Have you ever been confused by the multiple colored icons that appear at the top of your Apple Watch screen?? We were also there. In order to solve it, we have compiled a comprehensive list of all Apple Watch status icons and what they mean.
Green lightning icon
Apple Watch has two charging icons. Green lightning bolt icon appears when watch is charging.
Red lightning icon
Red lightning bolt icon appears when battery is low.
Green iPhone icon
Apple Watch also has several icons that indicate a connection with your iPhone or any type of active silent mode. The green iPhone icon indicates that your Apple Watch is connected to the iPhone.
Red iPhone icon
The crossed out red iPhone tells you that the Apple Watch has lost connection with your iPhone.
purple moon icon
The purple moon icon appears when your watch is in Do Not Disturb mode. That means all calls and notifications are silenced.
orange mask icon
The orange icon with two theater masks appears when your Apple Watch is in theater mode. This mode prevents the watch screen from turning on unless you touch the screen or press one of the buttons. As the name suggests, It is ideal for use in theaters..
Bed icon teal
The teal bed icon indicates that your Apple Watch is in bedtime mode. In this state, the watch face changes to a large digital clock and the screen dims to avoid waking you up.
WiFi icon
The network icons on the Apple Watch will tell you if the watch is connected to the Internet. The most common symbol is the blue Wi-Fi indicator. This appears when your Apple Watch is not connected to your iPhone but has connected to the Wi-Fi network.
You will likely see the Wi-Fi icon when your iPhone is off and your watch is connected to Wi-Fi. Appears when you open Control Center, what you can do by swiping up from the bottom of the screen. Its SSID Wi-Fi (the name of your Wi-Fi network) appears next to the icon.
plane icon
If you choose to disable all network connections by putting the clock in airplane mode, you will see an orange airplane icon on the watch face.
Green dots
Those of you with a GPS variant + Cellular Apple Watch will see some icons that highlight signal strength. Like the Wi-Fi icon, the cellular signal strength icon appears in the Control Center. Five green dots mean it has full signal strength.
Red X icon
In case your Apple Watch loses connection to mobile networks, you will see a red X icon on your watch face.
Purple arrow icon
The Apple Watch is also pretty good at telling you when your GPS or microphone location data is being used.. When you open the Control Center, you will see a purple arrow icon if any Apple Watch app is accessing your location.
Orange microphone icon
The orange microphone icon tells you that an app is using the microphone on your Apple Watch. You will see this icon often if you use Siri on Apple Watch. If you don't want to use it, you can easily disable Siri on the watch.
Apple Maps Icon
Map apps need your location data to provide directions. Apple Watch uses different icons to tell you that a navigation app is directing you. If you are using Apple Maps, you will see an icon that looks like the app logo. Tapping this icon, Apple Maps will open on Apple Watch.
Right arrow icon
On the other hand, if you use any other application to navigate on the Apple Watch, you will see a generic right arrow icon.
Red dot icon
The red dot icon simply tells you that you have unread notifications on the Apple Watch. You can quickly remove all notifications to get rid of the red dot icon.
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Blue padlock icon
The Apple Watch also has a couple of lock icons that tell you that your Apple Watch is locked.. The blue padlock means that your Apple Watch is locked. It will disappear when you unlock the watch.
Teal water drop icon
The teal water drop icon tells you that the water lock is enabled on the Apple Watch. This usually happens when you submerge your watch in water. To avoid accidental entry, Apple Watch does not respond to screen touches when Water Lock is on.
You can deactivate the water lock by turning the digital crown (the circular button on the side of your Apple Watch).
Running person icon
When you start any workout on Apple Watch, you will see a glowing green icon of a person running on the screen. You can touch this icon to open the Workout application. You can hide the training icon at the end of your training.
Icono de walkie talkie
Apple Watch has an ingenious Walkie Talkie function that allows you to talk to other people who have the watch. If enabled, you will see a yellow Walkie Talkie icon on the watch face.
You can open the Control Center and turn off Walkie Talkie to hide this icon.
Play button icon
In summary, el ícono Now Playing (the red play button in a white circle) appears every time you are playing music, for sea usando only iPhone or Apple Watch. Touching it, Now playing view opens on Apple Watch and you can pause the music to hide the icon. If you don't want to use the Now Ringing screen on Apple Watch, you can deactivate it quickly.
That covers all the status icons on the Apple Watch. You should also try customizing Control Center on your Apple Watch to make it easier to turn some of these status icons on or off..
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