How to download apps to apple watch

Whether you turned off automatic app install or deleted a third-party Apple Watch app that you now want back on your watch, it's pretty simple to reinstall apps you've removed or haven't added yet. You can also access a quick view of all your apps by pressing once on the Digital Crown from your watch face. This will bring you into watchOS's honeycomb-like Grid View by default. While this view looks cool, its practical functionality is far more limited — especially for users with 38mm watches or larger fingers.

We've come up with a number of hacks over the years to make finding apps easier on the Apple Watch, including Carousel patterns and Siri commands; with watchOS 5, however, users can happily put that chapter of their Apple Watch past to rest and use the alphabetical List View option instead. List View displays all your Apple Watch apps by name in alphabetical order; you can scroll through them with either a finger swipe or the Digital Crown. While in List View, you won't be able to rearrange or delete apps; you'll have to return to Grid View for those options.

If you choose to keep your Apple Watch in Grid View, you can navigate it by using horizontal or vertical swipes to move around the screen, or the Digital Crown to zoom in or out on the grid. Drag and rearrange apps. When you're finished, your changes will automatically sync to Apple Watch. To return to Grid View, firmly press on your Home screen's list view again and press the Grid View button.

You can remove apps in two different ways on your Apple Watch: From the watch itself, or from the Watch app on your iPhone. On the Apple Watch's watch face, press the Digital Crown once to get to your app list. Note: If your app list is in List View, press firmly on the display to change it back to Grid View — you can't delete apps in List View. Updated February Updated for watchOS 5.

Serenity Caldwell contributed to an earlier version of this guide. Search for:. Many podcasts have video, but on Apple Watch you can only listen to the audio-based ones. Launch iTunes and click the Music tab.

In the top-left corner, you should see a little icon with an arrow. Click this icon to bring up some options, including New. Click New with your mouse, followed by New Playlist. How to turn off automatic app install You can have Apple Watch compatible apps automatically install on your Apple Watch when you install them on your iPhone, but if you're worried about having enough space on your Apple Watch for music or photos, you may want to limit how many app extensions you keep on your Apple Watch.

Tap the My Watch tab if not already open. Tap on General. Toggle the Automatic App Install switch off.

Tap the App Store or Search tab. Find the apps you'd like to download. Tap a category or tap See All below a collection to see more apps. To get a free app, tap Get. To buy an app, tap the price. Install apps you already have on iPhone By default, apps on your iPhone that have a watchOS app available are automatically installed and appear on the Home Screen.

To instead choose to install specific apps, follow these steps: Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. Tap My Watch, then scroll down to Available Apps. Tap Search to find apps using Scribble or Dictation, or scroll down to discover featured apps and curated app collections.

Tap an app to see its description, ratings and reviews, screenshots, release notes, and more. Tap the price or tap Get. When prompted, double-click the side button to download and install the app. Tap the My Watch tab.

Scroll to the app that you want to add. Apps that you can install appear in the Available Apps section. To add an app to your watch, tap Install. If you can't find an app On your Apple Watch, apps appear on your Home screen. Press the Digital Crown to see the Home screen.

If you don't see an app on the Home screen, you can see a list of apps that you bought and redownload them.