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How to Set Up Apple Watch & Pair It with Your iPhone

Pairing an Apple Watch the first time is self-explanatory! We'll teach you how to connect your Apple Watch to your new phone or your new Apple Watch to your old phone. If you got both a new Apple Watch and a new iPhone, I recommend setting up the new Apple Watch first and then I set up my new iPhone, but it doesn't make a difference as long as you do one device at a time.

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Water, to most electronics, is like kryptonite to Superman. Liquid spills can cause permanent damage; oxidation is notorious for destroying devices. Between different Apple Watch models and unclear terms like "water resistance" and "water ejection," many people are wondering, "is the Apple Watch waterproof?" In this article, we will answer that question and dive into how safe your Apple Watch is in the water.

How to Remove Unearned Steps from Apple Health

While wearing your Apple Watch, you'll notice arm movements during activities like knitting, playing games, or even just waving might register as steps. Here's how to delete steps from your Apple Watch, which will erase the data and reset your step count closer to the correct number. You can't do this from your Apple Watch; you'll have to use the Health app on your iPhone.

How to Turn Up Apple Watch Brightness

So, why is your Apple Watch face dark? If your Apple Watch display is dim, the screen brightness may be turned down in your Apple Watch settings. There's two ways you can adjust the screen brightness of your Apple Watch: through the Watch app on your paired iPhone, or you can make the change directly in your Apple Watch. Here's how to turn the brightness up on an Apple Watch using both methods.

Prime Day is back on its normal schedule this year, following in the wake of the 4th of July sales. It's an exciting time for techies and deal-hunters, and if you're an Apple fan, there are already some enticing early Prime Day Apple deals up for grabs right now. Whether or not it's worth shopping the early Prime Day deals or if it's better to wait until the sale officially lands on July 12 remains an open question, but it never hurts to look. Below, we've rounded up the best early Prime Day Apple deals you can shop today, along with some insight as to whether now's a good time to buy.

How to Turn Off Apple Watch

Switching off Apple Watches can preserve their battery in an emergency or help users take a break from technology. I'll teach you how to turn the Apple Watch off, no matter what model you have. Turning the watch off and on restarts your Apple Watch and can help troubleshoot glitches.

Low Power Mode on Apple Watch

The Apple Watch has had a Power Reserve Mode for a while now, but the latest version of watchOS replaced it with a Low Power Mode that works more effectively. This feature allows you to continue using your watch while turning off nonessential functions to save as much battery as possible. We’ll go over how this mode works, how it differs from Power Reserve, and how to switch it on and off.

How to Turn Off Low Power Mode on Apple Watch

 Low Power mode, a new feature released for the Apple Watch in watchOS 9, reduces the amount of power that your Apple Watch uses so that you can save battery life. Apple released Low Power Mode as a long-awaited replacement for the Apple Watch's previous battery-saving mode, Power Reserve. Power Reserve would lock your Apple Watch after a certain battery percentage, allowing you to only see the time unless you restarted the watch. Low Power mode preserves your Apple Watch battery while still allowing you to use many of the watch's features. Low Power mode works well, but it does disable some of your Apple Watch's advanced features in order to save your battery. Turning the feature on and off is actually pretty simple. We'll walk you through it below.

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