Tell time with haptic feedback on Apple Watch (2024)

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Apple Watch User Guide

When it’s in silent mode, AppleWatch can tap out the time on your wrist with a series of distinct taps. Do the following:

Open the Settings app on your AppleWatch.
Tap Clock, scroll down, then tap Taptic Time.
Turn on Taptic Time, then choose a setting—Digits, Terse, or Morse Code. Hours and minutes are indicated in the following ways:
- Digits: AppleWatch long taps for every 10 hours, short taps for each following hour, long taps for every 10 minutes, then short taps for each following minute.
- Terse: AppleWatch long taps for every five hours, short taps for the remaining hours, then long taps for each quarter hour.
- Morse Code: AppleWatch taps each digit of the time in Morse code.
To feel a haptic version of the time, touch and hold two fingers on the watch face.
Taptic Time also works when the Always On Display is dimmed.

If VoiceOver is on, turn on Taptic Time by double-tapping the watch face while the display is inactive.

You can also configure Taptic Time on iPhone. Open the AppleWatch app on iPhone, tap My Watch, go to Clock> Taptic Time, then turn it on.

Note: Taptic Time is disabled if AppleWatch is set to always speak the time. To be able to use Taptic Time, first go to Settings > Clock, then turn on Control With Silent Mode under Speak Time.

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