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Stacey Butler

Stacey is a senior staff writer at GeeksModo and has been writing about Apple for nearly a decade. She covers all things Apple for GeeksModo, including iPhones, iPads and Mac. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, Stacey is often found hiking precarious landscapes or tinkering with a camera.

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The Voice Memos app in the midst of recording a memo. A red Stop button is in the middle. Below is the recording's elapsed time. The word Recording appears at the top right.

How to record and play voice memos on Apple Watch

You can record and play voice memos on Apple Watch, and listen to them on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through iCloud.
A watch face showing the Edit button, which appears after you touch and hold the watch face. The name of the watch face is at the top. Swipe left or right to see other watch face options.

How to use Apple Watch with VoiceOver: the basics

You can use VoiceOver on Apple Watch to change watch faces, check notifications, open apps, and read mail with presses, swipes, and the Digital Crown.
The Flow watch face showing the time in very large numbers.

How to tell time on Apple Watch

You can tell time on Apple Watch on the watch face, hear it spoken aloud, feel it as taps, turn on 24-hour time, and play
The call screen showing the confirmation number for a ticket and flight information.

What you can do while on a call on Apple Watch

You can adjust the volume, mute, switch the call to iPhone or an audio device, and use Hold Assist while on a call on Apple
The Memoji app on Apple Watch showing the Nose editing screen. There's a close up of the face, centered on the nose. The word Color appears at the bottom.

How to use Memoji on Apple Watch

You can use Memoji on Apple Watch to design your own Memoji, edit or duplicate them, and create a Memoji watch face.
Apple Watch showing a conversation translated in the Messages app.

How to translate messages on Apple Watch

You can translate messages on Apple Watch with Live Translation, download languages, and choose a different language for a conversation.
A Find My screen showing a friend's location on a map.

How to locate people in Find My on Apple Watch

You can locate people in Find My on Apple Watch, get directions to friends, send location alerts, and see a list of all your friends.
A screen in the Activity app showing a training load estimation.

How to track your training load on Apple Watch

You can track your training load on Apple Watch, compare your last 7 days of workouts to the previous 28, and filter by workout type.
Apple Watch app open to the Face Gallery. The top row shows faces that are new, the next rows show watch faces grouped by type—Health and Fitness, and Photos. You can scroll to see more faces grouped by type.

Apple Watch faces in watchOS 27 and what each one shows

You can see the Apple Watch faces available in watchOS 27 and their features, from Activity Analog and Astronomy to Chronograph Pro and GMT.
Control Center showing six buttons—Wi-Fi, Ping iPhone, Battery, Silent Mode, Theater Mode, and Do Not Disturb.

How to ping your iPhone with Apple Watch

You can ping your iPhone with Apple Watch to play a sound, and use Precision Finding on supported models to see its heading and distance.