to play music directly from Apple Watch to Bluetooth headphones or speakers

See album art: Tap on the track info in the Now Playing screen

Shuffle and repeat: Force tap when playing a song to select Shuffle or Repeat

Jump alphabetically in track or album listings: Scroll faster with the digital crown until a letter appears. It will now jump through your songs via the alphabet.

Turn up the volume with digital crown: When you are viewing the music Glance use the digital crown to turn up or down the volume.

Sync a playlist: The Apple Watch has the ability to store songs so you can listen without your iPhone nearby - great for a run. To sync a playlist go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu and tap Music. Select Synced Playlist and then select the playlist you want to sync. The playlist syncs when Apple Watch is on its charger. You can limit the size of the playlist in the same place. Playlists can be limited by size or songs. The upper limit is 250 songs.

Calendar

Switch between list and day view: Force touch and select either day view or list view.

Email event organiser: If you are running late, you can Force touch on a calendar entry and email the organiser with a boilerplate response like "Stuck in traffic" or "Running a bit late"

Back to today: If you've scrolled down through your appointments you can get back to today by using Force Touch and then selecting "Today".

Clock

Changing your watch faces: On the watch face screen Force Touch and then scroll left or right to reveal more.

Customising your watch face: Force Touch on the watch face screen then press customise. Scroll left and right to reveal different elements, like colour, that can be changed and use the digital crown to scroll through colour or different "complications" as Apple calls them. Tap on each complication to change what's in them. Not all features are available on all watches.

Deleting clock faces: Swipe up when in the watch face selection mode to delete the face. Don't worry you haven't deleted it forever.

Having more than one design of the same watch face: In the watch face selection mode scroll all the way to the right and select new. Use the digital crown to scroll through available options.

Setting 24 Hour Time: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu and tap Clock. Toggle whether you want your watch to show 24-hour time or not.

Push Alerts from your iPhone: When this is on Apple Watch will alert you of Timers and Alarms you've set on your iPhone so you can snooze or dismiss them remotely. Toggle on or off via the Apple Watch app for iPhone if you don't want this via the Clock panel in the app.

Turn off the red notifications indicator: When this is on, a red dot will appear at the top of your watch face when you have unread notifications. To turn it off go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu. Tap on Clock and then toggle "Notifications Indicator.

Choosing your monogram details: Some of the watch faces "Colour" for example, allow you to show your monogram on the face. The Apple Watch app for iPhone allows you to customise what initials are shown (up to 4). To change it go to the Clock settings in the app and then tap on the Monogram feature in the list.

Change City names or add airport abbreviations: As default Apple lists the city time zones around the world you've got stored in your phone, but if you associate more with San Fran or Seattle than you do with Los Angles then you might want to change the name. Apple lets you do that. Go to the app on your iPhone and then Clock. Tap City Abbreviations.

Set the time ahead: Some people like to have their watch always set a couple of minutes fast. Apple let you do this. On your Apple Watch go to Settings > Time and then use the digital crown to change the time up to an hour ahead in one minute increments.

Phone

Stop your watch ringing when you phone rings: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and scroll down the menu and tap Phone. Select Custom and then opt to have the Watch show alerts, sounds, or whether it should buzz.

Call someone from your phone: Go to the Phone app on your Apple Watch and then select someone from your Favourites, Recents, or Contacts.

Making a call: Press the digital crown to load Siri and then say "Call..." to make the call.

Photos

Deciding what photos to show on the Apple Watch: You can opt to have certain photos or albums synced to your watch even when you don't have your iPhone nearby. Go to the Apple Watch app for iPhone and tap on Photos, then Synced Albums. You can then select which albums you want on the Watch and how much space the watch can have to store them between 25 and 500 photos.

Selecting a photo on your Watch: Use the digital crown to zoom in and out and your fingers on the screen to move around.

Stocks

Change the Stock watch face complication: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone, then Stocks, then select whether you want Current Price, Points Change, Percentage Change, or Market Cap.

Change default stock in Glances: Go to the Stocks section of the Apple Watch app for iPhone and then select from a range of different stocks or simply have it mirror your iPhone.

Weather

Change the default city: Go to the Weather section in your Apple Watch app for iPhone and then select which city you want to show on your watch faces or the Weather Glance.

See 10 day forecast: Go to the Weather app on your Apple Watch and swipe up to see the next 10 days of weather for that city.

See if it is going to rain today and at what time: Force touch on the weather app to set the dial to show the conditions, chance of rain, or temperature throughout the day. Now you can see that it will rain at 5pm clearly.

Notifications

What does the red dot mean: If you see a red dot on your watch face, it means you have notifications

Clearing all notifications: Force Touch when you are on the notifications pane to Clear All.

Seeing past notifications: Swipe down from the top of the screen

Don't show the message, just the alert: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone and select Notification Privacy from the Notifications menu. Now when you get a message you'll know its from a specific app but you have to tap to see what it says. Handy if you don't want others reading your notifications.

Cutting down on notifications: Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone then Notifications and then select whether you want Apple and third party apps to send you notifications or not.

Friends

Manage your 12 friends: Apple lets you have your 12 closest disciples (read friends) on a speed dial button on the side of the Apple Watch. To customise this list you can go to the iPhone Watch app and add them there.

See who has an Apple Watch: In Friends, you can see who also has an Apple Watch by looking for the hand icon (bottom centre) to know if you can send a Digital Touch

Scroll through your friends: On the Watch tap on the second button then use the digital crown to scroll around the Friends dial. Tap on their face to select them.

Sending your heart beat: To send your heart beat place two fingers on the screen until you feel the Watch beat and the let go when you've sent them enough of your heart's rhythm.

General

Go to last app: Double click on the digital crown to go to the last app you were using.

Quick access to Siri: Either say "Hi Siri" or long press on the digital crown

Mute an incoming call: To mute an incoming call, just cover Apple Watch with your hand.

Back to Watch face: Don't worry about pressing the digital crown to go back to the app screen then again to centre it on the clock and then again to get back to the watch face. Simply place your hand over the watch to return to the watch face straight away.

Unlock with iPhone: You can setup Apple Watch to automatically unlock when you’re wearing it and you unlock your iPhone. Go to the Apple Watch app on iPhone > My Watch > Passcode > Unlock with iPhone.

Find your lost iPhone: Go to Glances and go to the Glance all the way to the left. Tap on the iPhone symbol at the bottom and if your iPhone is on it will send out an audible ping.

Mute your Watch: The far left Glance lets you mute your Apple Watch.

Airplane mode: You can pair your Watch and your iPhone to go into Airplane mode together. Make sure the Airplane mode Mirror iPhone feature is turned on in the Apple Watch App.

Do Not Disturb: Have your Watch mirror your iPhone or go by its own settings

Reorder Glances or delete them: Go to the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and then Glances. Here you can show which Glances show and which don't and which order they are shown in.

Left handed: Change the watch orientation of the watch by setting whether you are to use it on your left or right wrist via the General settings in the Apple Watch app for iPhone.

Accessibility changes: You can change a number of accessibility features of how the Apple Watch looks and reacts to your input via the accessibility features in the General Settings menu in the Apple Watch App.

Enable Handoff for your watch: If you are doing something on your watch that you then want to carry on on your phone you can enable Apple's Handoff feature to work on the watch too. Go to the Apple Watch App for iPhone then General then toggle the Enable Handoff button.

Change the App layout: Go to the app on your iPhone, then App Layout and start moving the circles around.

Deleting apps: Go to the app screen on your Watch and then long press on the display until the icons start to jiggle. Here you can delete or move them around in the same way you do on your iPhone.

Turn off your Apple Watch: Long press on the second button you use to access your friends list. Here you can turn it off, opt to go into Power Reserve mode or Lock the device.

Turning on Power Reserve mode: Long press on the second button on the side of the watch or go to the Battery Glance if you've opted to have that displayed.

Turning off Power Reserve mode: Long press on the second button to restart your Watch.

Taking a screenshot: To snap a photo of whatever is on the screen at any given moment press both the digital crown and the second button at the same time. The photo will be automatically saved to your Photos album on your iPhone.

Hard reset your Apple Watch: Press the digital crown and second "Friends" button for around 10 seconds until the Apple logo reappears.

Pairing a pair of Bluetooth headphones: On the watch go to Settings app and then Bluetooth. You can pair your headphones directly to the Watch from here.

Giving extra buzz with Prominent Haptic: Sometimes a haptic (buzz) from a notification isn't enough to alert you, especially if you are wearing the watch straploosely. To help combat that you can turn on something Apple calls Prominent Haptic that when on Apple Watch will play a prominent haptic to pre-announce some common alerts. To turn this on go to the Settings App on the Watch and then Sounds & Haptics and scroll to the bottom of the menu.

-   pocket-lint

4 must-have tips and tricks for the Apple Watch

Apple Watches have been slowly making their way out to users over the past two weeks. It has many new features that we've never seen before on iOS, but a lot of features extend the built-in apps on the iPhone. While the Watch apps are a little more simplified than those found on the iPhone, they're still very capable apps that let you get simple, common tasks completed right from your wrist. Here are four tips for the built-in apps that will make your life easier.

1. Clear all notifications

Notifications are a mainstay on the Apple Watch. You can redirect notifications delivered to your iPhone so that you can deal with them as they come in on your wrist. While you can definitely choose which notifications will appear on your Watch, sometimes you may receive more notifications than you can deal with.

If this happens to you, you might consider clearing all of the notifications being displayed in the Apple Watch's Notification Center. Simply follow these steps:

1. Activate the Apple Watch
2. Swipe down from the top of the watch face to reveal the Notification Center
3. Force-tap on the Notification Center
4. Select the Clear All menu item

When you do this, the Notification Center will be cleared of all notifications.

2. Change default responses to new messages

You may have noticed that when you respond to an incoming iMessage, there are a select number of messages that you can choose from. These canned responses are pre-configured for you by Apple, but you can choose what to display here for one-tap responses.

To change these responses, follow these few steps:

1. Open the Watch app on your iPhone
2. Tap the My Watch tab
3. Select Messages | Default Replies
4. Edit the default replies to add your own responses that will appear

Once these changes have been made, the new custom responses will appear when responding to an iMessage on your Apple Watch.

3. Change the calendar view

If you're used to the Calendar view in iOS or OS X, where your entire day's schedule is displayed hour-by-hour, showing events as they come up, then you'll most likely want to change a setting on the Apple Watch that lets you see this same view.

Switching between list and day view in the Watch calendar app is easy. Here's how:

1. Activate the Apple Watch
2. Launch the Calendar app
3. Tap the main calendar view to show the list view of multiple days
4. Force-tap this view to get a button to switch to Day mode

If you get tired of the day view, you can switch back to the list view by following these steps and selecting List when force-tapping.

4. Send your current location in an iMessage

iMessage is a great tool to instantly chat with your friends and keep in touch with family. With the Apple Watch (just like with iOS 8), you can send an iMessage to a friend or family member containing your location.

To do this, follow these simple steps:

1. Activate the Apple Watch
2. Launch the Messages app
3. Select an iMessage conversation thread
4. Once the conversation is opened, force-tap on the screen to get a Send Location button

Tapping this button will generate and send an iMessage to the recipient containing your location that can easily be opened in the Maps app on Apple Watch, iOS, or Mac.

What other tips and tricks have you discovered with the Apple Watch? Let us know in the discussion thread below.

-   techrepublic

How To Change Your Apple Watch Layout For Enhanced Experience

Every user has a set of preferences and priorities in the application department. To stop or hinder unwanted apps from coming into sight every time you access your Apple Watch. There are numerous layouts that you can develop on your own just by connecting the apps. The controls also enable you to place app icons where its feasible for you to access them. This will ease you to put your favourite apps where you want and how you want.

Fortunately, Apple has provided enough support to customize the Watch layout and re-position applications. On that note, users would have been  potentially bored by the single layout if the Apple Watch did not had support for customization. Moving on to the topic, lets head down to the steps required to change the layout and position app icons.

Transform Your Layout In Any Possible Design On The Apple Watch

If you have an Apple Watch, you will most probably have the Apple Watch Companion app that enables you to control your Watch from your iPhone. Below are a few steps provided which will guide you to change the Apple Watch layout and app positions.

1. Open the Apple Watch Companion App and head to App Layouts to change them.
2. Hold down apps and drag them to make a layout of your own. You will see that the Apple Watch App icons are displayed in a style that resembles a net. So icons should be arranged accordingly.
3. To position favorite apps according to your priority, hold and drag the app icon to the location you want them to be.

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That’s all there is to customizing your Apple Watch home screen. Do take note that the Clock App cannot be moved elsewhere. This is because when you go to the menu, it will always display Clock App in the middle and remaining applications at the sides. Another factor to observe is that the app icons are linked with each other, so you can not set an app apart from others, just what you cant do with your apps in iOS.

Its totally up to you how you want your layout to be by joining app icons together. Test your skills and design layouts according to your need and preferences. As for now, let us know if this helped you set your layout on the Apple Watch. Visit us again for more guides and how to’s.

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The Apple Watch software is very similar, yet also considerably different from iOS in a number of ways. Apple has tried to replicate a number of functions of its main platform to the smaller display, but clearly, Apple Watch has its own identity as well as a completely alternative interface. One feature that has made the transition from old to new is the ability to take screenshots, and if you are wondering how to take a screenshot, this step-by-step tutorial should help you on your way.

Granted, you’re probably not going to be taking screenshots on your Apple Watch as frequently as you would on your iPhone, but it’s still a very useful tool to have on standby. If you’re used to taking screenshots on iOS devices by quickly pressing the power and home buttons simultaneously, you’re fairly well prepped to take on the not-so-intricate sequence for capturing screen grabs on your wearable.

In fact, it’s dead easy, and to make things even easier, here are the steps.

How to take Screenshots on the Apple Watch

Step 1:

This probably goes without saying, but firstly, you must identify exactly what it is you’d like to keep a screenshot of.

Step 2:

Next, you’ll need to press and hold your Apple Watch’s side button, and then very quickly press the Digital Crown.

It may take you a couple of practices to get everything correct, but once you’ve successfully captured a screenshot, it’ll be stored in the Photos app on your connected iPhone.

At this stage, your main reason for taking screenshots may purely be to show off to your friends that you own the device. For those that weren’t quick off the mark with pre-orders and or fortunate with postage, the Apple Watch may still be weeks away from arriving, and this is before we even consider those living in areas where the smartwatch isn’t yet available.

The display of the Apple Watch is fairly small, so it’s not likely you’ll be screen-grabbing large segments of the Web for viewing at a later date as you might on a smartphone or tablet, but still, it’s useful that Apple has implemented this feature right from the start. The fact that screenshots are saved in the iPhone’s Photos library once again highlights the bond that these two devices share, and while the Apple Watch boast a reasonably broad feature set as a standalone device, it’s infinitely stronger and more useful to the consumer when paired with its partner-in-crime.

In honesty, we’d have probably taken an built-in camera over the ability to take screenshots, but if Apple had gone ahead and done that, we’d have no reason to purchase the next-generation Apple Watch, right?

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