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The Apple Watch is a very useful assistant and has long since served as an extended arm of the iPhone. With each new version of the watchOS operating system, Apple Watch adds a number of new features and improvements that make your Apple smartwatch even better. If you are one of the owners of Apple Watch, be sure not to miss our five tips and tricks for using it more effectively.

Overview of time zones

A number of people often need to have an overview of several time zones at once for various reasons. The new watch faces from watchOS 7 let you watch different bands. On your Apple Watch long press the display a by scrolling the screen to the left move up to "+" button. Click on it and select GMT from the list of watch faces. Inner part this watch face will show you the current time for your location, u external parts you can set any time zone. You will set the band after a short tap (not after a classic long press) on the GMT dial. You select the band by turning the watch's digital crown.

Use abbreviations

You can also use Siri shortcuts on your Apple Watch just like you would on an iPhone or iPad. Newly, here you will not only find the relevant application, but you can also set a complication with a shortcut. To add complication long press the watch face, click on Adjust and scroll screen to the left, until you reach the section Complication. Click on the selected complication, then select a shortcut from the list.

Control the control center

There are a number of useful buttons in the Control Center on your Apple Watch, but some of them you may not use at all. Fortunately, in the watchOS operating system, you have the option to fully customize the Control Center. Activate it first by scrolling the screen from bottom to top. Drive all the way down and at the bottom of the Control Center click on Adjust. Then just tap on red icon next to the button, which you want to delete.

Maximum concentration

The newer version of the watchOS operating system offers a useful feature called Time at school. Although it is primarily intended for younger users, you can also use it - after activating it, the screen of your Apple Watch and your iPhone will be locked and the Do Not Disturb mode will be automatically activated. Activate Control Center and simply tap on icon of the reporting character. Turn off the Time at School mode by turning the watch's digital crown.

Extra large dial

The Apple Watch offers a wealth of options when it comes to complications, but usually there are multiple complications on one watch face. But if you only need to display on the display of your Apple Watch one big complication, you can use the dial with the name Extra large, which only offers room for one complication, but you will have the relevant information displayed really well here.

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