How to Make Calls with the Apple Watch

This wikiHow teaches you how to call somebody from your Apple Watch. You can call someone from your iPhone's Contacts app, or you can use the keypad to enter and call a non-Contacts number.

EditSteps

EditCalling a Contact

1. Unlock your Apple Watch. If your Apple Watch is passcode-locked, press the Digital Crown (the dial on the right side of the Apple Watch's housing), then enter your passcode and press the Digital Crown again.
   
   • If your Apple Watch is asleep but on your wrist, raise your wrist and then press the Digital Crown once, or two times if there are notifications on the screen.
   • If your Apple Watch is unlocked but you have an app open, press the Digital Crown once.
2. Open the Phone app. Find the Phone app icon—which resembles a white phone receiver on a green background—and tap it.
   
3. Tap . It's near the bottom of your Apple Watch's screen. This will open a list of your iPhone's contacts.
   
   • If the contact whom you want to call is in your iPhone's "Favorites" section, tap Favorites on this screen instead.
   • If you want to call back a recent number, you can tap Recents on this screen and then tap the number that you want to call in order to initiate the call.
4. Select a contact. Scroll down until you find the contact whom you want to call, then tap their name.
   
   • If you're on the Favorites screen, tapping a contact's name will immediately begin calling them.
5. Tap the "Call" button. It's a white-and-grey phone receiver-shaped icon just below the contact's name. Doing so prompts your Apple Watch to begin calling them.
   
6. Speak into the Apple Watch's microphone. Your Apple Watch's microphone is on the left side of the Apple Watch's housing, so you'll need to raise your wrist to around a foot away from your face when you speak.
   
7. Hang up when the call is over. Tap the "hang up" button, which resembles a white phone receiver on a red circle. This will close the call and return you to the Phone app's main screen.
   

EditDialing a Number

1. Unlock your Apple Watch. If your Apple Watch is passcode-locked, press the Digital Crown (the dial on the right side of the Apple Watch's housing), then enter your passcode and press the Digital Crown again.
   
   • If your Apple Watch is asleep but on your wrist, raise your wrist and then press the Digital Crown once (or twice if there are notifications on the screen).
   • If your Apple Watch is unlocked but you have an app open, press the Digital Crown once.
2. Open the Phone app. Find the Phone app icon—which resembles a white phone receiver on a green background—and tap it.
   
3. Tap . It's an option at the bottom of your Apple Watch's screen.
   
4. Enter a phone number. Using the on-screen keypad, type in the phone number that you want to call.
   
   • If you make a mistake, you can tap the red "Delete" arrow in the top-right corner of the screen to delete a digit.
5. Tap the "Call" button. It's a green, phone receiver-shaped icon in the bottom-right corner of the Apple Watch screen. Your Apple Watch will begin calling the entered number.
   
6. Speak into the Apple Watch's microphone. Your Apple Watch's microphone is on the left side of the Apple Watch's housing, so you'll need to raise your wrist to around a foot away from your face when you speak.
   
7. Hang up when the call is over. Tap the "hang up" button, which resembles a white phone receiver on a red circle. This will close the call and return you to the Phone app's main screen.
   

EditTips

• You can also have Siri call somebody for you. Simply press and hold the Digital Crown for a second, then say "Call [name]" when the Siri icon appears on your Apple Watch.
• To answer an incoming call, tap the green "Answer" button on your Apple Watch, or tap Answer on iPhone if you'd rather take the call on your iPhone.

EditWarnings

• Since the Apple Watch's speakers are relatively small, you may have trouble making calls in areas with high levels of ambient noise (e.g., a store).

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