iCreate - UK (2020-04)

WatchOS 6

Step-by-step Use Watch Handoff with Messages

1

Check Messages

Ensure your iPhone and Apple Watch are

connected and launch the Messages app on

your Apple Watch. Scroll through the texts that

have been sent to you in the usual manner.

2

Read a text

If you need to read a message, then tap

on it. As you do so, your connected iPhone

will automatically notice the Messages app is

open as well as the text you are viewing.

3

Launch App Switcher

If you don’t want to read and reply to the

message on your wrist, then grab your iPhone

and, on X models and later, swipe up from the

bottom edge to launch the App Switcher.

An impressive 20 different Apple apps work

with Handoff, including Clock...

Handoff tasks from

Apple Watch to iPhone

T

he Apple Watch is great for checking things such

as your messages, emails, calendar events and

the latest news. Yet the small screen isn’t very

comfortable if a task requires greater engagement.

Sometimes you’ll start a task on your Watch only to

realise that you’d be better served with a larger display

or the convenience of the iPhone keyboard. In these

circumstances, you can hand the task over.

Doing so is straightforward and if you haven’t already

worked out how to do it, you’ll be mightily pleased that

it can be done. It’s all part of Apple’s efforts to provide

continuity between its devices. Just make sure that your

devices are all connected to each other and that every one

of them is signed into iCloud with the same Apple ID with

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and Handoff turned on. You can then get

started with our representative example, Messages, to

demonstrate how Apple Watch Handoff works.

If you don’t want to squint at the small screen of your Watch,

you can pick up a task on your iPhone instead

Timeneeded

Developer

Apple, Inc

Difficulty

03