Using Third-Party Apps on the Apple Watch: A Comprehensive Guide

As we explore the features and functionality of the Apple Watch, it's essential to delve into the world of third-party apps that can enhance our user experience. In this guide, we'll take a closer look at some popular third-party apps available for the Apple Watch, including their features, functionality, and how to access them.

Accessing Third-Party Apps on the Apple Watch

To access third-party apps on the Apple Watch, simply tap on the Digital Crown from the clock face, and navigate to the "Apps" section. You'll find a variety of apps, including Chipotle, Amazon, and more, which can be downloaded and installed directly on your watch. Some popular third-party apps include Amazon, Breaking News, Dark Sky, Evernote, Instagram, and Starbucks.

Using Voice Search with the Amazon App

One of the unique features of the Amazon app on the Apple Watch is its voice search functionality. To access this feature, simply tap on the magnifying glass icon within the app. You can then perform a voice search for any item or product you're interested in. For example, if you want to find paper towels, simply speak into the mic and say "paper towels." The Amazon app will then provide you with a list of results, including prices, availability, and more.

Browsing News Articles with Breaking News

The Breaking News app is another popular third-party app available for the Apple Watch. To access this app, tap on the Digital Crown to navigate to the "Apps" section, and select the Breaking News app. Once open, you'll see a list of news articles curated by the app's editors. You can swipe left or right to browse through the articles, or simply tap on an article to read it in full.

Checking Weather Forecasts with Dark Sky

The Dark Sky app is a favorite among weather enthusiasts, and its Apple Watch version is no exception. To access this feature, tap on the Digital Crown to navigate to the "Apps" section, and select the Dark Sky app. Once open, you'll see a list of current weather conditions, as well as forecasts for the day ahead. You can also scroll left or right to view the 7-day forecast.

Organizing Notes with Evernote

Evernote is a popular note-taking app that's now available on the Apple Watch. To access this feature, tap on the Digital Crown to navigate to the "Apps" section, and select the Evernote app. Once open, you'll see a list of your recent notes, which can be accessed by tapping on them. You can also create new notes using dictation or handwriting.

Browsing Instagram Feeds

Instagram is another popular social media platform that's now available on the Apple Watch. To access this feature, tap on the Digital Crown to navigate to the "Apps" section, and select the Instagram app. Once open, you'll see a list of your recent posts, which can be accessed by tapping on them. You can also scroll through the feed using the Digital Crown.

Viewing Starbucks Rewards

The Starbucks app is a convenient way to track your rewards and redeem points on your Apple Watch. To access this feature, tap on the Digital Crown to navigate to the "Apps" section, and select the Starbucks app. Once open, you'll see a list of your recent purchases, as well as your current rewards balance.

Accessing Glances

One of the unique features of the Apple Watch is its Glance functionality, which allows you to quickly view important information on your watch face without having to leave an app. To access glances, simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen. You'll see a list of available glances, including Now Playing, Battery, and Weather.

Using Pass Book with Third-Party Apps

The Apple Watch also supports Pass Book, which allows you to store digital tickets, cards, and other passes on your watch. Some popular third-party apps that integrate with Pass Book include Starbucks, where you can view your rewards balance and redeem points directly from the app. To access Pass Book, simply tap on the Digital Crown to navigate to the "Apps" section, and select the Pass Book icon.

In conclusion, using third-party apps on the Apple Watch offers a wide range of benefits and features that can enhance our user experience. Whether you're looking for news articles, weather forecasts, or social media feeds, there's an app out there to suit your needs. By following this guide, you'll be able to access and use these popular third-party apps like never before.

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list as well so going back to the home screen let's take a look at one of my favorite news apps we have breaking news and again add it from the Apple Watch app on your phone and you'll see it'll load the stories you have the headline there and the source you can wo it and you can also choose to follow it to get notifications and here you're actually going to swipe left and right to see other stories instead of scrolling up and down to read headlines so that's the breaking news app here again is weather app I enjoy dark sky which is great forecasting for precipitation and after launch again you see after a couple seconds it'll get the forecast for the day and you can see and scroll down for more information and you can actually scroll left to right to see kind of the 7-day forecast so there was Saturday here's Sunday and uh you can keep scrolling for that Evernote also supported on the Apple watch here you can view your recent notes and search for notes if you have just a a large L notebook that you have many notes for and you can hit the plus icon to add a new note via dictation I'm going to click cancel CU I'm not going to add a note right now so that is helpful Instagram also on the Apple watch you've probably seen this before but it launches fairly quickly does take a few seconds you can see your activity with likes and comments or you can go straight to your feed and actually scroll through the photos and images there you can tap a photo to enlarge it I'm going to use a digital Crown to scroll through the feed you can see the different pictures tap on it to see the likes comments and like it yourself now this is a GoPro uh account video and now videos will not play on here so you can view it on your iPhone but I can still click the heart and like it also going to check out the Starbucks app you can see your Starbucks card there with the balance if you have location access enabled for the Starbucks app it'll find nearby stores and you can see how many stars you're taking to get a next reward there now some of these apps are going to have glances and from the clock face I'm going to swipe up from the bottom to access my glances that's the now playing glance the battery glance you can check that here's the dark sky glance again giving you a uh General forecast right now that's the stock weather app this is the breaking news and it will show you how many important stories you have and I can tap on the glance to launch the full app and read the articles there I'm going to go back to my glances by swiping up from the clock face and there you have the world clock and one more thing we want to show you is the pass book and how it integrates with third party apps and to again any cards and stuff you have added to your passbook on your phone it will have synced here here's my Starbucks card and I can pull that up on the watch and actually pay in the storewe're going to take a quick look at thirdparty apps on the Apple watch so from the clock face we'll hit the digital Crown to go to our apps and you'll see we have some Chipotle Apple Insider and various third party apps we're going to go to the Amazon app and you can add that from the Apple Watch app on your iPhone and once you launch it you can hit the magnifying glass and actually do a voice search for any item here we did a search for paper towels and you click done to actually signal it to search and after a couple seconds you'll see it actually pulls up a list of results uh for paper towels and here you see the price you can see if it's a prime item and a brief description you can use a digital Crown to scroll through the list and tapping on an item will open the full item you can read the full description actually see the star rating and add it to your wish list by tapping the button there or you can actually Force touch it and add it to the wish list as well so going back to the home screen let's take a look at one of my favorite news apps we have breaking news and again add it from the Apple Watch app on your phone and you'll see it'll load the stories you have the headline there and the source you can wo it and you can also choose to follow it to get notifications and here you're actually going to swipe left and right to see other stories instead of scrolling up and down to read headlines so that's the breaking news app here again is weather app I enjoy dark sky which is great forecasting for precipitation and after launch again you see after a couple seconds it'll get the forecast for the day and you can see and scroll down for more information and you can actually scroll left to right to see kind of the 7-day forecast so there was Saturday here's Sunday and uh you can keep scrolling for that Evernote also supported on the Apple watch here you can view your recent notes and search for notes if you have just a a large L notebook that you have many notes for and you can hit the plus icon to add a new note via dictation I'm going to click cancel CU I'm not going to add a note right now so that is helpful Instagram also on the Apple watch you've probably seen this before but it launches fairly quickly does take a few seconds you can see your activity with likes and comments or you can go straight to your feed and actually scroll through the photos and images there you can tap a photo to enlarge it I'm going to use a digital Crown to scroll through the feed you can see the different pictures tap on it to see the likes comments and like it yourself now this is a GoPro uh account video and now videos will not play on here so you can view it on your iPhone but I can still click the heart and like it also going to check out the Starbucks app you can see your Starbucks card there with the balance if you have location access enabled for the Starbucks app it'll find nearby stores and you can see how many stars you're taking to get a next reward there now some of these apps are going to have glances and from the clock face I'm going to swipe up from the bottom to access my glances that's the now playing glance the battery glance you can check that here's the dark sky glance again giving you a uh General forecast right now that's the stock weather app this is the breaking news and it will show you how many important stories you have and I can tap on the glance to launch the full app and read the articles there I'm going to go back to my glances by swiping up from the clock face and there you have the world clock and one more thing we want to show you is the pass book and how it integrates with third party apps and to again any cards and stuff you have added to your passbook on your phone it will have synced here here's my Starbucks card and I can pull that up on the watch and actually pay in the store\n"