You need your iPhone to customize the Apple Watch Ultra’s Action button: Open the Apple Watch on your iPhone. Select Action Button. In the Action menu, select one of eight “actions.” Depending on what ...

Other smartwatches let you program hotkeys, but the Action Button on the Apple Watch Ultra can also trigger custom Shortcuts. Other smartwatches let you program hotkeys, but the Action Button on the ...

When Apple announced the Apple Watch Ultra last September, I was excited about it. It wasn’t something that I needed at the time, but I loved that it’s pretty much the first big change for the Apple ...

I was excited to get a bunch of new Apple Watch features after downloading WatchOS 10. But instead of celebrating the new widgets and watch faces, I discovered that Apple made a major change that ...

Pressing and holding the Action button will activate the built-in 86-decibel siren, which can be heard from up to 600 feet (180 meters) away, and is meant to be used to attract help during an ...

When Apple announced the Apple Watch Ultra, I was especially interested in its introduction of an Action button, an additional bit of hardware that could be set to trigger just about anything on ...

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Sure, you might have picked up the Apple Watch Ultra to make it easier to track your workouts and monitor your health. But it's so much more than just a fitness and health assistant. With all of its ...

The Action Button is only one extra control on the Apple Watch Ultra, but there are great benefits that can be had with it, if you know how to set it up and use it. After seven years of the Apple ...