Set upwards Apple Scout for a family member

Family Setup in watchOS 7 and subsequently lets family members who don't have their ain iPhone enjoy the features and benefits of an Apple Lookout man.

How it works

With Family Setup, your family member who doesn't have their own iPhone can use their Apple tree Sentry to do things like make phone calls, send messages, and share their location with yous.

After you set upward a watch for a family member, yous can employ your iPhone to manage some of the watch'due south capabilities.

Annotation that some Apple Lookout features depend on having a companion iPhone, and aren't available on an Apple tree Watch that you pair using Family Setup.

Family Setup is not available in Italy, Korea, and more than. Learn what's available in your country or region.

What y'all need

Put on the watch and turn it on

If the Apple Sentinel isn't new, erase it first.

Then put on the watch, or have your family member put information technology on. Press and hold the side push button until you see the Apple logo.

An Apple Watch with the side button enhanced.

Hold the watch nearly your iPhone

Concord the Apple tree Watch close to your iPhone. Look until "Use your iPhone to prepare this Apple Watch" appears on your iPhone, then tap Go along. If you don't come across this message, open the Lookout app on your iPhone, tap All Watches, then tap Pair New Scout.

Tap Set Up for a Family unit Member, and so tap Keep on the next screen.

The initial setup screen for pairing a new watch on an iPhone and Apple Watch.

Pair the watch with your iPhone

Hold your iPhone over the animation that appears on the sentry. Centre the watch face in the viewfinder on your iPhone, then wait for a message to say that your Apple Watch is paired. If yous can't utilise the photographic camera, tap Pair Apple Watch Manually, then follow the steps that appear.

Then tap Ready Apple tree Watch.

An iPhone screen that shows how to position your Apple Watch in the center of the viewfinder on your iPhone.

Set up a passcode

Tap Agree on the Terms and Weather condition screen, then choose a text size for the Apple Watch.

Next, gear up a passcode to keep the watch secure.

The Apple Watch passcode setup screen on an iPhone.

Pick a family fellow member

Choose the family member who will use the Apple Lookout. If they don't announced, tap Add New Family Fellow member.

Enter the family member'due south Apple ID password, so tap Next.

The family member select screen when setting up an Apple Watch on an iPhone.

Turn on Inquire to Buy

Plough on Ask to Purchase if you desire to give approval for any downloads or purchases fabricated on the Apple Watch.

The Ask to Buy option during Apple Watch setup on an iPhone.

Gear up cellular and Wi-Fi

If your iPhone cellular provider supports Family unit Setup, y'all tin can add the watch to your programme. If your carrier doesn't back up it, you might be able to utilise an alternative carrier. Then y'all tin set upwards cellular on the watch after.

Next, choose whether to share your electric current Wi-Fi network with the Apple Scout.

The Cellular Setup screen during Apple Watch setup on an iPhone.

Plough on other features

In the screens that follow, choose whether to plough on and gear up additional Apple Watch features. These include Location Services for the Find My app, Siri, Apple Cash Family, Transit cards (if available), Messages in iCloud, Health Data, Emergency SOS, Emergency Contacts, Medical ID, Activity, Conditioning Route Tracking, and Photos.

The option to set a daily move goal for an Apple Watch during setup on an iPhone.

Set upwardly shared contacts and Schooltime

Now you're asked to ready the contacts that will be bachelor on the Apple Picket. To let this, you demand to have Contacts in iCloud enabled. Become to Settings > [your name] > iCloud on your iPhone and make certain that Contacts is turned on.*

Then y'all can choose trusted people from your own Contacts app to share on the Apple tree Sentry. Yous tin manage these shared contacts later, and gear up up restrictions, in Screen Fourth dimension on your iPhone.

Finally, set up a Screen Fourth dimension passcode for the sentinel, and plough on Schooltime. When yous're finished, tap OK to brainstorm using the Apple tree Watch.

* If you're in China mainland, you lot also need to make sure that the Contacts app on your iPhone can use wireless data. Open up Contacts, and then tap one of the options to allow data employ.


The Schooltime option during Apple Watch setup on an iPhone.

Availability of features and apps

Health and fitness features:

  • Loftier and low heart charge per unit notifications are bachelor for users xiii and older.
  • Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is available for users xviii and older.
  • Walking steadiness and autumn detection are bachelor for users xviii and older.
  • Users under the historic period of 13 tin can employ move minutes, rather than active calories, for their Move goal in the Activity app.

Apple Pay features:

  • Apple Cash Family is available to users under the age of xviii, allowing them to brand purchases and send and receive coin in Messages with Apple Pay (United States only).
  • You lot can use Apple Pay to top upward a Transit card on your family member's Apple Picket.
  • Apple Pay using a credit, debit, or transit card in the Wallet app is not available with Family Setup.

The post-obit features and apps are not available: Wellness data sharing, respiratory rate, irregular heart rhythm notifications, ECG, Cycle Tracking, Sleep, Blood Oxygen, Podcasts, Remote, News, Home, and Shortcuts.

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