How to Connect Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network?

Connect Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network

By connecting your Apple Watch to a Wi-Fi network, you can continue to use many of its features, even when you don’t have your iPhone with you.

How to Choose a Wi-Fi network?

1. Touch and hold the bottom of the screen, then swipe up to open Control Center.
2. Touch and hold , then tap the name of an available Wi-Fi network. Wi-Fi networks compatible with Apple Watch are 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz.
3. If the network requires a password, do one of the following:

• Use the QWERTY and QuickPath keyboard on Apple Watch to enter the password (U.S. English and Simplified Chinese only, Apple Watch Series 7 only).
• Use your finger to scribble the password characters on the screen. Use the Digital Crown to choose uppercase or lowercase characters.
• Tap , then choose a password from the list.
• Use the keyboard on your iPhone to enter the password.

4. Tap Join.

How to Use a private network address on Apple Watch?

To help protect your privacy, your Apple Watch uses a unique private network address, called a media access control (MAC) address, on each Wi-Fi network it joins. If a network can’t use a private address (for example, to provide parental controls or to identify your Apple Watch as authorized to join), you can stop using a private address for that network.

1. Touch and hold the bottom of the screen, then swipe up to open Control Center.
2. Touch and hold , then tap the name of the network you joined.
3. Turn off Private Address

Important: For better privacy, leave Private Address turned on for all networks that support it. Using a private address helps reduce tracking of your Apple Watch across different WiFi networks.

How to Forget a network?

1. Touch and hold the bottom of the screen, then swipe up to open Control Center.
2. Touch and hold , then tap the name of the network you joined.
3. Tap Forget This Network.

If you rejoin that network at a later time, you must reenter its password if it requires one.