The Apple Watch has a lot of icons and symbols spread throughout the UI, many of which are not marked. Why? Because the screen size is small. Here is a definitive guide on all the Apple Watch icons and symbols and their meaning and purpose. Let’s get started.
Control Center Icon Meaning
Pressing the Side button will open the Control Center on your Apple Watch, where you can quickly enable and disable features and settings like network, sound, mode, and more.
- Wi-Fi symbol: Enable or disable Wi-Fi. Long press to select a different Wi-Fi network.
- find my phone: Pressing this will make your iPhone ring, helping you find it even when it’s in silent mode.
- Percent: Apple Watch’s current battery charge level
- Bell Icon: Enable/disable silent mode on your watch. Long press to select the duration.
- 2 Face Mask: Enables Theater Mode which will not only enable Silent Mode but will also keep the screen dark until you press the Digital Crown button. This is useful when you are watching a movie or in a meeting and don’t want to be disturbed.
- Circle in square icon: Use the walkie-talkie feature.
- Half Moon Symbol: Choose to enable DND (Do Not Disturb) or Sleep mode. Here are more tips and tricks on using Focus mode on iPhone.
- Watering points: Going swimming? Use it to avoid unwanted taps due to water droplets on the screen and expel water from your Apple Watch using sound vibrations.
- Torch Icon: Turns the watch screen completely white so you can use it as a flashlight. Swipe left to use it as a flashlight in an emergency.
- Airplane symbol: Enable Airplane Mode if you’re flying.
- Triangle with circles: This is the AirPlay icon that allows you to choose the audio output to use with the watch.
- Ear icon: If the noise level around you exceeds the set limit, the hearing aid icon will beep softly. Accepted limit Which can affect your hearing. You can also increase or decrease the volume of your connected AirPods or any headphones.
13. Come: Increase or decrease the font size in supported apps.
14. Person raising hand: activates the school timing feature This will enable DND and block all apps and notifications except emergency services.
15. Bed icon: Sleep mode is activated.
Meaning of status icons
These icons and symbols appear at the top of your Apple Watch’s home screen. They are small in size but provide information about which app is running or which option/feature is enabled.
Here’s an example. The Airplane icon appears in my Watch’s status bar. This means Airplane mode is enabled. Let’s take a look at all the possible icons and symbols you might see on your Apple Watch and their meanings.
- Red Lightning: This means the watch is low on battery and needs to be charged.
- Green Lightning: This means the watch is currently charging.
- Red dot: You have unread notifications.
- Yellow circle: Low power mode is enabled.
- Pad lock icon: The watch is locked and requires a passcode to unlock.
- Watering points: Water lock is enabled. Press and hold the crown button to release the water and unlock the watch.
- half Moon: DND mode is enabled, so you will not receive calls or other notifications. The screen will not light up. However, the alarm will ring on time.
- Purple Man: Individual focus mode is enabled.
- white man: Work mode is enabled.
- Bed icon: Sleep mode is enabled. Press and hold the crown icon to use the watch.
- Theater Mode: With Theater mode enabled, the screen won’t light up and you won’t receive any notifications.
- Running Man: The exercise is going on.
- Red Cross: Only on Apple Watch with cellular network. It means the network is lost.
- Red phone with bar: The Watch is no longer paired with your iPhone. Reasons for this could include theft or the iPhone being out of range.
- Green phone: The watch is connected to the iPhone.
- Mic icon: The microphone is on.
- Arrow symbol: An app on your Apple Watch is using GPS.
- Point in a circle: Wireless activity is occurring.
- Green bars: Cellular signal strength in Apple Watch.
- Walkie Talkie: Wallic is walkie-talkie enabled and can reach you.
- Compass red arrow: You are using the backtrack feature.
- Right-pointing arrow: A third party app is being used to navigate.
You may see some app-specific icons in the status bar. For example, a music streaming app like Spotify or Apple Music, the calling app when making a call, a navigation app icon when using Apple or Google Maps, and so on.
Similarly, you may see other focus mode icons you may have running such as gaming (blue rocket) or driving mode (car). Take a look at the different focus modes on your iPhone Settings > Focus and then tap on Plus + icon.
Home Screen Icons
The icons you’ll see on the Apple Watch’s home screen will largely depend on the watch face you’ve chosen along with the set of complications. Let’s look at some of the common and basic icons that most people use to track their health metrics.
- Cloud or Sun Sign: This is the weather icon. Tap it to see a detailed weather report.
- The green man is running: Workout icon. Tap this to select a workout to measure before you begin.
- Three rings: It shows how active you are. Tap on it to open the Fitness app which is also installed on your iPhone.
Other symbols:
Some other icons that you may or may not encounter depending on your usage.
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This is the remote icon that allows you to control your Apple TV. This only works if you also have the Apple TV Remote app on your iPhone. |
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If you have an iPhone and AirPods as well as an Apple Watch, you can announce calls and notifications using the Announce feature with Siri. You can listen to and respond to these notifications using Siri. |
| 3. | an arrow pierced through the heart | We have not seen this icon but Apple support thread There is a theory. This icon means that the watch was unable to find a heartbeat. Causes may include a loosely worn watch, water or sweat, or dust. Please tighten the strap after cleaning the sensor and hand and try again. |
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